- 1998: 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: Formed Langford Productions
- 1959: Had title role in the biopic "John Paul Jones"
- 1959: Co-produced and starred as Eliot Ness in the ABC crime drama "The Untouchables"; won Best Actor Emmy in 1960
- 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
- National skeet champion at age 16; member of all-American team
- Film career interrupted during WWII when he served with US Air Force
- TV debut on live programs: "Lux Video Theatre", "Ford Theatre", "Producers Showcase" during the early 1950s
- Starred in the NBC crime drama "The Name of the Game"
- Returned to series TV in "Most Wanted" (ABC)
- Played the lead in the ABC series "Strike Force"
- Served as host for "Unsolved Mysteries" (NBC); began as occasional specials before becoming a weekly series




