Robert Stack
72 movies · 28 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 13, 1919
- Died
- May 14, 2003 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Роберт Стэк · Charles Langford Modini Stack · رابرت استاک
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
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Robert Stack: movies and TV shows
Acting (100)
- 2026 Optimus Prime Awakening
as Ultra Magnus (archived audio)
- 2021
- 2019 Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
- 2018 These Dead Souls
as (archive footage)
- 2002
- 2001 Killer Bud
as The Gooch
- 2001 Recess: School's Out
as Superintendent (voice)
- 1999 Mumford
as Robert Stack
- 1999 Sealed with a Kiss
as Sumner Ethridge
- 1999 Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
- 1998
- 1998 BASEketball
as Robert Stack
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Agent Flemming (voice)
- 1996
- 1993
- 1991 The Return of Eliot Ness
as Eliot Ness
- 1991
- 1991 The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Lt. Littleboy (voice)
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano
as Dr. Ellison
- 1988 Dangerous Curves
as Louis Faciano
- 1988 Caddyshack II
as Chandler Young
- 1988 Plain Clothes
as Mr. Gardner
- 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
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Uncommon Valor
as MacGregor
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 Airplane!
as Captain Rex Kramer
- 1979 1941
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
- 1979 Undercover with the KKK
as Host - Narrator
- 1978 Second Wind
as François Davis
- 1977
- 1976
- 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
- 1973
- 1970 Story of a Woman
as David Frasier
- 1968
- 1968 Laura
as Mark McPherson
- 1967
- 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
- 1962
- 1961 Alcatraz Express
as Eliot Ness
- 1960 The Gun of Zangara
as Eliot Ness
- 1960 The Last Voyage
as Cliff Henderson
- 1959 The Scarface Mob
as Eliot Ness
- 1959
- 1959 John Paul Jones
as John Paul Jones
- 1958
- 1958 The Gift of Love
as William 'Bill' Beck
- 1957 Panic Button
as Jerry Cook
- 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 Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Dr. Tommy Baker
- 1955 Laura
as Mark Macpherson
- 1955
- 1955 House of Bamboo
as Eddie Kenner
- 1954 The High and the Mighty
as John Sullivan
- 1954 The Iron Glove
as Captain Charles Wogan
- 1953 Sabre Jet
as Col. Gil Manton
- 1953 Conquest of Cochise
as Maj. Tom Burke
- 1953 War Paint
as Lt. Billings
- 1952
- 1952 Bwana Devil
as Bob Hayward
- 1951
- 1951 My Outlaw Brother
as Patrick O´Moore
- 1951 Bullfighter and the Lady
as John Regan
- 1950 Mr. Music
as Jeff Blake
- 1950
- 1948 Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
- 1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Nickey Van Alen
- 1948 A Date with Judy
as Stephen Andrews
- 1942 Keeping Fit
as Bob - Factory worker
- 1942 Men of Texas
as Barry Conovan
- 1942 Eagle Squadron
as Chuck S. Brewer
- 1942 To Be or Not to Be
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
- 1941 Badlands of Dakota
as Jim Holliday
- 1941 Nice Girl?
as Don Webb
- 1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
as Bob Terry
- 1940 The Mortal Storm
as Otto Von Rohn
- 1939 First Love
as Ted Drake
Talk shows and appearances (34)
- 2023
- 2008
- 2004
- 2001
- 1999 Lords of the Mafia
16 episodes
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996
- 1992 Vicki!
1 episode
- 1988 Unsolved Mysteries
561 episodes
- 1987 Korea: The Forgotten War
2 episodes
- 1987
- 1982
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
1 episode
- 1980
- 1979
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1 episode
- 1974 Dinah!
1 episode
- 1973 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1 episode
- 1971
- 1971
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
3 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
10 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show
1 episode
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre
2 episodes
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show
1 episode
- 1949 Lights Out
2 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes
- 1943
- 1941