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Robert Stack
Known for: ActingRobert 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.
Filmography 39
הרקולס
as Bob (voice) 
רובוטריקים: הסרט
as Ultra Magnus (voice) 
טיסה נעימה
as Captain Rex Kramer 
Uncommon Valor
as MacGregor 
ג'ו נגד הוולקנו
as Dr. Ellison 
1941 - הפלישה להוליווד
as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell 
Plain Clothes
as Mr. Gardner 
ביווס ובאטהד דו אמריקה
as Agent Flemming (voice) 
נכתב ברוח
as Kyle Hadley 
להיות או לא להיות
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski 
הכדור מת מצחוק
as Robert Stack 
ג'ורג' וושינגטון
as General Stark 
הגבוהים והאדירים
as John Sullivan 
Caddyshack II
as Chandler Young 
House of Bamboo
as Eddie Kenner 
Action Man
as Jim Beckley 
Great Day in the Morning
as Owen Pentecost 
The Mortal Storm
as Otto Von Rohn 
The Tarnished Angels
as Roger Shumann 
Murder on Flight 502
as Captain Larkin 
A Date with Judy
as Stephen Andrews 
John Paul Jones
as John Paul Jones 
The Last Voyage
as Cliff Henderson 
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage) 
The Corrupt Ones
as Cliff Wilder 
Conquest of Cochise
as Maj. Tom Burke 
Mumford
as Robert Stack 
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
as Jordan White 
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Self (archive footage) 
Story of a Woman
as David Frasier 
Badlands of Dakota
as Jim Holliday 
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Eliot Ness 
Sealed with a Kiss
as Sumner Ethridge 
The Caretakers
as Dr. Donovan MacLeod 
Bwana Devil
as Bob Hayward 
Dangerous Curves
as Louis Faciano 
צרות גדולות
as Winslow 
War Paint
as Lt. Billings 
First Love
as Ted Drake