Robert Stack Overview:

Actor, Robert Stack, was born Robert Langford Modini Stack on Jan 13, 1919 in Los Angeles, CA. Stack died at the age of 84 on May 14, 2003 in Beverly Hills, CA and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Stack was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1956Best Supporting ActorWritten on the Wind (1956)Kyle HadleyNominated
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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By Dawn on Aug 16, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

In addition to acting in over 40 films, he also performed on the television series The Untouchables and later was the host of Unsolved Mysteries.'s first film, was First Love(1939) and he was the first actor to give Durbin an on-screen kiss.Stack won acclaim for his next role, The Mortal... Read full article


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By Brandie on Aug 15, 2010 From True Classics

Note: Brandie defers to Carrie’s expertise on all things Airplane! today, particularly since (gasp!) she’s never seen it. And yes, Carrie, I’m going to fix that immediately. Shifting out of some of the usual vein for TCM, we move into the 1980s. More specifically, we’re loo... Read full article


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Robert Stack Quotes:

Captain Richard Pearson: Captain, are you surrendering? Do you ask for quarter?
John Paul Jones: No sir! I have no yet begun to fight!


[Last line]
Cliff Henderson: This is one guy I'm gonna help aboard personally!


Betty Anderson: [Eliot Ness arrives after two Capone men pay his Fiance a visit] Eliot what kind men are they?
Eliot Ness: They are warped, sadistic, rotten little cowards!


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Robert Stack Facts
Served as a gunnery officer in the U.S. Navy for more than three years during World War II.

By late December 1955, it was announced that Stack was to star in The Proud Ones (1956) but eventually the role was played by Robert Ryan.

As a child, his mother introduced him to movie stars like Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy so they could act as surrogate father figures to him. They often took him hunting and fishing.

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