Robert Stack
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-01-13
Day of Death
2003-05-14 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Stack
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
(2018)
These Dead Souls
as (archive footage)
(2008)
Acting for Douglas Sirk
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2001)
Recess: School's Out
as Superintendent (voice)
(2001)
Killer Bud
as The Gooch
(2001)
(1999)
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
(1999)
Mumford
as Himself
(1999)
Sealed with a Kiss
as Sumner Ethridge
(1999)
The Y2K Crisis
as Host
(1998)
BASEketball
as Robert Stack
(1997)
(1996)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Agent Flemming (voice)
(1996)
The Making of '1941'
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
(1991)
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Eliot Ness
(1991)
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Lt. Littleboy (voice)
(1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano
as Dr. Ellison
(1988)
Caddyshack II
as Chandler Young
(1988)
Dangerous Curves
as Louis Faciano
(1988)
Plain Clothes
as Mr. Gardner
(1987)
(1987)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Jordan White
(1986)
The Transformers: The Movie
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
(1986)
Big Trouble
as Winslow
(1985)
Midas Valley
as Drew Hammond
(1985)
(1983)
Uncommon Valor
as MacGregor
(1982)
(1980)
Airplane!
as Captain Rex Kramer
(1980)
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
as Self
(1979)
1941
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
(1979)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
(1979)
Undercover with the KKK
as Host - Narrator
(1978)
Second Wind
as François Davis
(1975)
Murder on Flight 502
as Captain Larkin
(1975)
Adventures of the Queen
as Capt. James Morgan
(1974)
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
as Michael Rhodes
(1971)
(1971)
The Selling of the Pentagon
as Self (archive footage)
(1970)
Story of a Woman
as David Frasier
(1968)
Laura
as Mark McPherson
(1967)
Action Man
as Jim Beckley
(1967)
The Corrupt Ones
as Cliff Wilder
(1966)
Is Paris Burning?
as General Sibert
(1965)
Asylum for a Spy
as James Andrew Congers
(1963)
The Caretakers
as Dr. Donovan MacLeod
(1960)
The Last Voyage
as Cliff Henderson
(1959)
The Scarface Mob
as Eliot Ness
(1959)
John Paul Jones
as John Paul Jones
(1958)
The Gift of Love
as William 'Bill' Beck
(1957)
The Tarnished Angels
as Roger Shumann
(1956)
Written on the Wind
as Kyle Hadley
(1956)
Great Day in the Morning
as Owen Pentecost
(1955)
House of Bamboo
as Eddie Kenner
(1955)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Dr. Tommy Baker
(1955)
Laura
as Mark Macpherson
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
as John Sullivan
(1954)
The Iron Glove
as Captain Charles Wogan
(1953)
War Paint
as Lt. Billings
(1953)
Conquest of Cochise
as Maj. Tom Burke
(1953)
Sabre Jet
as Col. Gil Manton
(1952)
Bwana Devil
as Bob Hayward
(1951)
My Outlaw Brother
as Patrick O´Moore
(1951)
Bullfighter and the Lady
as John Regan
(1950)
Mr. Music
as Jeff Blake
(1950)
(1948)
A Date with Judy
as Stephen Andrews
(1948)
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
(1948)
Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Nickey Van Alen
(1943)
(1942)
To Be or Not to Be
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
(1942)
Men of Texas
as Barry Conovan
(1942)
Eagle Squadron
as Chuck S. Brewer
(1942)
Keeping Fit
as Bob - Factory worker
(1941)
Nice Girl?
as Don Webb
(1941)
Badlands of Dakota
as Jim Holliday
(1941)
(1940)
The Mortal Storm
as Otto Von Rohn
(1940)
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Bob Terry
(1939)
First Love
as Ted Drake