Robert Stack
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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ActingBirthday
January 13, 1919Deathday
May 14, 2003Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
79Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USAAlso known as
Роберт Стэк, Charles Langford Modini StackCast credits
To Be or Not to Be
Lieut. Stanislav SobinskiThe Mortal Storm
Otto Von RohnAirplane!
Captain Rex KramerBeavis and Butt-Head Do America
Agent Flemming (voice)Joe Versus the Volcano
Dr. EllisonIs Paris Burning?
General SibertGood Morning, Miss Dove
Dr. Tommy BakerHouse of Bamboo
Eddie Kenner1941
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. StilwellMumford
HimselfMy Outlaw Brother
Patrick O´MooreUncommon Valor
MacGregorNice Girl?
Don WebbThe Last Voyage
Cliff HendersonFirst Love
Ted DrakeBwana Devil
Bob HaywardThe Tarnished Angels
Roger ShumannCaddyshack II
Chandler YoungThe High and the Mighty
John SullivanWritten on the Wind
Kyle Hadley