Robert Langford Modini Stack (January 13, 1919 β 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.Β 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 ...
Airplane!
1980
Big Trouble
1986
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
Fighter Squadron
1948
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
BASEketball
1998
Caddyshack II
1988
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
Murder on Flight 502
1975
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
Second Wind
1978
Action Man
1967
Uncommon Valor
1983
Badlands of Dakota
1941
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
Recess: School's Out
2001
1941
1979
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
Mumford
1999
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
Sabre Jet
1953
Laura
1968
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
The High and the Mighty
1954
Story of a Woman
1970
Keeping Fit
1942
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
Great Day in the Morning
1956
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
Is Paris Burning?
1966
Adventures of the Queen
1975
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
The Mortal Storm
1940
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
Plain Clothes
1988