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Robert Stack
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy — Self (archive footage)2023
- Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune2021
- Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood — (archive footage)2019
- These Dead Souls — (archive footage)2018
- Acting for Douglas Sirk — Self (archive footage)2008
- Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs — Host2004
- Butt-Ugly Martians — Stoat Muldoon (voice)2002
- Killer Bud — The Gooch2001
- Recess: School's Out — Superintendent (voice)2001
- Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir — Self2001
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Langford Modini Stack , ( 1919-01-13 ) January 13, 1919, Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Died
- May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14) (aged 84), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1934–2003
- Spouse
- Rosemarie Bowe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Rosemarie Bowe
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Bridgewater State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film
- Genre
- Western
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Robert Stack - still.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- birth name
- Robert Langford Modini Stack
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Commons category
- Robert Stack
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1919-01-13
- date of death
- 2003-05-14
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Robert Stack
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor and television host. Known for his deep voice and commanding presence, he appeared in over 40 feature films. He starred in the ABC television series The Untouchables (1959–1963), for which he won the 1960 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series, and later hosted/narrated the true-crime series Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002). He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Written on the Wind (1956). Later in his career, Stack was known for his deadpan comedy roles that lampooned his dramatic on-screen persona, most notably as Captain Rex Kramer in Airplane! (1980).
Early life
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