Robert Stack
Acting
Born: January 13, 1919 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: May 14, 2003 (aged 84)
Highest Rated
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
Airplane!
1980
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
1941
1979
King of the Hill
1997
BASEketball
1998
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Recess: School's Out
2001
Hercules
1998
Written on the Wind
1956
Photos (1)
Movies (66)
Airplane!
Captain Rex Kramer
The Transformers: The Movie
Ultra Magnus (voice)
1941
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
Uncommon Valor
MacGregor
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Agent Flemming (voice)
Joe Versus the Volcano
Dr. Ellison
BASEketball
Robert Stack
Recess: School's Out
Superintendent (voice)
The High and the Mighty
John Sullivan
Is Paris Burning?
General Sibert
To Be or Not to Be
Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
The Mortal Storm
Otto Von Rohn
House of Bamboo
Eddie Kenner
Written on the Wind
Kyle Hadley
Plain Clothes
Mr. Gardner
Caddyshack II
Chandler Young
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
The Tarnished Angels
Roger Shumann
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
A Date with Judy
Stephen Andrews
Nice Girl?
Don Webb
Fighter Squadron
Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
Big Trouble
Winslow
Riviera Dream
1950
Murder on Flight 502
Captain Larkin
Dangerous Curves
Louis Faciano
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Dr. Tommy Baker
Action Man
Jim Beckley
The Last Voyage
Cliff Henderson
Great Day in the Morning
Owen Pentecost
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
The Scarface Mob
Eliot Ness
Badlands of Dakota
Jim Holliday
Midas Valley
Drew Hammond
Sealed with a Kiss
Sumner Ethridge
The Gift of Love
William 'Bill' Beck
Mr. Music
Jeff Blake
The Return of Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness
The Caretakers
Dr. Donovan MacLeod
These Dead Souls
(archive footage)
First Love
Ted Drake
The Corrupt Ones
Cliff Wilder
Adventures of the Queen
Capt. James Morgan
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Michael Rhodes
Conquest of Cochise
Maj. Tom Burke
War Paint
Lt. Billings
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Nickey Van Alen
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Jordan White
Bullfighter and the Lady
John Regan
Eagle Squadron
Chuck S. Brewer
The Y2K Crisis
Host
Story of a Woman
David Frasier
Killer Bud
The Gooch
Sabre Jet
Col. Gil Manton
Undercover with the KKK
Host - Narrator
My Outlaw Brother
Patrick O´Moore
The Iron Glove
Captain Charles Wogan
Bwana Devil
Bob Hayward
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
Host
A Little Bit of Heaven
Bob Terry
Men of Texas
Barry Conovan
Laura
Mark McPherson
Keeping Fit
Bob - Factory worker
Second Wind
François Davis
Laura
Mark Macpherson
TV Shows (32)
King of the Hill
Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Bret Garrett · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Chester Harrison · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Peter McReynolds · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Roland Saunders · 5 eps
The Lucy Show
Agent Briggs · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Bo Bo McGoon · 1 eps
Hotel
Lewis Blackwood · 1 eps
Hotel
Charles Vandoor · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Eliot Ness · 118 eps
The Name of the Game
Dan Farrell · 26 eps
Hercules
Bob (voice) · 65 eps
Blossom
Robert Stack · 1 eps
Lights Out
2 eps
The Angry Beavers
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mark MacPherson · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Ralph Saunders · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Ben Barton · 1 eps
Unsolved Mysteries
Host · 561 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Eliot Ness · 1 eps
Suddenly Susan
Robert Stack · 1 eps
Brothers
1 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
Angelo (Businessman) · 1 eps
Hollywood Wives
George Lancaster · 3 eps
Butt-Ugly Martians
Stoat Muldoon (voice) · 26 eps
Most Wanted
Captain Linc Evers · 23 eps
George Washington
General Stark · 3 eps
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
34 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Vic Flint · 1 eps
Strike Force
Captain Frank Murphy · 20 eps
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
26 eps
Self / Appearances (26)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 7 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 5 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 5 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · 1 eps
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Mumford
Himself
Lords of the Mafia
Self - Narrator · 16 eps
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
The Selling of the Pentagon
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Himself