Robert Stack
Acting
Born 1919-01-13
Died 2003-05-14
Los Angeles, California, USA
131 credits
Read 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.
Not enough member ratings yet.
Sign in to rate.
Filmography
— top 60 of 131
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
King of the Hill
The Mike Douglas Show
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Diagnosis: Murder
Golden Globe Awards
Falcon Crest
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Lucy Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Red Skelton Show
The Untouchables
Hotel
Hercules
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Oscars
Dinah!
The Bob Hope Show
Blossom
Airplane!
The Name of the Game
The Ford Television Theatre
Police Story
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Angry Beavers
Brothers
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Vicki!
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Unsolved Mysteries
Lights Out
Suddenly Susan
The Transformers: The Movie
Entertainment Tonight
Lux Video Theatre
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1941
BASEketball
The Danny Thomas Hour
Recess: School's Out
Is Paris Burning?
Uncommon Valor
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Joe Versus the Volcano
To Be or Not to Be
The Fanelli Boys
Butt-Ugly Martians
The High and the Mighty
Strike Force
Caddyshack II
George Washington
Most Wanted
Hollywood Wives
Written on the Wind
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
John Paul Jones
Plain Clothes
House of Bamboo
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Track what you watch
DuckTrack members see which of these they have already watched,
right here on this page.
Create a free account
Comments
0 commentsNo comments yet. Sign in to be the first.