Robert Stack

Robert Stack (January 13, 1919 - May 14, 2003), born Robert Langford Modini, was an American actor famous for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries.

Stack was born in Los Angeles, California but spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, but he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles.

Stack took drama courses at the University of Southern California. His deep voice and good looks attracted producers in Hollywood. When Stack visited the set of Universal Studios at age 20, producer Joe Pasternak offered him an opportunity to enter the business. Recalled Stack, "He said 'How'd you like to be in pictures? We'll make a test with Helen Parrish, a little love scene.' Helen Parrish was a beautiful girl. 'Gee, that sounds keen,' I told him. I got the part."

During World War II, Stack served as gunnery instructor in the United States Navy.

In 1957, Stack was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Written on the Wind. He starred in more than 40 films, including The Iron Glove (1954); Good Morning Miss Dove (1955) and Is Paris Burning? (1966). Known for his steadfast, humorless demeanor, he made fun of his own persona in comedies such as 1941 (1979), Airplane! (1980), Caddyshack II (1988), and Baseketball (1998).

Stack depicted the crimefighting Eliot Ness in the television drama The Untouchables from 1959 to 1963. The show portrayed the ongoing battle between gangsters and federal agents in a Prohibition-era Chicago. His role on the show brought Stack a best actor Emmy Award in 1960.

He began hosting Unsolved Mysteries in 1988, where his deep, ominous voice and expressionless face lent an authentic seriousness to the show's dark subject matter.

In 1996 he lent his voice as Agent Fleming in Beavis and Butthead Do America.

Stack had undergone radiation therapy for prostate cancer in October 2002. He died of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles in May 2003. He is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.


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He is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. He continues to play the voice of Peter Pan and pursue acting in Los Angeles, California. He died of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles in May 2003. A gritty movie about young delinquents in a mental hospital, it starred Weaver as well as actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Stack had undergone radiation therapy for prostate cancer in October 2002. In 2001 the film Manic, co-written by Weaver, was a favorite at The Sundance Film Festival. In 1996 he lent his voice as Agent Fleming in Beavis and Butthead Do America. In 2001 he became the new voice of Disney's Peter Pan and has performed that voice in various children's films as well as in recordings for the Disney theme parks.

He began hosting Unsolved Mysteries in 1988, where his deep, ominous voice and expressionless face lent an authentic seriousness to the show's dark subject matter. In the late 1990s he appeared in several TV movies and was also a guest star on several shows including ER, JAG and Chicago Hope. His role on the show brought Stack a best actor Emmy Award in 1960. Weaver's first major film performance was in the independent film Where the Red Fern Grows (Part Two). The show portrayed the ongoing battle between gangsters and federal agents in a Prohibition-era Chicago. Blayne Weaver (born 1976) is an American actor and writer and was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. Stack depicted the crimefighting Eliot Ness in the television drama The Untouchables from 1959 to 1963.

Known for his steadfast, humorless demeanor, he made fun of his own persona in comedies such as 1941 (1979), Airplane! (1980), Caddyshack II (1988), and Baseketball (1998). He starred in more than 40 films, including The Iron Glove (1954); Good Morning Miss Dove (1955) and Is Paris Burning? (1966). In 1957, Stack was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Written on the Wind. During World War II, Stack served as gunnery instructor in the United States Navy.

'Gee, that sounds keen,' I told him. I got the part.". Recalled Stack, "He said 'How'd you like to be in pictures? We'll make a test with Helen Parrish, a little love scene.' Helen Parrish was a beautiful girl. When Stack visited the set of Universal Studios at age 20, producer Joe Pasternak offered him an opportunity to enter the business. His deep voice and good looks attracted producers in Hollywood.

Stack took drama courses at the University of Southern California. He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, but he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles. Stack was born in Los Angeles, California but spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. Robert Stack (January 13, 1919 - May 14, 2003), born Robert Langford Modini, was an American actor famous for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries.