Robert Stack
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.
130 acting credits
Acting · 130
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
King of the Hill
1997
Falcon Crest
1981
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Hotel
1982
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Hercules
1998
The Untouchables
1959
The Lucy Show
1962
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Name of the Game
1968
The Oscars
1953
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Blossom
1990
The Angry Beavers
1997
Dinah!
1974
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Police Story
1973
Brothers
1984
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Suddenly Susan
1996
Lights Out
1949
Unsolved Mysteries
1988
Airplane!
1980
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Vicki!
1992
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
1941
1979
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Strike Force
1981
Uncommon Valor
1983
George Washington
1984
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
BASEketball
1998
Hollywood Wives
1985
Recess: School's Out
2001
The Fanelli Boys
1990
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
Butt-Ugly Martians
2002
Is Paris Burning?
1966
The High and the Mighty
1954
Written on the Wind
1956
Most Wanted
1976
Mumford
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
The Mortal Storm
1940
Caddyshack II
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Dangerous Curves
1988
Big Trouble
1986
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Murder on Flight 502
1975
Eagle Squadron
1942
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
1991
House of Bamboo
1955
The Tarnished Angels
1957
Great Day in the Morning
1956
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
The Last Voyage
1960
Plain Clothes
1988
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
1990
John Paul Jones
1959
A Date with Judy
1948
Killer Bud
2001
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
Action Man
1967
Story of a Woman
1970
Badlands of Dakota
1941
First Love
1939
Laura
1955
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
Fighter Squadron
1948
My Outlaw Brother
1951
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
Conquest of Cochise
1953
The Caretakers
1963
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
The Scarface Mob
1959
Undercover with the KKK
1979
Second Wind
1978
War Paint
1953
Lords of the Mafia with Robert Stack
1999
Bwana Devil
1952
Midas Valley
1985
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
The Corrupt Ones
1967
Men of Texas
1942
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
The Iron Glove
1954
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
Adventures of the Queen
1975
Sabre Jet
1953
Mr. Music
1950
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
The Gift of Love
1958
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
Laura
1968
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
The Y2K Crisis
1999
My Kingdom For...
1985
Nice Girl?
1941
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940
Asylum for a Spy
1965
Keeping Fit
1942
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
Riviera Dream
1950
Alcatraz Express
1961
These Dead Souls
2018