Robert Stack
Acting
Born January 13, 1919 · 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.
Films (84)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
These Dead Souls
2018
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
Killer Bud
2001
Recess: School's Out
2001
Mumford
1999
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
The Y2K Crisis
1999
BASEketball
1998
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
Dangerous Curves
1988
Caddyshack II
1988
Plain Clothes
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
Big Trouble
1986
Midas Valley
1985
My Kingdom For...
1985
Uncommon Valor
1983
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
Airplane!
1980
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
1941
1979
Undercover with the KKK
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Second Wind
1978
Murder on Flight 502
1975
Adventures of the Queen
1975
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
Story of a Woman
1970
Laura
1968
Action Man
1967
The Corrupt Ones
1967
Is Paris Burning?
1966
Asylum for a Spy
1965
The Caretakers
1963
Alcatraz Express
1961
The Last Voyage
1960
John Paul Jones
1959
The Scarface Mob
1959
The Gift of Love
1958
The Tarnished Angels
1957
Written on the Wind
1956
Great Day in the Morning
1956
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
Laura
1955
House of Bamboo
1955
The High and the Mighty
1954
The Iron Glove
1954
Sabre Jet
1953
Conquest of Cochise
1953
War Paint
1953
Bwana Devil
1952
My Outlaw Brother
1951
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
Mr. Music
1950
Riviera Dream
1950
Fighter Squadron
1948
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
A Date with Judy
1948
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
Keeping Fit
1942
Men of Texas
1942
Eagle Squadron
1942
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Badlands of Dakota
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
Nice Girl?
1941
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940
The Mortal Storm
1940
First Love
1939