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Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Birthday: 1919-01-13 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2001
Butt-Ugly Martians

as    Stoat Muldoon (voice)

1999
Sealed with a Kiss

as    Sumner Ethridge

1998
Hercules

as    Bob (voice)

1996
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

as    Agent Flemming (voice)

1990
Joe Versus the Volcano

as    Dr. Ellison

1988
Caddyshack II

as    Chandler Young

1988
Dangerous Curves

as    Louis Faciano

1988
Plain Clothes

as    Mr. Gardner

1987
1986
Big Trouble

as    Winslow

1985
Hollywood Wives

as    George Lancaster

1984
George Washington

as    General Stark

1983
Uncommon Valor

as    MacGregor

1981
Strike Force

as    Captain Frank Murphy

1980
Airplane!

as    Captain Rex Kramer

1979
1941

as    Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

1975
Adventures of the Queen

as    Capt. James Morgan

1971
The Selling of the Pentagon

as    Self (archive footage)

1968
Laura

as    Mark McPherson

1960
The Last Voyage

as    Cliff Henderson

1959
The Scarface Mob

as    Eliot Ness

1959
The Untouchables

as    Eliot Ness

1959
John Paul Jones

as    John Paul Jones

1958
The Gift of Love

as    William 'Bill' Beck