Robert Stack
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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.028 |
| Birthday | 1919-01-13 |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Also Known As | Роберт Стэк, Charles Langford Modini Stack, رابرت استاک, |
1942
To Be or Not to Be
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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1940
The Mortal Storm
7.2/83
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1980
Airplane!
7.3/4593
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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Airplane!
1996
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
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Joe Versus the Volcano
5.7/536
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1966
Is Paris Burning?
7.2/212
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1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove
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1955
House of Bamboo
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House of Bamboo
1979
1941
5.8/632
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1941
1999
Mumford
6.5/99
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1951
My Outlaw Brother
5.5/11
Danny, a greenhorn from New York comes to the Mexican border in search for his older brother whom he has always looked up to. A Texas Ranger charged w...
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My Outlaw Brother
1980
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
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Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1983
Uncommon Valor
6.2/199
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
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Uncommon Valor
1941
Nice Girl?
5.3/3
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Nice Girl?
1960
The Last Voyage
6.2/40
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1939
First Love
7.8/12
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1952
Bwana Devil
4.7/8
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Bwana Devil
1957
The Tarnished Angels
6.7/92
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The Tarnished Angels
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Caddyshack II
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Caddyshack II
1954
The High and the Mighty
5.9/74
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The High and the Mighty
1956
Written on the Wind
6.9/229
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Written on the Wind
1971
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
7/1
A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida.
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The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1959
John Paul Jones
6.1/11
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
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2018
These Dead Souls
0/0
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1974
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
6.1/13
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
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The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1988
Dangerous Curves
3/12
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Dangerous Curves
1956
Great Day in the Morning
5.9/27
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundame...
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Great Day in the Morning
1963
The Caretakers
6.2/11
This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.
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The Caretakers
1941
Badlands of Dakota
5.9/8
In the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, brothers Jim and Bob Holliday are bumping heads over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson. Whi...
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Badlands of Dakota
1967
Action Man
5.7/26
An American talks a retired French crook into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
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Action Man
1951
Bullfighter and the Lady
5.9/11
An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.
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Bullfighter and the Lady
1948
A Date with Judy
6/15
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship w...
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A Date with Judy
1999
The Y2K Crisis
5/1
Panic over the year 2000 problem will only increase as we get closer to the turn of the millennium; adding fuel to the flame is The Y2K Crisis, an inv...
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1986
Big Trouble
5.3/40
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...
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Big Trouble
1948
Fighter Squadron
5.7/11
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
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Fighter Squadron
1942
Men of Texas
0/0
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
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Men of Texas
1953
Sabre Jet
6.7/3
The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner read...
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Sabre Jet
1999
Sealed with a Kiss
5.7/3
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1975
Adventures of the Queen
4.8/5
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Adventures of the Queen
1975
Murder on Flight 502
6/15
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1950
Mr. Music
4/1
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary consp...
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Mr. Music
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero
6.4/38
The film briefly gives Hercules' history after defeating Hades for good, in which he marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it sho...
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1953
War Paint
5.5/11
An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.
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1982
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
0/0
Hollywood is still the home of the American Dream - the place where fame and fortune can be achieved overnight. Or so the story goes. For some it does...
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1953
Conquest of Cochise
5.1/8
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.
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Conquest of Cochise
1958
The Gift of Love
7.2/6
Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
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The Gift of Love
1968
Laura
4.5/2
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
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Laura
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
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This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken...
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1959
The Scarface Mob
7.1/7
Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
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The Scarface Mob
1954
The Iron Glove
4/2
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I on the throne of England.
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The Iron Glove
2008
Acting for Douglas Sirk
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The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews original...
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1996
The Making of '1941'
6.6/5
A non-narrated documentary, told mainly in interviews with the filmmakers, on the making of the cult comedy classic, featuring outtakes, rare behind-t...
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2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
5.5/6
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
1988
Plain Clothes
6.1/31
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings...
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Plain Clothes
1986
The Transformers: The Movie
7.1/531
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselve...
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The Transformers: The Movie
1965
Asylum for a Spy
0/0
A spy wants to "come in from the cold" since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit.
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Asylum for a Spy
1940
A Little Bit of Heaven
1/1
A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to mov...
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A Little Bit of Heaven
1985
Midas Valley
0/0
Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the competitive world of computer electronics and the greed, pas...
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Midas Valley
1967
The Corrupt Ones
5.5/10
Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure...
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The Corrupt Ones
2004
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
0/0
First Look Studios released six theme-based DVD sets of "Unsolved Mysteries" in Region 1 in 2004/2005. The sets were re-released on June 21, 2005 with...
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Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
1948
Miss Tatlock's Millions
5.875/4
After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the esta...
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Miss Tatlock's Millions
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
7/1
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1978
Second Wind
7/1
An aging dentist looks for a little liveliness by abandoning his wife in favor of a younger woman. When he learns that his mistress also has another y...
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Second Wind
1979
Undercover with the KKK
2/1
The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testif...
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Undercover with the KKK
1942
Eagle Squadron
0/0
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
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Eagle Squadron
1991
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
0/0
With the help of the Master Wolf, Baa Baa makes a daring breakout from the Muttonville State Pen. In order to thank the Master Wolf, Baa Baa sets up h...
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The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1950
Riviera Dream
0/0
This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a discharged American soldier -- traveling the French Rivie...
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Riviera Dream
2001
Killer Bud
2.8/5
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to im...
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Killer Bud
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
7.65/10
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weeken...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1998
BASEketball
6.1/590
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, alo...
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BASEketball
1942
Keeping Fit
0/0
Topical wartime short depicting the plight of civilians who must stay in shape in order to fight the good fight.
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Keeping Fit
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
6/1
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1970
Story of a Woman
0/0
Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry a...
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Story of a Woman
2001
Recess: School's Out
6.6/346
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — unti...
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Recess: School's Out
1971
The Selling of the Pentagon
0/0
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The Selling of the Pentagon
2001
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
7.3/3
A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM's most popular leading ladies
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Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
1955
Laura
10/1
A detective is assigned to a case of murder. During the investigation he finds himself taking a more than professional interest in the victim, the mys...
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Laura
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.3/19
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
1991
The Return of Eliot Ness
6/1
Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.
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The Return of Eliot Ness
2023
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
10/1
Sitting down with co-creators Terry Dunn Meurer and John Cosgrove, along with long-time actors, producers, and directors of the show, this documentary...
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Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
0/0
A snyposis of the legendary actor's career, narrated by Liam Neeson.
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Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1985
My Kingdom For...
0/0
When Robert and Rosemarie Stack (Robert starred in Boetticher's "The Bullfighter and the Lady") visit Mary and Budd Boetticher to attend the Boettiche...
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My Kingdom For...
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
7.7/3
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
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