Robert Stack

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

133

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-01-13

Day of death

2003-05-14 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Robert Stack

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Angry Beavers

    The Angry Beavers

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Blossom

    Blossom

  • Vicki!

    Vicki!

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • Airplane!

    Airplane!

  • Unsolved Mysteries

    Unsolved Mysteries

  • Suddenly Susan

    Suddenly Susan

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Conquest of Cochise

    Conquest of Cochise

  • 1941

    1941

  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

  • The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

  • The Tarnished Angels

    The Tarnished Angels

  • Fighter Squadron

    Fighter Squadron

  • The Transformers: The Movie

    The Transformers: The Movie

  • The Return of Eliot Ness

    The Return of Eliot Ness

  • Action Man

    Action Man

  • Caddyshack II

    Caddyshack II

  • To Be or Not to Be

    To Be or Not to Be

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

    Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

  • Big Trouble

    Big Trouble

  • The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

    The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

  • Joe Versus the Volcano

    Joe Versus the Volcano

  • The Iron Glove

    The Iron Glove

  • Mumford

    Mumford

  • My Outlaw Brother

    My Outlaw Brother

  • Good Morning, Miss Dove

    Good Morning, Miss Dove

  • The Danny Thomas Hour

    The Danny Thomas Hour

  • The High and the Mighty

    The High and the Mighty

  • Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

    Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

  • The Muppets Go Hollywood

    The Muppets Go Hollywood

  • Acting for Douglas Sirk

    Acting for Douglas Sirk

  • Recess: School's Out

    Recess: School's Out

  • BASEketball

    BASEketball

  • Eagle Squadron

    Eagle Squadron

  • The Last Voyage

    The Last Voyage

  • Sealed with a Kiss

    Sealed with a Kiss

  • Badlands of Dakota

    Badlands of Dakota

  • Laura

    Laura

  • Dangerous Curves

    Dangerous Curves

  • Bullfighter and the Lady

    Bullfighter and the Lady

  • First Love

    First Love

  • Laura

    Laura

  • Great Day in the Morning

    Great Day in the Morning

  • Midas Valley

    Midas Valley

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Caretakers

    The Caretakers

  • Butt-Ugly Martians

    Butt-Ugly Martians

  • Hollywood Wives

    Hollywood Wives

  • The Gift of Love

    The Gift of Love

  • Bwana Devil

    Bwana Devil

  • Killer Bud

    Killer Bud

  • John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

  • War Paint

    War Paint

  • Strike Force

    Strike Force

  • The Corrupt Ones

    The Corrupt Ones

  • George Washington

    George Washington

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

    Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

  • The Fanelli Boys

    The Fanelli Boys

  • The Fanelli Boys

    The Fanelli Boys

  • Written on the Wind

    Written on the Wind

  • Most Wanted

    Most Wanted

  • Uncommon Valor

    Uncommon Valor

  • A Little Bit of Heaven

    A Little Bit of Heaven

  • Hercules: Zero to Hero

    Hercules: Zero to Hero

  • Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

  • House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo

  • Barry Norman in Celebrity City

    Barry Norman in Celebrity City

  • Adventures of the Queen

    Adventures of the Queen

  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

  • Second Wind

    Second Wind

  • The Scarface Mob

    The Scarface Mob

  • Sabre Jet

    Sabre Jet

  • Asylum for a Spy

    Asylum for a Spy

  • A Date with Judy

    A Date with Judy

  • My Kingdom For...

    My Kingdom For...

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

  • Murder on Flight 502

    Murder on Flight 502

  • Nice Girl?

    Nice Girl?

  • Keeping Fit

    Keeping Fit

  • The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep

    The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep

  • Men of Texas

    Men of Texas

  • Plain Clothes

    Plain Clothes

  • Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy

    Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy

  • Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS

    Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS

  • Undercover with the KKK

    Undercover with the KKK

  • These Dead Souls

    These Dead Souls

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

  • Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

    Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

  • Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts

    Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts

  • Story of a Woman

    Story of a Woman

  • Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

    Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

  • Mr. Music

    Mr. Music

  • Riviera Dream

    Riviera Dream

  • Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs

    Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs

  • Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

  • Miss Tatlock's Millions

    Miss Tatlock's Millions

  • The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

    The Strange and Deadly Occurrence

  • The Y2K Crisis

    The Y2K Crisis

  • The Selling of the Pentagon

    The Selling of the Pentagon