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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/10/2023
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2019
These Dead Souls
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2018
Acting for Douglas Sirk
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/11/2008
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
Character:Host
Release Date:07/09/2004
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2001
Killer Bud
Character:The Gooch
Release Date:17/06/2001
Recess: School's Out
Character:Superintendent (voice)
Release Date:16/02/2001
Mumford
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/09/1999
Sealed with a Kiss
Character:Sumner Ethridge
Release Date:19/09/1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Character:Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
Release Date:17/08/1999
The Y2K Crisis
Character:Host
Release Date:07/03/1999
BASEketball
Character:Robert Stack
Release Date:28/07/1998
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self
Release Date:12/05/1997
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Character:Agent Flemming (voice)
Release Date:20/12/1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/1996
The Return of Eliot Ness
Character:Eliot Ness
Release Date:10/11/1991
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
Character:Lt. Littleboy (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1991
Joe Versus the Volcano
Character:Dr. Ellison
Release Date:09/03/1990
Dangerous Curves
Character:Louis Faciano
Release Date:23/09/1988
Caddyshack II
Character:Chandler Young
Release Date:22/07/1988
Plain Clothes
Character:Mr. Gardner
Release Date:15/04/1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Character:Jordan White
Release Date:24/05/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
The Transformers: The Movie
Character:Ultra Magnus (voice)
Release Date:08/08/1986
Big Trouble
Character:Winslow
Release Date:30/05/1986
Midas Valley
Character:Drew Hammond
Release Date:27/06/1985
My Kingdom For...
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
Uncommon Valor
Character:MacGregor
Release Date:16/12/1983
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Character:Self
Release Date:14/09/1982
Airplane!
Character:Captain Rex Kramer
Release Date:27/06/1980
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/1980
1941
Character:Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
Release Date:14/12/1979
Undercover with the KKK
Character:Host - Narrator
Release Date:23/10/1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/1979
Second Wind
Character:François Davis
Release Date:12/09/1978
Murder on Flight 502
Character:Captain Larkin
Release Date:21/11/1975
Adventures of the Queen
Character:Capt. James Morgan
Release Date:14/02/1975
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Character:Michael Rhodes
Release Date:24/09/1974
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1971
The Selling of the Pentagon
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/02/1971
Story of a Woman
Character:David Frasier
Release Date:13/02/1970
Laura
Character:Mark McPherson
Release Date:24/01/1968
Action Man
Character:Jim Beckley
Release Date:31/05/1967
The Corrupt Ones
Character:Cliff Wilder
Release Date:20/01/1967
Is Paris Burning?
Character:General Sibert
Release Date:26/10/1966
Asylum for a Spy
Character:James Andrew Congers
Release Date:02/04/1965
The Caretakers
Character:Dr. Donovan MacLeod
Release Date:21/08/1963
The Last Voyage
Character:Cliff Henderson
Release Date:19/02/1960
John Paul Jones
Character:John Paul Jones
Release Date:16/06/1959
The Scarface Mob
Character:Eliot Ness
Release Date:19/04/1959
The Gift of Love
Character:William 'Bill' Beck
Release Date:11/02/1958
The Tarnished Angels
Character:Roger Shumann
Release Date:21/11/1957
Written on the Wind
Character:Kyle Hadley
Release Date:04/10/1956
Great Day in the Morning
Character:Owen Pentecost
Release Date:16/05/1956
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Character:Dr. Tommy Baker
Release Date:23/11/1955
Laura
Character:Mark Macpherson
Release Date:19/10/1955
House of Bamboo
Character:Eddie Kenner
Release Date:01/07/1955
The High and the Mighty
Character:John Sullivan
Release Date:03/07/1954
The Iron Glove
Character:Captain Charles Wogan
Release Date:01/04/1954
Sabre Jet
Character:Col. Gil Manton
Release Date:04/09/1953
Conquest of Cochise
Character:Maj. Tom Burke
Release Date:01/09/1953
War Paint
Character:Lt. Billings
Release Date:28/08/1953
Bwana Devil
Character:Bob Hayward
Release Date:22/08/1952
My Outlaw Brother
Character:Patrick O´Moore
Release Date:22/08/1951
Bullfighter and the Lady
Character:John Regan
Release Date:26/04/1951
Mr. Music
Character:Jeff Blake
Release Date:08/12/1950
Riviera Dream
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1950
Fighter Squadron
Character:Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
Release Date:27/11/1948
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Character:Nickey Van Alen
Release Date:19/11/1948
A Date with Judy
Character:Stephen Andrews
Release Date:29/07/1948
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/08/1943
Keeping Fit
Character:Bob - Factory worker
Release Date:26/10/1942
Men of Texas
Character:Barry Conovan
Release Date:03/07/1942
Eagle Squadron
Character:Chuck S. Brewer
Release Date:16/06/1942
To Be or Not to Be
Character:Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
Release Date:06/03/1942
Badlands of Dakota
Character:Jim Holliday
Release Date:15/09/1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Character:Self
Release Date:15/08/1941
Nice Girl?
Character:Don Webb
Release Date:21/02/1941
A Little Bit of Heaven
Character:Bob Terry
Release Date:10/10/1940
The Mortal Storm
Character:Otto Von Rohn
Release Date:20/06/1940
First Love
Character:Ted Drake
Release Date:10/11/1939
Television Appearances
Butt-Ugly Martians
Character:Stoat Muldoon (voice)
Hercules
Character:Bob (voice)
The Angry Beavers
Character:Narrator (voice)
King of the Hill
Character:Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
Suddenly Susan
Character:Robert Stack
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Peter McReynolds
Vicki!
Character:Self
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
Character:
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
Character:
The Fanelli Boys
Character:Robert Stack (uncredited)
The Fanelli Boys
Character:Kyle Hadley
Blossom
Character:
Unsolved Mysteries
Character:Host
Hollywood Wives
Character:George Lancaster
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Chester Harrison
Brothers
Character:
George Washington
Character:General Stark
Hotel
Character:Lewis Blackwood
Hotel
Character:Charles Vandoor
Falcon Crest
Character:Roland Saunders
Strike Force
Character:Captain Frank Murphy
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
The Love Boat
Character:Bret Garrett
Most Wanted
Character:Captain Linc Evers
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Character:Self
Police Story
Character:
The Name of the Game
Character:Dan Farrell
The Danny Thomas Hour
Character:Angelo (Businessman)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Major Morgan
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:James Andrew Congers
The Lucy Show
Character:Agent Briggs
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Untouchables
Character:Eliot Ness
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:Eliot Ness
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Mark MacPherson
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Ralph Saunders
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Ben Barton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Vic Flint
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Self / Bo Bo McGoon
Lux Video Theatre
Character:First Man
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Self - Intermission Guest
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self - Cameo
Lights Out
Character:
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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