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.
85 movies · 46 shows
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023·9.0
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021·7.5
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019·5.7
These Dead Souls
2018·0.0
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008·0.0
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004·0.0
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001·7.3
Killer Bud
2001·5.0
Recess: School's Out
2001·6.6
Mumford
1999·6.5
Sealed with a Kiss
1999·6.2
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999·6.5
The Y2K Crisis
1999·5.0
BASEketball
1998·6.1
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·7.7
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996·6.6
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996·9.0
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991·8.0
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991·0.0
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990·5.8
Dangerous Curves
1988·3.2
Caddyshack II
1988·4.2
Plain Clothes
1988·5.8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987·7.6
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·6.0
The Transformers: The Movie
1986·7.1
Big Trouble
1986·5.4
Midas Valley
1985·8.0
My Kingdom For...
1985·7.0
Uncommon Valor
1983·6.3
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982·0.0
Airplane!
1980·7.3
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980·10.0
1941
1979·5.8
Undercover with the KKK
1979·5.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979·6.2
Second Wind
1978·8.0
Murder on Flight 502
1975·5.9
Adventures of the Queen
1975·5.5
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974·5.9
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971·8.0
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971·8.0
Story of a Woman
1970·7.0
Laura
1968·5.7
Action Man
1967·6.0
The Corrupt Ones
1967·5.4
Is Paris Burning?
1966·7.2
Asylum for a Spy
1965·8.0
The Caretakers
1963·6.4
Alcatraz Express
1961·7.0
The Gun of Zangara
1960·0.0
The Last Voyage
1960·6.2
John Paul Jones
1959·6.0
The Scarface Mob
1959·7.2
The Gift of Love
1958·7.3
The Tarnished Angels
1957·6.8
Written on the Wind
1956·7.0
Great Day in the Morning
1956·6.0
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955·7.0
Laura
1955·9.7
House of Bamboo
1955·6.2
The High and the Mighty
1954·5.9
The Iron Glove
1954·5.7
Sabre Jet
1953·7.0
Conquest of Cochise
1953·5.3
War Paint
1953·5.6
Bwana Devil
1952·5.0
My Outlaw Brother
1951·5.6
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951·6.3
Mr. Music
1950·6.5
Riviera Dream
1950·0.0
Fighter Squadron
1948·6.1
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948·6.3
A Date with Judy
1948·6.1
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943·7.0
Keeping Fit
1942·9.0
Men of Texas
1942·9.0
Eagle Squadron
1942·7.0
To Be or Not to Be
1942·7.8
Badlands of Dakota
1941·6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941·0.0
Nice Girl?
1941·6.3
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940·4.5
The Mortal Storm
1940·7.3
First Love
1939·7.6