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 | These Dead Souls | (archive footage) | 2023 |
Movie | Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2019-10-13 |
Movie | Acting for Douglas Sirk | Self (archive footage) | 2008-11-05 |
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 | Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir | Self | 2001-10-01 |
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 |
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Peter McReynolds | 1993-10-29 |
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 | The Transformers: The Movie | Ultra Magnus (voice) | 1986-08-08 |
Movie | Big Trouble | Winslow | 1986-05-30 |
Series | Hollywood Wives | George Lancaster | 1985-02-17 |
Movie | Midas Valley | Drew Hammond | 1985-06-27 |
Series | George Washington | General Stark | 1984-04-08 |
Series | Brothers | Unknown | 1984-07-13 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Chester Harrison | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Uncommon Valor | MacGregor | 1983-12-16 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Series | Strike Force | Captain Frank Murphy | 1981-11-13 |
Movie | Douglas Sirk: Über Stars | Self | 1980-04-29 |
Movie | Airplane! | Captain Rex Kramer | 1980-07-02 |
Movie | 1941 | Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell | 1979-12-14 |
Movie | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 1979-05-16 |
Movie | Undercover with the KKK | Host - Narrator | 1979-10-23 |
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 | The Selling of the Pentagon | Self (archive footage) | 1971-02-23 |
Movie | The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | Self | 1971-10-29 |
Movie | Story of a Woman | David Frasier | 1970-02-13 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Dan Farrell | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Laura | Mark McPherson | 1968-01-24 |
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 | Asylum for a Spy | James Andrew Congers | 1965-04-02 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | The Caretakers | Dr. Donovan MacLeod | 1963-08-21 |
Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962-10-01 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | The Last Voyage | Cliff Henderson | 1960-02-19 |
Movie | The Scarface Mob | Eliot Ness | 1959-04-19 |
Series | The Untouchables | Eliot Ness | 1959-10-15 |
Movie | John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones | 1959-06-16 |
Movie | The Gift of Love | William 'Bill' Beck | 1958-02-11 |
Movie | The Tarnished Angels | Roger Shumann | 1957-11-21 |
Series | Tony Awards | Award Accepter | 1956-04-01 |
Movie | Great Day in the Morning | Owen Pentecost | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | Written on the Wind | Kyle Hadley | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | House of Bamboo | Eddie Kenner | 1955-07-01 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | Laura | Mark Macpherson | 1955-10-19 |
Movie | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Dr. Tommy Baker | 1955-11-23 |
Movie | The Iron Glove | Captain Charles Wogan | 1954-04-01 |
Movie | The High and the Mighty | John Sullivan | 1954-07-03 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | War Paint | Lt. Billings | 1953-08-28 |
Movie | Sabre Jet | Col. Gil Manton | 1953-09-04 |
Movie | Conquest of Cochise | Maj. Tom Burke | 1953-09-01 |
Movie | Bwana Devil | Bob Hayward | 1952-08-22 |
Movie | Bullfighter and the Lady | John Regan | 1951-04-26 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Vic Flint | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | My Outlaw Brother | Patrick O´Moore | 1951-08-22 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | First Man | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Mr. Music | Jeff Blake | 1950-12-08 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Magician's Assistant | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | A Date with Judy | Stephen Andrews | 1948-07-29 |
Movie | Fighter Squadron | Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton | 1948-11-27 |
Movie | Miss Tatlock's Millions | Nickey Van Alen | 1948-11-19 |
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 |