Robert Stack

Acting · 1.8 popularity

Age

107

Movies

Born: January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Robert Langford Modini Stack (January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was a multilingual American actor and television host. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he also appeared on the television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries. Born in Los Angeles, California, Stack spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. Becoming fluent in French and Italian at an early age, and he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles. Stack achieved minor fame in sporting, winning multiple championships including setting two world records and winning multiple honors in skeet shooting Stack studied drama at Bridgewater State College, earning his first Hollywood role at the age of 20 and continuing to star in numerous roles throughout the early 1940s. After serving in the military, Stack returned to Hollywood to star in numerous films including stand out roles in The High and the Mighty (opposite John Wayne) and Written on the Wind (1957), for which he was awarded an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Stack later moved on to televised dramatic series, depicting the crime-fighting Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1959–1963), which earned him a best actor Emmy Award in 1960. Stack also starred in multiple drama series, before returning to film, this time in comedies to satirize his famed stoic and humorless demeanor. He began hosting Unsolved Mysteries in 1987, and served as the show's host throughout it's entire original run from 1987 to 2002.

Works

85 films

Airplane!

19807.3

The Transformers: The Movie

19867.1

1941

19795.8

Uncommon Valor

19836.3

BASEketball

19986.1

Recess: School's Out

20016.6

Is Paris Burning?

19667.2

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

19966.6

Joe Versus the Volcano

19905.8

To Be or Not to Be

19427.8

The High and the Mighty

19545.9

Caddyshack II

19884.2

Written on the Wind

19567.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

House of Bamboo

19556.2

John Paul Jones

19596.0

Plain Clothes

19885.8

Riviera Dream

1950

Mumford

19996.5

The Mortal Storm

19407.3

The Muppets Go Hollywood

19796.2

Nice Girl?

19416.4

Good Morning, Miss Dove

19557.0

Hercules: Zero to Hero

19996.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

19977.7

Great Day in the Morning

19566.0

A Date with Judy

19486.1

Dangerous Curves

19883.2

Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune

20217.5

Undercover with the KKK

19795.2

The Last Voyage

19606.2

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

19969.0

Big Trouble

19865.4

Eagle Squadron

19427.0

The Corrupt Ones

19675.4

Alcatraz Express

19617.0

The Tarnished Angels

19576.8

Fighter Squadron

19486.1

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

19718.0

Action Man

19676.0

Bullfighter and the Lady

19516.3

War Paint

19535.6

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

1982

First Love

19397.6

The Return of Eliot Ness

19918.0

Sealed with a Kiss

19996.2

Murder on Flight 502

19755.9

Mr. Music

19506.5

Asylum for a Spy

19658.0

Adventures of the Queen

19755.5

The Iron Glove

19545.7

Conquest of Cochise

19535.3

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

20195.7

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

20017.3

Badlands of Dakota

19416.0

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

19745.9

The Gift of Love

19587.3

The Caretakers

19636.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

19877.6

Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy

20239.0

The Scarface Mob

19597.2

Miss Tatlock's Millions

19486.3

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs

2004

Laura

19685.7

Midas Valley

19858.0

Story of a Woman

19707.0

My Outlaw Brother

19515.6

Men of Texas

19429.0

Laura

19559.7

The Gun of Zangara

1960

These Dead Souls

2018

Killer Bud

20015.0

A Little Bit of Heaven

19404.5

The Y2K Crisis

19995.0

Acting for Douglas Sirk

2008

Bwana Devil

19525.0

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

198010.0

Second Wind

19788.0

Keeping Fit

19429.0

The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep

1991

Sabre Jet

19537.0

The Selling of the Pentagon

19718.0

My Kingdom For...

19857.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

19437.0