Robert Stack
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 13 January 1919 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- 14 May 2003
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.
Known for
Acting 87
- 2026Optimus Prime Awakening as Ultra Magnus (archived audio)
- 2023Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
- 2019Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as (archive footage)
- 2018These Dead Souls as (archive footage)
- 2008Acting for Douglas Sirk as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs as Host
- 2001Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir as Self
- 2001Killer Bud as The Gooch
- 2001Recess: School's Out as Superintendent (voice)
- 1999Mumford as Himself
- 1999Sealed with a Kiss as Sumner Ethridge
- 1999Hercules: Zero to Hero as Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
- 1999The Y2K Crisis as Host
- 1998BASEketball as Robert Stack
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self
- 1996Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as Agent Flemming (voice)
- 1996Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Self
- 1991The Return of Eliot Ness as Eliot Ness
- 1991The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep as Lt. Littleboy (voice)
- 1990Joe Versus the Volcano as Dr. Ellison
- 1988Dangerous Curves as Louis Faciano
- 1988Caddyshack II as Chandler Young
- 1988Plain Clothes as Mr. Gardner
- 1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit as Jordan White
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986The Transformers: The Movie as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 1986Big Trouble as Winslow
- 1985Midas Valley as Drew Hammond
- 1985My Kingdom For...
- 1983Uncommon Valor as MacGregor
- 1982Barry Norman in Celebrity City as Self
- 1980Airplane! as Captain Rex Kramer
- 1980Douglas Sirk: Über Stars as Self
- 19791941 as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
- 1979Undercover with the KKK as Host - Narrator
- 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self (uncredited)
- 1978Second Wind as François Davis
- 1975Murder on Flight 502 as Captain Larkin
- 1975Adventures of the Queen as Capt. James Morgan
- 1974The Strange and Deadly Occurrence as Michael Rhodes
- 1971The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World as Self
- 1971The Selling of the Pentagon as Self (archive footage)
- 1970Story of a Woman as David Frasier
- 1968Laura as Mark McPherson
- 1967Action Man as Jim Beckley
- 1967The Corrupt Ones as Cliff Wilder
- 1966Is Paris Burning? as General Sibert
- 1965Asylum for a Spy as James Andrew Congers
- 1963The Caretakers as Dr. Donovan MacLeod
- 1961Alcatraz Express as Eliot Ness
- 1960The Gun of Zangara as Eliot Ness
- 1960The Last Voyage as Cliff Henderson
- 1959The Scarface Mob as Eliot Ness
- 1959John Paul Jones as John Paul Jones
- 1958The Gift of Love as William 'Bill' Beck
- 1957Panic Button as Jerry Cook
- 1957The Tarnished Angels as Roger Shumann
- 1956Written on the Wind as Kyle Hadley
- 1956Great Day in the Morning as Owen Pentecost
- 1955Good Morning, Miss Dove as Dr. Tommy Baker
- 1955Laura as Mark Macpherson
- 1955House of Bamboo as Eddie Kenner
- 1954The High and the Mighty as John Sullivan
- 1954The Iron Glove as Captain Charles Wogan
- 1953Sabre Jet as Col. Gil Manton
- 1953Conquest of Cochise as Maj. Tom Burke
- 1953War Paint as Lt. Billings
- 1952Bwana Devil as Bob Hayward
- 1951My Outlaw Brother as Patrick O´Moore
- 1951Bullfighter and the Lady as John Regan
- 1950Mr. Music as Jeff Blake
- 1950Riviera Dream
- 1948Fighter Squadron as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
- 1948Miss Tatlock's Millions as Nickey Van Alen
- 1948A Date with Judy as Stephen Andrews
- 1943Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform as Himself
- 1942Keeping Fit as Bob - Factory worker
- 1942Men of Texas as Barry Conovan
- 1942Eagle Squadron as Chuck S. Brewer
- 1942To Be or Not to Be as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
- 1941Badlands of Dakota as Jim Holliday
- 1941Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 as Self
- 1941Nice Girl? as Don Webb
- 1940A Little Bit of Heaven as Bob Terry
- 1940The Mortal Storm as Otto Von Rohn
- 1939First Love as Ted Drake