Robert Stack
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1919-01-13
- Died
- 2003-05-14
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Роберт Стэк · Charles Langford Modini Stack · رابرت استاک
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.
Known For
TV Shows (46)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
King of the Hill
1997
as Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Chester Harrison
Falcon Crest
1981
as Roland Saunders
The Love Boat
1977
as Bret Garrett
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Peter McReynolds
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Major Morgan / James Andrew Congers
Hotel
1982
as Lewis Blackwood / Charles Vandoor
The Untouchables
1959
as Eliot Ness
The Lucy Show
1962
as Agent Briggs
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self / Bo Bo McGoon
Hercules
1998
as Bob (voice)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Name of the Game
1968
as Dan Farrell
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Blossom
1990
as Robert Stack
Lights Out
1949
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self - Cameo
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Ralph Saunders / Ben Barton
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Angry Beavers
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mark MacPherson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Eliot Ness
Police Story
1973
Suddenly Susan
1996
as Robert Stack
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as First Man / Self - Intermission Guest
Brothers
1984
Unsolved Mysteries
1988
as Host
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Vicki!
1992
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Angelo (Businessman)
Strike Force
1981
as Captain Frank Murphy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Vic Flint
The Fanelli Boys
1990
as Robert Stack (uncredited) / Kyle Hadley
Hollywood Wives
1985
as George Lancaster
Butt-Ugly Martians
2002
as Stoat Muldoon (voice)
George Washington
1984
as General Stark
Most Wanted
1976
as Captain Linc Evers
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
1990
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
1991
Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack
1999
as Self - Narrator
Movies (84)
Airplane!
1980
as Captain Rex Kramer
Uncommon Valor
1983
as MacGregor
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
1941
1979
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Superintendent (voice)
BASEketball
1998
as Robert Stack
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Agent Flemming (voice)
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
The High and the Mighty
1954
as John Sullivan
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
as Dr. Ellison
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Chuck S. Brewer
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as General Sibert
Written on the Wind
1956
as Kyle Hadley
Mumford
1999
as Himself
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Plain Clothes
1988
as Mr. Gardner
Caddyshack II
1988
as Chandler Young
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Owen Pentecost
Big Trouble
1986
as Winslow
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
Bwana Devil
1952
as Bob Hayward
Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Captain Larkin
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
as Self
The Tarnished Angels
1957
as Roger Shumann
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987
as Jordan White
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
as Eliot Ness
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Otto Von Rohn
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as (archive footage)
The Last Voyage
1960
as Cliff Henderson
Action Man
1967
as Jim Beckley
John Paul Jones
1959
as John Paul Jones
Dangerous Curves
1988
as Louis Faciano
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
as John Regan
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
as Sumner Ethridge
Killer Bud
2001
as The Gooch
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
Fighter Squadron
1948
as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
The Corrupt Ones
1967
as Cliff Wilder
House of Bamboo
1955
as Eddie Kenner
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jim Holliday
Story of a Woman
1970
as David Frasier
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004
as Host
Conquest of Cochise
1953
as Maj. Tom Burke
First Love
1939
as Ted Drake
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
as Self
A Date with Judy
1948
as Stephen Andrews
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
as Self
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
as Dr. Tommy Baker
Adventures of the Queen
1975
as Capt. James Morgan
Undercover with the KKK
1979
as Host - Narrator
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
as Michael Rhodes
The Scarface Mob
1959
as Eliot Ness
Nice Girl?
1941
as Don Webb
Midas Valley
1985
as Drew Hammond
War Paint
1953
as Lt. Billings
The Caretakers
1963
as Dr. Donovan MacLeod
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940
as Bob Terry
Second Wind
1978
as François Davis
Mr. Music
1950
as Jeff Blake
Laura
1955
as Mark Macpherson
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
as Nickey Van Alen
Laura
1968
as Mark McPherson
The Gift of Love
1958
as William 'Bill' Beck
My Outlaw Brother
1951
as Patrick O´Moore
Riviera Dream
1950
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
as Himself
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Sabre Jet
1953
as Col. Gil Manton
Asylum for a Spy
1965
as James Andrew Congers
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
as Self
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991
as Lt. Littleboy (voice)
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
as Self
Men of Texas
1942
as Barry Conovan
The Iron Glove
1954
as Captain Charles Wogan
Keeping Fit
1942
as Bob - Factory worker
Alcatraz Express
1961
as Eliot Ness (archive footage)
My Kingdom For...
1985
The Y2K Crisis
1999
as Host
These Dead Souls
2018
as (archive footage)
About Robert Stack
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 in… With 130 credits spanning from 1939 to 2023, Robert Stack has appeared in 84 films and 46 TV shows.
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- Airplane! (1980) — as Captain Rex Kramer
- Uncommon Valor (1983) — as MacGregor
- The Transformers: The Movie (1986) — as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 1941 (1979) — as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
- Recess: School's Out (2001) — as Superintendent (voice)
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