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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 forty feature films.
He delivered breakout performances in his signature role as T-man (Treasury agent) Eliot Ness on The Untouchables (1959) which, after the pilot, ran for four seasons (118 episodes). And there was also the television movie, The Scarface Mob (1959).
Robert Stack. Actor: Airplane!. "Straight Shooting" -- whether skeet shooting, or portraying Eliot Ness -- Robert Stack always told it like it was, and shot straight. Born in Los Angeles, California, the younger son of James Langford Stack (1860-1928), the owner of an advertising agency, and Mary Elizabeth Modini Wood (1891-1975), he was ...
May 15, 2003 · Robert Stack, whose granite-eyed stare and menacing baritone spelled trouble for fictional criminals in American TV's "The Untouchables" and real ones in "Unsolved Mysteries," died...
May 14, 2003 · Robert Langford Modini Stack 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.
May 16, 2003 · Robert Stack, who won an Emmy and received an Oscar nomination in his 60-year career in films and television but was best remembered as the implacable, square-jawed Eliot Ness...
Oct 19, 2020 · The reboot of the true-crime series is operating without a set narrative voice, as the original Unsolved Mysteries host, Robert Stack, passed away on May 14, 2003. According to CBS...
May 15, 2003 · Handsome leading man Robert Stack, one of Hollywood’s best embodiments of the strong, silent type, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home. The star — whose film career started in the late 1930s...
May 16, 2003 · Robert Stack, the handsome, steely eyed actor who had a long career in films before achieving his greatest success playing legendary crime fighter Eliot Ness in the 1960s TV series “The...
May 15, 2003 · Robert Stack: A Hollywood veteran who conveyed moral certainty. Robert Stack was a veteran of nearly 30 films when he shot to international stardom in a television series, The Untouchables. The...
