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AKA:
Robert Langford Stack
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California
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Tall, masculine, and blessed with a matinee idol’s baritone voice, Robert Stack certainly looked every inch the movie star, but he actually found his greatest fame on television. His iron jaw and terse delivery made him the ideal crime fighter to tackle the worst gangsters of the Jazz Age on “The Untouchables” (ABC, 1959-1963). That air of moral inflexibility still carried freight almost 30 years later, when he hosted “Unsolved Mysteries” (NBC/CBS, 1987-2002). Prior to and between those two series, he co-starred in a number of popular films, earned an Academy Award nomination, and even got a
National skeet champion at age 16; member of all-American team
1939
Screen debut, "First Love", in which he gave screen star Deanna Durbin her first screen kiss
1942
Appeared as a Polish flying ace in "To Be or Not To Be"
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
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