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Robert Stack

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Birthday: January 13, 1919
  • 1998 to 0000

    Resumed hosting duties of "Unsolved Mysteries" when it switched networks to CBS

  • 1991

    Reprised most famous role in the NBC TV-movie "The Return of Eliot Ness"

  • 1990

    Last on camera feature role (to date) "Joe Versus the Volcano"

  • 1985

    Co-starred in teh ABC miniseries "Hollywood Wives"

  • 1980

    Demonstrated comic flair in the spoof "Airplane!"

  • 1975

    Played title role in "The Honorable Sam Houston" (ABC)

  • 1968

    Again played detective investigating the case in an ABC remake of "Laura"

  • 1959 to 1963

    Co-produced and starred as Eliot Ness in the ABC crime drama "The Untouchables"; won Best Actor Emmy in 1960

  • 1959

    Formed Langford Productions

  • 1959

    Had title role in the biopic "John Paul Jones"

  • 1957

    Co-starred in the SIrk-directed "The Tarnished Angels"

  • 1956

    Received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for "Written on the Wind", directed by Douglas Sirk

  • 1955

    Played the destective investigating the case in a TV version of "Laura" (CBS)

  • 1954

    Delivered a strong supporting turn as a pilot in "The High and the Mighty"

  • 1951

    Had leading role in "The Bullfighter and the Lady"

  • 1942

    Appeared as a Polish flying ace in "To Be or Not To Be"

  • 1939

    Screen debut, "First Love", in which he gave screen star Deanna Durbin her first screen kiss

  • Film career interrupted during WWII when he served with US Air Force

  • National skeet champion at age 16; member of all-American team

  • Played the lead in the ABC series "Strike Force"

  • Returned to series TV in "Most Wanted" (ABC)

  • Served as host for "Unsolved Mysteries" (NBC); began as occasional specials before becoming a weekly series

  • Starred in the NBC crime drama "The Name of the Game"

  • TV debut on live programs: "Lux Video Theatre", "Ford Theatre", "Producers Showcase" during the early 1950s

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