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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 13, 1919
Died
May 14, 2003
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Роберт Стэк
- Charles Langford Modini Stack
- رابرت استاک
Robert Stack
1.3 Popularity
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
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
5.7
(archive footage)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
0.0
(archive footage)
These Dead Souls
2018
🎬
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
0.0
Host
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004
3.7
Stoat Muldoon (voice)
Butt-Ugly Martians
2002
7.3
Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
4.0
The Gooch
Killer Bud
2001
6.6
Superintendent (voice)
Recess: School's Out
2001
6.5
Himself
Mumford
1999
Credits
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2023
10.0
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
2019
5.7
These Dead Souls
as (archive footage)
2018
0.0
🎬
Acting for Douglas Sirk
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
as Host
2004
0.0
Butt-Ugly Martians
as Stoat Muldoon (voice)
2002
3.7
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
2001
7.3
Killer Bud
as The Gooch
2001
4.0
Recess: School's Out
as Superintendent (voice)
2001
6.6
Mumford
as Himself
1999
6.5
Sealed with a Kiss
as Sumner Ethridge
1999
5.7
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
1999
6.5
The Y2K Crisis
as Host
1999
5.0
Hercules
as Bob (voice)
1998
6.9
BASEketball
as Robert Stack
1998
6.1
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self
1997
7.5
The Angry Beavers
as Narrator (voice)
1997
6.9
King of the Hill
as Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
1997
7.4
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Agent Flemming (voice)
1996
6.7
Suddenly Susan
as Robert Stack
1996
5.8
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
as Self
1996
0.0
Diagnosis: Murder
as Peter McReynolds
1993
7.1
🎬
Vicki!
as Self
1992
5.0
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Eliot Ness
1991
6.0
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
1991
9.0
🎬
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Lt. Littleboy (voice)
1991
0.0
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
1990
8.0
🎬
The Fanelli Boys
as Robert Stack (uncredited)
1990
6.0
🎬
The Fanelli Boys
as Kyle Hadley
1990
6.0
Blossom
1990
6.1
Joe Versus the Volcano
as Dr. Ellison
1990
5.8
Unsolved Mysteries
as Host
1988
7.7
Dangerous Curves
as Louis Faciano
1988
2.8
Caddyshack II
as Chandler Young
1988
4.2
Plain Clothes
as Mr. Gardner
1988
5.8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Jordan White
1987
7.7
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
The Transformers: The Movie
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
1986
7.1
Big Trouble
as Winslow
1986
5.3
Midas Valley
as Drew Hammond
1985
0.0
Hollywood Wives
as George Lancaster
1985
4.4
🎬
My Kingdom For...
1985
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Chester Harrison
1984
7.5
Brothers
1984
6.6
George Washington
as General Stark
1984
7.4
Uncommon Valor
as MacGregor
1983
6.2
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
as Self
1982
0.0
Hotel
as Lewis Blackwood
1982
6.8
Hotel
as Charles Vandoor
1982
6.8
Falcon Crest
as Roland Saunders
1981
5.5
Strike Force
as Captain Frank Murphy
1981
7.3
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Airplane!
as Captain Rex Kramer
1980
7.3
🎬
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
as Self
1980
0.0
1941
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
1979
5.8
Undercover with the KKK
as Host - Narrator
1979
3.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
6.2
Second Wind
as François Davis
1978
7.0
The Love Boat
as Bret Garrett
1977
6.3
Most Wanted
as Captain Linc Evers
1976
5.5
Murder on Flight 502
as Captain Larkin
1975
5.7
Adventures of the Queen
as Capt. James Morgan
1975
4.8
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
as Michael Rhodes
1974
5.7
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
1971
7.0
🎬
The Selling of the Pentagon
as Self (archive footage)
1971
0.0
Story of a Woman
as David Frasier
1970
0.0
The Name of the Game
as Dan Farrell
1968
6.8
Laura
as Mark McPherson
1968
4.5
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Angelo (Businessman)
1967
5.0
Action Man
as Jim Beckley
1967
5.9
The Corrupt Ones
as Cliff Wilder
1967
5.0
Is Paris Burning?
as General Sibert
1966
7.2
🎬
Asylum for a Spy
as James Andrew Congers
1965
0.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Major Morgan
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as James Andrew Congers
1963
5.7
The Caretakers
as Dr. Donovan MacLeod
1963
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Agent Briggs
1962
7.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Last Voyage
as Cliff Henderson
1960
6.2
The Untouchables
as Eliot Ness
1959
7.8
John Paul Jones
as John Paul Jones
1959
5.9
The Scarface Mob
as Eliot Ness
1959
7.1
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Eliot Ness
1958
5.8
The Gift of Love
as William 'Bill' Beck
1958
7.2
The Tarnished Angels
as Roger Shumann
1957
6.7
Written on the Wind
as Kyle Hadley
1956
6.9
Great Day in the Morning
as Owen Pentecost
1956
5.9
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Dr. Tommy Baker
1955
6.8
Laura
as Mark Macpherson
1955
10.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mark MacPherson
1955
5.4
House of Bamboo
as Eddie Kenner
1955
6.1
The High and the Mighty
as John Sullivan
1954
5.9
The Iron Glove
as Captain Charles Wogan
1954
4.0
Sabre Jet
as Col. Gil Manton
1953
6.7
Conquest of Cochise
as Maj. Tom Burke
1953
5.1
War Paint
as Lt. Billings
1953
5.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Ralph Saunders
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Ben Barton
1952
7.3
Bwana Devil
as Bob Hayward
1952
4.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Vic Flint
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Self / Bo Bo McGoon
1951
7.4
My Outlaw Brother
as Patrick O´Moore
1951
5.5
Bullfighter and the Lady
as John Regan
1951
6.1
Mr. Music
as Jeff Blake
1950
4.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as First Man
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self - Intermission Guest
1950
6.3
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Cameo
1950
7.0
Riviera Dream
1950
0.0
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
1948
5.9
Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Nickey Van Alen
1948
5.9
A Date with Judy
as Stephen Andrews
1948
5.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
1943
6.0
Keeping Fit
as Bob - Factory worker
1942
0.0
Men of Texas
as Barry Conovan
1942
0.0
Eagle Squadron
as Chuck S. Brewer
1942
5.5
To Be or Not to Be
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
1942
7.8
Badlands of Dakota
as Jim Holliday
1941
5.9
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941
0.0
Nice Girl?
as Don Webb
1941
5.3
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Bob Terry
1940
1.0
The Mortal Storm
as Otto Von Rohn
1940
7.3
First Love
as Ted Drake
1939
7.5