Robert Stack
Tall, masculine, and blessed with a matinee idol's baritone voice, Robert Stack certainly looked every inch the movie star, but he actually found his greatest fame on television. His iron jaw and terse delivery made him the ideal crime fighter to tackle the worst gangsters of the Jazz Age on "The Untouchables" (ABC, 1959-1963). That air of moral inflexibility still carried freight almost 30 years later, when he hosted "Unsolved Mysteries" (NBC/CBS, 1987-2002). Prior to and between those two series, he co-starred in a number of popular films, earned an Academy Award nomination, and even got a few chances to poke fun at his rigid on-screen persona in several comedies and animated series.
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Robert Stack
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sealed With a Kiss | Sumner Ethridge (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Totally Irresponsible | The Gooch (Character) | - | 1999 |
58% |
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Mumford | Unsolved mysteries host (Character) | $4.6M | 1999 |
71% |
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Beavis and Butt-head Do America | ATF Agent Flemming (Voice) | $63.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Return of Eliot Ness | Eliot Ness (Character) | - | 1991 |
66% |
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Joe Versus the Volcano | Dr. Ellison (Character) | $39.1M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Plain Clothes | Mr. Gardner (Character) | $222.7K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Dangerous Curves | Louis Faciano (Character) | - | 1988 |
4% |
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Caddyshack II | Chandler Young (Character) | $11.3M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Jordan White (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Korea: The Forgotten War | Narrator | - | 1987 |
62% |
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The Transformers: The Movie | Ultra Magnus (Voice) | $5.8M | 1986 |
14% |
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Big Trouble | Winslow (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midas Valley | Drew Hammond (Character) | - | 1985 |
60% |
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Uncommon Valor | MacGregor (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strike Force | Capt. Frank Murphy (Character) | - | 1981 |
97% |
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Airplane! | Captain Rex Kramer (Character) | - | 1980 |
39% |
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1941 | Major General Joseph W. Stillwell (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Un second souffle | François Davis (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Most Wanted | Lincoln Evers (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Murder on Flight 502 | Captain Larkin (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Adventures of the Queen | Capt. James Morgan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Michael Rhodes (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Skin Game | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seek and Destroy | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beware of the Watchdog | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle at Gannon's Bridge | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Why I Blew Up Dakota | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Savage Eye | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Echo of a Nightmare | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The War Merchants | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So Long Baby, and Amen | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Civilized Men | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chains of Command | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Story of a Woman | David Frasier (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Suntan Mob | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brass Ring | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Power | Unknown (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breakout to a Fast Buck | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Wrath of Angels | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swingers Only | Swingers Only (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ordeal | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Witness | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High on a Rainbow | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laura | Mark McPherson (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bobby Currier Story | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Inquiry | Dan Farrell (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le soleil des voyous | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Asylum for a Spy | James Andrew Congers (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Corrupt Ones | Cliff Wilder (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Action Man | Jim Beckley (Character) | - | 1967 |
75% |
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Is Paris Burning? | Brig. General Wm L. Sibert (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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The Caretakers | Dr. Donovan MacLeod (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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The Scarface Mob | Eliot Ness (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alcatraz Express | Eliot Ness (Character) | - | 1961 |
60% |
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The Last Voyage | Cliff Henderson (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns of Zangara | Eliot Ness (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gift of Love | William `'Bill'` Beck (Character) | - | 1958 |
100% |
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The Tarnished Angels | Roger Shumann (Character) | - | 1957 |
88% |
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Written on the Wind | Kyle Hadley (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Great Day in the Morning | Owen Pentecost (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Good Morning, Miss Dove | Dr. Thomas `'Tom'` Baker (Character) | - | 1955 |
85% |
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House of Bamboo |
Eddie Kenner/ |
- | 1955 |
46% |
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The High and the Mighty | John Sullivan (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Iron Glove | Captain Charles Wogan (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | War Paint | Lt. Billings (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conquest of Cochise | Maj. Tom Burke (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Sabre Jet | Col. Gil Manton (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Bwana Devil | Bob Hayward (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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My Outlaw Brother | Patrick O'Moore (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outlaw Brother | Patrick O'Moore (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bullfighter and the Lady | Johnny Regan (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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Mr. Music | Jefferson "Jeff" Blake (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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Fighter Squadron | Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton (Character) | - | 1948 |
57% |
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A Date With Judy | Stephen Andrews (Character) | - | 1948 |
96% |
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To Be or Not to Be | Lt. Stanislav Sobinski (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eagle Squadron | Unknown (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men of Texas | Barry Conovan (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Badlands of Dakota | Jim Holliday (Character) | - | 1941 |
80% |
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Nice Girl? | Don Webb (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% |
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The Mortal Storm | Otto von Rohn (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Little Bit of Heaven | Bob Terry (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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First Love | Ted Drake (Character) | - | 1939 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unsolved Mysteries | Host | 1988-1999 2001 2023 |
No Score Yet | 77% | King of the Hill | Reynolds Penland (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Chester Harrison (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Wives | George Lancaster (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strike Force | Captain Frank Murphy (Character) | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1968-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucy Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Eliot Ness (Character) | 1959-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lights Out | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |