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Robert Langford Modini Stack 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.
Movie | Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs | Host | 2004-09-07 |
Series | Butt-Ugly Martians | Stoat Muldoon (voice) | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Recess: School's Out | Superintendent (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
Movie | Killer Bud | The Gooch | 2001-06-17 |
Movie | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Narrator (voice) (archive sound) | 1999-08-17 |
Movie | Sealed with a Kiss | Sumner Ethridge | 1999-09-19 |
Movie | Mumford | Himself | 1999-09-24 |
Movie | BASEketball | Robert Stack | 1998-07-28 |
Series | Hercules | Bob (voice) | 1998-08-31 |
Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self | 1997-05-12 |
Movie | The Making of '1941' | (archive) | 1996-05-28 |
Movie | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Agent Flemming (voice) | 1996-12-20 |
Movie | The Return of Eliot Ness | Eliot Ness | 1991-11-10 |
Movie | Joe Versus the Volcano | Dr. Ellison | 1990-03-09 |
Series | Blossom | Unknown | 1990-07-05 |
Movie | Plain Clothes | Mr. Gardner | 1988-04-15 |
Movie | Caddyshack II | Chandler Young | 1988-07-22 |
Movie | Dangerous Curves | Louis Faciano | 1988-09-23 |
Series | Unsolved Mysteries | Host | 1988-10-05 |
Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Jordan White | 1987-05-24 |
Movie | Big Trouble | Winslow | 1986-05-30 |
Movie | The Transformers: The Movie | Ultra Magnus (voice) | 1986-08-08 |
Movie | Midas Valley | Drew Hammond | 1985-06-27 |
Series | Hollywood Wives | George Lancaster | 1985-02-17 |
Series | Brothers | Unknown | 1984-07-13 |
Series | George Washington | General Stark | 1984-04-08 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Uncommon Valor | MacGregor | 1983-12-16 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | Strike Force | Captain Frank Murphy | 1981-11-13 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Movie | Airplane! | Captain Rex Kramer | 1980-07-02 |
Movie | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 1979-05-16 |
Movie | Undercover with the KKK | Host - Narrator | 1979-10-23 |
Movie | 1941 | Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell | 1979-12-14 |
Movie | Un Second Souffle | François Davis | 1978-09-12 |
Series | Most Wanted | Captain Linc Evers | 1976-03-21 |
Movie | Adventures of the Queen | Capt. James Morgan | 1975-02-14 |
Movie | Murder on Flight 502 | Captain Larkin | 1975-11-21 |
Movie | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Michael Rhodes | 1974-09-24 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | Story of a Woman | David Frasier | 1970-02-13 |
Movie | Laura | Mark McPherson | 1968-01-24 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Dan Farrell | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | The Corrupt Ones | Cliff Wilder | 1967-01-20 |
Movie | Action Man | Jim Beckley | 1967-05-31 |
Movie | Is Paris Burning? | General Sibert | 1966-10-26 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
Movie | The Caretakers | Dr. Donovan MacLeod | 1963-08-21 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | The Last Voyage | Cliff Henderson | 1960-02-19 |
Movie | John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones | 1959-06-16 |
Movie | The Scarface Mob | Eliot Ness | 1959-04-19 |
Series | The Untouchables | Eliot Ness | 1959-10-15 |
Movie | The Gift of Love | William 'Bill' Beck | 1958-02-11 |
Movie | The Tarnished Angels | Roger Shumann | 1957-11-21 |
Movie | Written on the Wind | Kyle Hadley | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Great Day in the Morning | Owen Pentecost | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | House of Bamboo | Eddie Kenner | 1955-07-01 |
Movie | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Dr. Tommy Baker | 1955-11-23 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | The Iron Glove | Captain Charles Wogan | 1954-04-01 |
Movie | The High and the Mighty | John Sullivan | 1954-07-03 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | War Paint | Lt. Billings | 1953-08-28 |
Movie | Conquest of Cochise | Maj. Tom Burke | 1953-09-01 |
Movie | Sabre Jet | Col. Gil Manton | 1953-09-04 |
Movie | Bwana Devil | Bob Hayward | 1952-08-22 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Bullfighter and the Lady | John Regan | 1951-04-26 |
Movie | My Outlaw Brother | Patrick O´Moore | 1951-08-22 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Mr. Music | Jeff Blake | 1950-12-08 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Movie | A Date with Judy | Stephen Andrews | 1948-07-29 |
Movie | Miss Tatlock's Millions | Nickey Van Alen | 1948-11-19 |
Movie | Fighter Squadron | Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton | 1948-11-27 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform | Himself | 1943-08-15 |
Movie | Eagle Squadron | Chuck S. Brewer | 1942-06-16 |
Movie | To Be or Not to Be | Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | Keeping Fit | Bob - Factory worker | 1942-10-26 |
Movie | Men of Texas | Barry Conovan | 1942-07-03 |
Movie | Nice Girl? | Don Webb | 1941-02-21 |
Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Jim Holliday | 1941-09-15 |
Movie | The Mortal Storm | Otto Von Rohn | 1940-06-20 |
Movie | A Little Bit of Heaven | Bob Terry | 1940-10-10 |
Movie | First Love | Ted Drake | 1939-11-10 |