Robert Stack

Known for ActingBorn 1919-01-13Died 2003-05-14Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy

Laura

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS

Men of Texas

Keeping Fit

The Return of Eliot Ness

Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts

Midas Valley

Second Wind

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

The Selling of the Pentagon

Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune

Asylum for a Spy

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Unsolved Mysteries

George Washington

The Untouchables

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

Murder, She Wrote

King of the Hill

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

Strike Force

The Ford Television Theatre

The Fanelli Boys

To Be or Not to Be

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Airplane!

First Love

Diagnosis: Murder

The Transformers: The Movie

The Red Skelton Show

The Angry Beavers

The Gift of Love

Is Paris Burning?

Hercules

My Kingdom For...

The Scarface Mob

The Mortal Storm

Dinah!

The Lucy Show

Police Story

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Story of a Woman

The Name of the Game

Golden Globe Awards

Hotel