Cast
Robert Stack
Acting
Cast
Robert Stack
Known for
Acting
Born
1919-01-13
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
2003-05-14
Also known as Π ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΡ Π‘ΡΡΠΊ, Charles Langford Modini Stack, Ψ±Ψ§Ψ¨Ψ±Ψͺ Ψ§Ψ³ΨͺΨ§Ϊ©
Biography
Robert Langford Modini Stack (January 13, 1919 β 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.Β 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 (1959β1963), 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.
Airplane!
as Captain Rex Kramer
1941
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
The Transformers: The Movie
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
Uncommon Valor
as MacGregor
Is Paris Burning?
as General Sibert
Joe Versus the Volcano
as Dr. Ellison
Recess: School's Out
as Superintendent (voice)
Mumford
as Himself
BASEketball
as Robert Stack
To Be or Not to Be
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Agent Flemming (voice)
The High and the Mighty
as John Sullivan
Caddyshack II
as Chandler Young
Written on the Wind
as Kyle Hadley
Eagle Squadron
as Chuck S. Brewer
Bwana Devil
as Bob Hayward
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
Plain Clothes
as Mr. Gardner
Laura
as Mark McPherson
The Tarnished Angels
as Roger Shumann
House of Bamboo
as Eddie Kenner
Murder on Flight 502
as Captain Larkin
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self
Dangerous Curves
as Louis Faciano
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Jordan White
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Eliot Ness
Great Day in the Morning
as Owen Pentecost
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
Killer Bud
as The Gooch
The Mortal Storm
as Otto Von Rohn
The Last Voyage
as Cliff Henderson
Action Man
as Jim Beckley
A Date with Judy
as Stephen Andrews
War Paint
as Lt. Billings
Big Trouble
as Winslow
John Paul Jones
as John Paul Jones
Badlands of Dakota
as Jim Holliday
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
as Host
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
Sealed with a Kiss
as Sumner Ethridge
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
as Michael Rhodes
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
as Self
First Love
as Ted Drake
The Corrupt Ones
as Cliff Wilder
Riviera Dream
Undercover with the KKK
as Host - Narrator
Story of a Woman
as David Frasier
Nice Girl?
as Don Webb
Adventures of the Queen
as Capt. James Morgan
Conquest of Cochise
as Maj. Tom Burke
Bullfighter and the Lady
as John Regan
Men of Texas
as Barry Conovan
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Dr. Tommy Baker
Mr. Music
as Jeff Blake
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
as Self
Midas Valley
as Drew Hammond
The Caretakers
as Dr. Donovan MacLeod
The Scarface Mob
as Eliot Ness
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
Laura
as Mark Macpherson
The Gift of Love
as William 'Bill' Beck
Asylum for a Spy
as James Andrew Congers
My Outlaw Brother
as Patrick OΒ΄Moore
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Bob Terry
The Iron Glove
as Captain Charles Wogan
Second Wind
as François Davis
Jacques Tati, tombΓ© de la lune
Sabre Jet
as Col. Gil Manton
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Lt. Littleboy (voice)
Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Nickey Van Alen
Acting for Douglas Sirk
as Self (archive footage)
These Dead Souls
as (archive footage)
The Selling of the Pentagon
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Sirk: Γber Stars
as Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
My Kingdom For...
Keeping Fit
as Bob - Factory worker
Alcatraz Express
as Eliot Ness (archive footage)
The Y2K Crisis
as Host