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Robert Stack

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  • 1919 - 2003

Biography

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.

Birthday: 1919-01-13

Born At: Los Angeles, California, USA

Casted In:

To Be or Not to Be
198
Airplane!
813
The Mortal Storm
989
Joe Versus the Volcano
2565
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
3179
Paris brûle-t-il?
4708
Good Morning Miss Dove
4809
Uncommon Valor
9967
1941
11519
BASEketball
14013
The High and the Mighty
17761
Caddyshack II
18509
House of Bamboo
20942
My Outlaw Brother
23257
Mumford
24071
Hollywood Wives
25442
The Last Voyage
37605
The Tarnished Angels
38432
Nice Girl?
40053
Bwana Devil
43966
Killer Bud
50501
Plain Clothes
55728
First Love
61645
Written on the Wind
69605
John Paul Jones
72904
Bullfighter and the Lady
77650
Big Trouble
78041
Le soleil des voyous
78181
The Caretakers
85640
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
89463
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
93886
Dangerous Curves
93937
Great Day in the Morning
94192
Badlands Of Dakota
95715
A Date with Judy
96252
Eagle Squadron
97845
Men of Texas
97993
Fighter Squadron
101864
Sabre Jet
102085
Murder on Flight 502
108282
Mr. Music
109930
War Paint
111736
Laura
117967
Adventures of the Queen
120002
Sealed with a Kiss
120889
The Gift of Love
134774
Conquest of Cochise
154060
The Scarface Mob
168513
The Iron Glove
206099
Miss Tatlock's Millions
222607
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
240361
A Little Bit of Heaven
300041
Die Hölle von Macao
321673
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
326920
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