Robert Stack
Acting
1919-01-13 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023 · Movie
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021 · Movie
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019 · Movie
These Dead Souls
2018 · Movie
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008 · Movie
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004 · Movie
Butt-Ugly Martians
2002 · Series
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001 · Movie
Killer Bud
2001 · Movie
Recess: School's Out
2001 · Movie
Lords of the Mafia
1999 · Series
Mumford
1999 · Movie
Sealed with a Kiss
1999 · Movie
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999 · Movie
The Y2K Crisis
1999 · Movie
Hercules
1998 · Series
BASEketball
1998 · Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Movie
The Angry Beavers
1997 · Series
King of the Hill
1997 · Series
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996 · Movie
Suddenly Susan
1996 · Series
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996 · Movie
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Vicki!
1992 · Series
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991 · Movie
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
1991 · Series
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991 · Movie
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
1990 · Series
The Fanelli Boys
1990 · Series
Blossom
1990 · Series
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990 · Movie
Unsolved Mysteries
1988 · Series
Dangerous Curves
1988 · Movie
Caddyshack II
1988 · Movie
Plain Clothes
1988 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987 · Movie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
The Transformers: The Movie
1986 · Movie
Big Trouble
1986 · Movie
Midas Valley
1985 · Movie
Hollywood Wives
1985 · Series
My Kingdom For...
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Brothers
1984 · Series
George Washington
1984 · Series
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Movie
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982 · Movie
Hotel
1982 · Series
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
Strike Force
1981 · Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980 · Movie
1941
1979 · Movie
Undercover with the KKK
1979 · Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Movie
Second Wind
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Most Wanted
1976 · Series
Murder on Flight 502
1975 · Movie
Adventures of the Queen
1975 · Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Series
Dinah!
1974 · Series
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974 · Movie
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Series
Police Story
1973 · Series
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971 · Movie
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971 · Movie
Story of a Woman
1970 · Movie
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
Laura
1968 · Movie
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · Series
Action Man
1967 · Movie
The Corrupt Ones
1967 · Movie
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Movie
Asylum for a Spy
1965 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Caretakers
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Alcatraz Express
1961 · Movie
The Gun of Zangara
1960 · Movie
The Last Voyage
1960 · Movie
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
John Paul Jones
1959 · Movie
The Scarface Mob
1959 · Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
The Gift of Love
1958 · Movie
Panic Button
1957 · Movie
The Tarnished Angels
1957 · Movie
Written on the Wind
1956 · Movie
Great Day in the Morning
1956 · Movie
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Movie
Laura
1955 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
House of Bamboo
1955 · Movie
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Movie
The Iron Glove
1954 · Movie
Sabre Jet
1953 · Movie
Conquest of Cochise
1953 · Movie
War Paint
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Bwana Devil
1952 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Movie
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951 · Movie
Mr. Music
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
Riviera Dream
1950 · Movie
Lights Out
1949 · Series
Fighter Squadron
1948 · Movie
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948 · Movie
A Date with Judy
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943 · Movie
Keeping Fit
1942 · Movie
Men of Texas
1942 · Movie
Eagle Squadron
1942 · Movie
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Movie
Badlands of Dakota
1941 · Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 · Movie
Nice Girl?
1941 · Movie
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940 · Movie
The Mortal Storm
1940 · Movie
First Love
1939 · Movie