Robert Stack
Acting
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.
Born: January 13, 1919
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Stoat Muldoon (voice)
as The Gooch
as Superintendent (voice)
as Himself
as Sumner Ethridge
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
as Host
as Bob (voice)
as Robert Stack
as Narrator (voice)
as Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
as Agent Flemming (voice)
as Robert Stack
as Peter McReynolds
as Eliot Ness
as Dr. Ellison
as Host
as Louis Faciano
as Chandler Young
as Mr. Gardner
as Jordan White
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
as Winslow
as Drew Hammond
as George Lancaster
as Chester Harrison
as General Stark
as MacGregor
as Lewis Blackwood
as Charles Vandoor
as Roland Saunders
as Captain Frank Murphy
as Self
as Captain Rex Kramer
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
as Host - Narrator
as Self
as François Davis
as Bret Garrett
as Captain Linc Evers
as Captain Larkin
as Capt. James Morgan
as Self
as Self
as Michael Rhodes
as David Frasier
as Dan Farrell
as Mark McPherson
as Angelo (Businessman)
as Jim Beckley
as Cliff Wilder
as General Sibert
as Dr. Donovan MacLeod
as Agent Briggs
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Cliff Henderson
as Eliot Ness
as John Paul Jones
as Eliot Ness
as Eliot Ness
as William 'Bill' Beck
as Roger Shumann
as Kyle Hadley
as Owen Pentecost
as Dr. Tommy Baker
as Mark Macpherson
as Mark MacPherson
as Eddie Kenner
as John Sullivan
as Captain Charles Wogan
as Col. Gil Manton
as Maj. Tom Burke
as Lt. Billings
as Self
as Ralph Saunders
as Ben Barton
as Bob Hayward
as Vic Flint
as Self / Bo Bo McGoon
as Patrick O´Moore
as John Regan
as Jeff Blake
as Self - Cameo
as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
as Nickey Van Alen
as Stephen Andrews
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Bob - Factory worker
as Barry Conovan
as Chuck S. Brewer
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
as Jim Holliday
as Don Webb
as Bob Terry
as Otto Von Rohn
as Ted Drake