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