Robert Stack
Birthday: 1919-01-13
Deathday: 2002-12-23
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 38 | Written on the Wind (1956) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2004-09-07 | Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs | Host |
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2001-06-17 | Killer Bud | The Gooch |
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2001-02-16 | Recess: School's Out | Superintendent (voice) |
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1999-09-19 | Sealed with a Kiss | Sumner Ethridge |
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1999-03-07 | The Y2K Crisis | Host |
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1998-07-28 | BASEketball | Robert Stack |
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1996-12-20 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Agent Flemming (voice) |
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1996-05-28 | The Making of '1941' | (archive) |
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1991-11-10 | The Return of Eliot Ness | Eliot Ness |
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1991-01-01 | The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep | Lt. Littleboy (voice) |
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1990-03-09 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Dr. Ellison |
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1988-09-23 | Dangerous Curves | Louis Faciano |
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1988-07-22 | Caddyshack II | Chandler Young |
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1988-04-15 | Plain Clothes | Mr. Gardner |
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1987-05-24 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Jordan White |
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1986-08-08 | The Transformers: The Movie | Ultra Magnus (voice) |
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1986-05-30 | Big Trouble | Winslow |
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1985-06-27 | Midas Valley | Drew Hammond |
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1983-12-16 | Uncommon Valor | MacGregor |
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1980-07-02 | Airplane! | Captain Rex Kramer |
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1979-12-14 | 1941 | Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell |
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1978-09-12 | Un Second Souffle | François Davis |
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1975-11-21 | Murder on Flight 502 | Captain Larkin |
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1975-02-14 | Adventures of the Queen | Capt. James Morgan |
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1974-09-24 | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Michael Rhodes |
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1970-02-13 | Story of a Woman | David Frasier |
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1968-01-24 | Laura | Mark McPherson |
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1967-05-31 | Action Man | Jim Beckley |
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1967-01-20 | The Corrupt Ones | Cliff Wilder |
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1966-10-26 | Is Paris Burning? | General Sibert |
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1965-04-02 | Asylum for a Spy | James Andrew Congers |
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1963-08-21 | The Caretakers | Dr. Donovan MacLeod |
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1960-02-19 | The Last Voyage | Cliff Henderson |
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1959-06-16 | John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones |
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1959-04-19 | The Scarface Mob | Eliot Ness |
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1958-02-11 | The Gift of Love | William 'Bill' Beck |
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1957-11-21 | The Tarnished Angels | Roger Shumann |
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1956-10-04 | Written on the Wind | Kyle Hadley |
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1956-05-16 | Great Day in the Morning | Owen Pentecost |
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1955-11-23 | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Dr. Tommy Baker |
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1955-10-19 | Laura | Mark Macpherson |
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1955-07-01 | House of Bamboo | Eddie Kenner |
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1954-07-03 | The High and the Mighty | John Sullivan |
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1954-04-01 | The Iron Glove | Captain Charles Wogan |
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1953-09-04 | Sabre Jet | Col. Gil Manton |
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1953-09-01 | Conquest of Cochise | Maj. Tom Burke |
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1953-08-28 | War Paint | Lt. Billings |
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1952-08-22 | Bwana Devil | Bob Hayward |
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1951-08-22 | My Outlaw Brother | Patrick O´Moore |
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1951-04-26 | Bullfighter and the Lady | John Regan |
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1950-12-08 | Mr. Music | Jeff Blake |
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1950-01-01 | Riviera Dream | |
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1948-11-27 | Fighter Squadron | Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton |
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1948-11-19 | Miss Tatlock's Millions | Nickey Van Alen |
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1948-07-29 | A Date with Judy | Stephen Andrews |
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1942-10-26 | Keeping Fit | Bob - Factory worker |
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1942-07-03 | Men of Texas | Barry Conovan |
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1942-06-16 | Eagle Squadron | Chuck S. Brewer |
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1942-03-05 | To Be or Not to Be | Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski |
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1941-09-15 | Badlands Of Dakota | Jim Holliday |
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1941-02-21 | Nice Girl? | Don Webb |
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1940-10-10 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Bob Terry |
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1940-06-20 | The Mortal Storm | Otto Von Rohn |
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1939-11-10 | First Love | Ted Drake |