Robert Stack Highlights

  • 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