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Robert Stack

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1919-01-13

Day of Death

2003-05-14

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.

Filmography (84)

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy

2023
⭐ 7.5 Role: Unknown

Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune

2021
⭐ 5.7 Role: (archive footage)

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

These Dead Souls

2018
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Acting for Douglas Sirk

2008
⭐ 0 Role: Host

Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs

2004
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

2001
⭐ 5.0 Role: The Gooch

Killer Bud

2001
⭐ 6.6 Role: Superintendent (voice)

Recess: School's Out

2001
⭐ 6.5 Role: Himself

Mumford

1999
⭐ 6.2 Role: Sumner Ethridge

Sealed with a Kiss

1999
⭐ 6.5 Role: Narrator (voice) (archive sound)

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999
⭐ 5.0 Role: Host

The Y2K Crisis

1999
⭐ 6.1 Role: Robert Stack

BASEketball

1998
⭐ 7.7 Role: Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997