Airplane!1980
As Captain Rex Kramer
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Robert Stack
Born
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.
Filmography (87)
The Transformers: The Movie1986
As Ultra Magnus (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
19411979
As Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Recess: School's Out2001
As Superintendent (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America1996
As Agent Flemming (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Uncommon Valor1983
As MacGregor
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Is Paris Burning?1966
As General Sibert
TMDb 7.2 / 10
To Be or Not to Be1942
As Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Joe Versus the Volcano1990
As Dr. Ellison
TMDb 5.8 / 10
BASEketball1998
As Robert Stack
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Written on the Wind1956
As Kyle Hadley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Caddyshack II1988
As Chandler Young
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The High and the Mighty1954
As John Sullivan
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Plain Clothes1988
As Mr. Gardner
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hercules: Zero to Hero1999
As Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
House of Bamboo1955
As Eddie Kenner
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Muppets Go Hollywood1979
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Tarnished Angels1957
As Roger Shumann
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Mortal Storm1940
As Otto Von Rohn
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Good Morning, Miss Dove1955
As Dr. Tommy Baker
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Date with Judy1948
As Stephen Andrews
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Optimus Prime Awakening2026
As Ultra Magnus (archived audio)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mumford1999
As Himself
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Murder on Flight 5021975
As Captain Larkin
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Big Trouble1986
As Winslow
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Great Day in the Morning1956
As Owen Pentecost
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Undercover with the KKK1979
As Host - Narrator
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Action Man1967
As Jim Beckley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Nice Girl?1941
As Don Webb
TMDb 6.4 / 10
John Paul Jones1959
As John Paul Jones
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Badlands of Dakota1941
As Jim Holliday
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence1974
As Michael Rhodes
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dangerous Curves1988
As Louis Faciano
TMDb 3.2 / 10
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit1987
As Jordan White
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Corrupt Ones1967
As Cliff Wilder
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Fighter Squadron1948
As Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Barry Norman in Celebrity City1982
As Self
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood2019
As (archive footage)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Gift of Love1958
As William 'Bill' Beck
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Midas Valley1985
As Drew Hammond
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Story of a Woman1970
As David Frasier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Conquest of Cochise1953
As Maj. Tom Burke
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sealed with a Kiss1999
As Sumner Ethridge
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Caretakers1963
As Dr. Donovan MacLeod
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World1971
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Bullfighter and the Lady1951
As John Regan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Return of Eliot Ness1991
As Eliot Ness
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Last Voyage1960
As Cliff Henderson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Panic Button
Panic Button1957
As Jerry Cook
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune2021
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Scarface Mob1959
As Eliot Ness
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Riviera Dream1950
Miss Tatlock's Millions1948
As Nickey Van Alen
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Adventures of the Queen1975
As Capt. James Morgan
TMDb 5.5 / 10
War Paint1953
As Lt. Billings
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Mr. Music1950
As Jeff Blake
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir2001
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Alcatraz Express
Alcatraz Express1961
As Eliot Ness
TMDb 7.0 / 10
First Love1939
As Ted Drake
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome1996
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Men of Texas1942
As Barry Conovan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Eagle Squadron1942
As Chuck S. Brewer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 11941
As Self
Asylum for a Spy
Asylum for a Spy1965
As James Andrew Congers
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Bwana Devil1952
As Bob Hayward
TMDb 5.0 / 10
My Outlaw Brother1951
As Patrick O´Moore
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform1943
As Himself
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Little Bit of Heaven1940
As Bob Terry
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Killer Bud2001
As The Gooch
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep1991
As Lt. Littleboy (voice)
Sabre Jet1953
As Col. Gil Manton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars1980
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Iron Glove1954
As Captain Charles Wogan
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs2004
As Host
Acting for Douglas Sirk
Acting for Douglas Sirk2008
As Self (archive footage)
The Gun of Zangara
The Gun of Zangara1960
As Eliot Ness
The Selling of the Pentagon1971
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
These Dead Souls2018
As (archive footage)
Second Wind1978
As François Davis
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Laura1968
As Mark McPherson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Laura1955
As Mark Macpherson
TMDb 9.7 / 10
The Y2K Crisis1999
As Host
TMDb 5.0 / 10
My Kingdom For...
My Kingdom For...1985
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Keeping Fit1942
As Bob - Factory worker
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb