Robert Stack

Robert Stack

出生 : 1919-01-13, Los Angeles, California, USA

死亡 : 2003-05-14

略歴

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. Born in Los Angeles, California, Stack spent his early childhood growing up in Europe.  Becoming fluent in French and Italian at an early age, and he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles.  Stack achieved minor fame in sporting, winning multiple championships including setting two world records and winning multiple honors in skeet shooting Stack studied drama at Bridgewater State College, earning his first hollywood role at the age of 20 and continuing to star in numerous roles throughout the early 1940s. After serving in the military, Stack returned to Hollywood to star in numerous films including stand out roles in The High and the Mighty (opposite John Wayne) and Written on the Wind (1957), for which he was awarded an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Stack later moved on to televised dramatic series, depicting the crime-fighting Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1959–1963), which earned him a best actor Emmy Award in 1960. Stack also starred in multiple drama series, before returning to film, this time in comedies to satirize his famed stoic and humorless demeanor. He began hosting Unsolved Mysteries in 1987, and served as the show's host throughout it's entire original run from 1987 to 2002.

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参加作品

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive)
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Acting for Douglas Sirk
The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews originally appeared in the documentary "Douglas Sirk: Uber Stars" (Eckhart Schmidt, 1980)
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
Host
First Look Studios released six theme-based DVD sets of "Unsolved Mysteries" in Region 1 in 2004/2005. The sets were re-released on June 21, 2005 with a lower suggested retail price. On March 21, 2006, a compilation set called The Best of Unsolved Mysteries was released, which contained selected segments from each of the earlier DVD sets along with some previously unreleased-on-DVD content. A special boxed set featuring the first six sets along with the new content from the Best of collection was also produced. List of DVD sets ---> Volume 1: UFOs, Volume 2: Ghosts, Volume 3: Miracles, Volume 4: Bizarre Murder, Volume 5: Psychics, Volume 6: Strange Legends, The Best of, The Ultimate Collection.
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM's most popular leading ladies
Killer Bud
The Gooch
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that carries the discontinued food item is found closed, Waylon and Buzz break in and can't break out.
Recess: School's Out
Superintendent (voice)
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break. As the kids discover the heroes inside themselves, a platoon of wacky characters, far-out music, and sci-fi surprises turn this madcap mission into a major victory for fun!
Mumford
Himself
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Sealed with a Kiss
Sumner Ethridge
Bennett, who's engaged to his boss's daughter, just lost a major client for his company. When a letter meant for someone else is accidentally mailed to his home, Bennett tries to return it to its author. She turns out to be Robbie, curator of the museum home of the poet Longfellow which is desperate for funding. Bennett is drawn to Robbie and decides to help her save the museum. In the process, he finds himself reevaluating his life.
BASEketball
Robert Stack
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.
ビーバス&バットヘッド DO AMERICA
Agent Flemming (voice)
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.
The Return of Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness
Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.
ジョー、満月の島へ行く
Dr. Ellison
Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
Dangerous Curves
Louis Faciano
A college graduate is offered a deal of a lifetime - deliver a Porsche for a client and join the company of your dreams in return. When the car gets stolen, he and his friend must go to a beauty pageant run by the thief to get it back.
Plain Clothes
Mr. Gardner
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Jordan White
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
トランスフォーマー ザ・ムービー
Ultra Magnus (voice)
地球暦2005年。セイバートロン星はデストロンの占領下にあった。そしてサイバトロンは、セイバートロン星にある2つの月に設けたムーンベース、そして地球のサイバトロンシティを拠点とし、故郷奪還の悲願に燃えていた。 度重なる激戦の末にサイバトロンは多くの仲間と、そして総司令官であるコンボイまでを失うこととなった。そして、サイバトロンのリーダーが代々受け継ぐ叡智の結晶「マトリクス」はコンボイの身を離れ、新たにリーダーとなる人物を待つことになる。 一方、セイバートロン星で伝説として伝わる超巨大トランスフォーマー「ユニクロン」が宇宙の彼方より現れ、セイバートロン星に迫りつつあった。ユニクロンはマトリクスが自らの脅威と自覚し、スタースクリームの裏切りで宇宙空間に放逐されたメガトロンをガルバトロンとして再生強化し、マトリクスの破壊を命じる。 新生デストロン、そしてユニクロン。果たしてサイバトロンは母星を、マトリクスを守りきれるのか。
Big Trouble
Winslow
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
Midas Valley
Drew Hammond
Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the competitive world of computer electronics and the greed, passion and intrigue amongst them.
地獄の7人
MacGregor
ベトナム戦争集結から10年。ローズ大佐は、ベトナムで捕虜になった息子が必ず生きていると信じて、行方を探し続ける。ある日、一枚の航空写真から、息子がラオスの捕虜収容所に居ると推測。大佐はかつての息子の戦友達を集め、捕虜救出作戦を企てる。強い信頼と友情で結ばれた7人の男達が再びベトナムへと向かう。
フライング・ハイ
Captain Rex Kramer
食中毒の発生したジェット機内のパニックをパロディ満載で描いたスラップスティック・コメディ。「JAWS/ジョーズ」に始まり「エアポート'75」「大陸横断超特急」など数々の作品がネタにされている。「ケンタッキー・フライド・ムービー」で注目を集め、近年では「裸の銃を持つ男」などでコメディ界に君臨し続けるトリオ“ZAZ”が手掛ける。
1941
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
真珠湾攻撃直後のカリフォルニア沖に突如浮上する大日本帝国潜水艦。ただの田舎町をハリウッドと勘違いした潜水艦が攻撃を決定したことから、アメリカ陸軍と住民たちの大騒動が始まる。<「JAWS/ジョーズ」「未知との遭遇」に続くスピルバーグ監督のコメディ作品。本作のモチーフとなったのは、イ17によるカリフォルニア州サンタバーバラのエルウッド石油製油所攻撃や、イ26によるカナダのバンクーバー島攻撃など、太平洋戦争中に遂行された日本海軍潜水艦による一連のアメリカ本土砲撃、そして日本軍の攻撃に対するアメリカ人の恐怖が引き起こしたロサンゼルスの戦いである。>
Undercover with the KKK
Host - Narrator
The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during the trial of several Klansmen for crimes of destruction and murder.
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.
Un Second Souffle
An aging dentist looks for a little liveliness by abandoning his wife in favor of a younger woman. When he learns that his mistress also has another younger lover, he gets jealous, but tries not to make an issue of it. In the end, he dumps her and returns to his wife, who is not about to stand for his middle-aged immaturity. She leaves him.
Murder on Flight 502
Captain Larkin
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.
Adventures of the Queen
Capt. James Morgan
A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Michael Rhodes
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
The Selling of the Pentagon
Self (archive footage)
The Selling of the Pentagon, was an important documentary aired in primetime on CBS on 23 February 1971. The aim of this film, produced by Peter Davis, was to examine the increasing utilization and cost to the taxpayers of public relations activities by the military-industrial complex in order to shape public opinion in favor of the military.
Story of a Woman
David Frasier
Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry and have a daughter. David is sent to Rome. Karin meets Bruno again.
Laura
Mark McPherson
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
太陽のならず者
Jim Beckley
An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
The Corrupt Ones
Cliff Wilder
Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure when he accidentally acquires the key to its location, the Peking medallion.
パリは燃えているか
General Sibert
名匠ルネ・クレマンがオーソン・ウェルズ以下超豪華オールスター・キャストで撮り上げた戦争大作。連合軍の反撃が始まっていた1944年夏、自由フランス軍とレジスタンスがパリを奪還し、解放するまでを描く。
Hollywood My Home Town
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
Asylum for a Spy
James Andrew Congers
A spy wants to "come in from the cold" since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit.
The Caretakers
Dr. Donovan MacLeod
This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.
The Last Voyage
Cliff Henderson
The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler room and the engine room and avoid the sinking of the vessel, the passenger Cliff Henderson struggles against time trying to save his beloved wife Laurie Henderson, who is trapped under a steel beam in her cabin, with the support of the crew member Hank Lawson.
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
The Scarface Mob
Eliot Ness
Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
The Gift of Love
William 'Bill' Beck
Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
翼に賭ける命
Roger Shumann
In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.
風と共に散る
Kyle Hadley
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jared, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Great Day in the Morning
Owen Pentecost
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a small minority in a strongly Unionist town.
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Dr Tom Baker
Beloved schoolteacher reflects back on her life and former students when she is hospitalized...
Laura
Mark Macpherson
A detective is assigned to a case of murder. During the investigation he finds himself taking a more than professional interest in the victim, the mysterious Laura.
House of Bamboo
Eddie Kenner
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
The High and the Mighty
John Sullivan
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
The Iron Glove
Captain Charles Wogan
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I on the throne of England.
Sabre Jet
Col. Gil Manton
The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Jane Carter (Coleen Gray), a reporter for a large newspaper syndicate arrives... she's also the estranged wife of the assistant squadron commander, Colonel Gil Manton (Robert Stack.) At first, she goes at her assignment of getting a story on the pilots wives with the same ruthlessness and persistence that broke up her marriage - but a mirror isn't needed to peek around the corner to where this one is headed.
Conquest of Cochise
Maj. Tom Burke
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.
War Paint
Lt. Billings
An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.
Bwana Devil
Bob Hayward
British railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engineer Bob Hayward becomes obsessed with trying to kill the beasts before they maul everyone on his crew.
My Outlaw Brother
Patrick O´Moore
Danny, a greenhorn from New York comes to the Mexican border in search for his older brother whom he has always looked up to. A Texas Ranger charged with bringing in, El Tigre and his gang of bandits, takes Danny under his wing.
Bullfighter and the Lady
John Regan
An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.
Mr. Music
Jeff Blake
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
Fighter Squadron
Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Nickey Van Alen
After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the estate of Miss Tatlock's millions.
A Date with Judy
Stephen Andrews
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Himself
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone Power as a Marine drill instructor; Rudy Vallee leading a military band; and Glenn Ford in the everyday grind of a Marine private.
Keeping Fit
Bob - Factory worker
Topical wartime short depicting the plight of civilians who must stay in shape in order to fight the good fight.
Men of Texas
Barry Conovan
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
Eagle Squadron
Chuck S. Brewer
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
To Be or Not to Be
Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Badlands Of Dakota
Jim Holliday
Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson (Ann Rutherford). While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer).
Nice Girl?
Don Webb
Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice girl" image when an associate of her father comes to town on his way to study Australian Aboriginal tribes.
A Little Bit of Heaven
Bob Terry
A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to move into a posh apartment, with all the usual problems that accompany sudden wealth.
The Mortal Storm
Otto Von Rohn
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Brietner, a family friend is caught up in the turmoil.
First Love
Ted Drake
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
These Dead Souls
(archive footage)
An audiovisual essay on Douglas Sirk's The Tarnished Angel. Analyzes a central scene 40 minutes into the narrative, and also refers both backward and forward in order to show the film’s richly elaborated logic of part and whole, repetition and stasis, drama and entropy.