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Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack, January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor, sportsman, and television host. In addition to acting in more than 40 feature films, he starred in the ABC-TV television series The Untouchables (1959–63), for which he won the 1960 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, and later hosted Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002). He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Written on the Wind (1956).
Robert Stack was born Charles Langford Modini Stack in Los Angeles, California, but his first name (selected by his mother) was changed to Robert by his father. He spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, and did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles. His parents divorced when he was a year old, and he was raised by his mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wood). His father, James Langford Stack, a wealthy advertising agency owner, later remarried his mother, but died when Stack was ten. He had always spoken of his mother with the greatest respect and love. When he collaborated with Mark Evans on his autobiography, Straight Shooting, he included a picture of himself and his mother. He captioned it, "Me and my best girl." His grandfather was an opera singer named Charles Wood, who went by the name "Modini". By the time he was twenty, Stack had achieved minor fame as a sportsman. He was an avid polo player and shooter. He and his brother won the International Outboard Motor Championships, in Venice, Italy; and, at age 16, he became a member of the All-American Skeet Team. He set two world records in skeet shooting and became National Champion. In 1971, he was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame.
Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 to 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008. The show was broadcast first as specials in 1987, then as a regular series on NBC (1988–1997), CBS (1997–1999), Lifetime (2001–2002) and Spike (2008–2010). Lifetime once again airs the revived version of the series, but only in reruns.
Although the show is not in production, Cosgrove-Meurer Productions maintains a website for the show, featuring popular accounts and still unsolved crimes (murder or missing persons), with a link to an online form should a viewer have information on an unsolved crime.
Unsolved Mysteries used a documentary format to profile real-life mysteries and featured re-enactments of unsolved crimes, missing persons cases, conspiracy theories and unexplained paranormal phenomena (alien abductions, ghosts, UFOs, and "secret history" theories).
The concept was created in a series of three specials produced by John Cosgrove and Terry-Dunn Meurer, which were pitched to NBC in 1985 and shown in 1986 with the title, "Missing... Have You Seen This Person?" The success of the specials led Cosgrove and Meurer to broaden the program to include mysteries of all kinds.
The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *χrōþi- "fame" and *berχta- "bright". Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of hruod "fame, glory" and berht "bright"). It is also in use as a surname.
After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form (Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð) had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto.
Similar to the name, Richard, "Robert" is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used as a French, Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian name as well.
Robert, and also the name Joseph, were in the top 10 most given boys' names in the US for 47 years, from 1925 to 1972.
In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.
Stack may refer to:
This video details the death of actor Robert Stack!
Robert Stack 1999 Interview Part 1. Videographed by Luke Sacher, interviewed by Carole Langer at his home in 1999.
The family background of Robert Stack and how he was used to pitch so many topics onto the public before the internet age really took off is very interesting all by itself, not to mention what he claims about his CIA buddy and underwater craft technology. Simply put we know submarines and flight vehicles are real, so what is the big deal about combining those two concepts into just one craft ???
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Taran Killam talks about being related to actor Robert Stack and appearing on "Unsolved Mysteries" as a kid.
More with Robert, Rosemarie, Jerry Paris, Bill Orr and Frank Gordon who played "Frank Nitti" in The Untouchable series with Bob. Some of the nicest and most down to earth people I will ever know!
Tonight.... on Unsolved Mysteries.
Tonight.. on Unsolved Mysteries. Robert stack unsolved mysteries.
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war. Showdown at Abilene 1956 Full Length Western Movie -- Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger -- Director: Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) . Showdown at Abilene 1956 Full Length Western Movie -- Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger -- Director: Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) . Showdown at Abilene 1956 Full Length Western Movie -- Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger -- Director: Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) .
Directed by John Brahm. With George Sanders, Dana Wynter, Robert Stack, Scott Forbes English subtitles available at open subtitles org but you must search with the title A portrait of murder.This was a TV film but recorded without commercials and the title is Laura.Below from imbd The TV film "Laura" from 1955 was directed by the distinguished German-born Hollywood director John Brahm. Like so many directors in Hollywood, he started his career in Germany but left for the USA well before the Second World War. He is most famous for a handful of films he made during the forties, in particular for "The Lodger" (1944), "Hangover Square" (1945) and "The Locket" (1946). However, during the fifties, in common with so many of the émigré directors who failed to reach the same stellar status as Prem...
Planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official.
Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot. Director: Douglas Sirk Writers: William Faulkner (novel), George Zuckerman (screenplay) Stars: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone Imdb Rating:7,3/10
War Paint 1953 - Robert Stack, Joan Taylor - Western SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATE NEW VIDEOS: Storyline War Paint 1953 The . Trailer for the classic western War Paint (1953) starring Robert Stack and Joan Taylor. For more retro trailers, be sure to subscribe to Project 1950s. 1950s Western Movie Trailers.
Robert Stack 1999 Interview Part 1. Videographed by Luke Sacher, interviewed by Carole Langer at his home in 1999.
The family background of Robert Stack and how he was used to pitch so many topics onto the public before the internet age really took off is very interesting all by itself, not to mention what he claims about his CIA buddy and underwater craft technology. Simply put we know submarines and flight vehicles are real, so what is the big deal about combining those two concepts into just one craft ???
The success of live television is the most collaborative of all efforts in Broadcasting. It takes a great team of producers and techs to make it work. I had such a team in Boston. This is one of the over 4,000 hours of live television that we produced. Robert and Rosemarie Stack agreed to come to Boston for an interview. Behind the scenes, we plotted with Rosemarie, his beloved and wonderful wife, to surprise Bob with old friends. Hope you will watch all four parts.
Taran Killam talks about being related to actor Robert Stack and appearing on "Unsolved Mysteries" as a kid.
Jim Nolan interviewing Unsolved Mysteries host, Robert Stack.
Robert Stack 1999 Interview Part 2. Videographed by Luke Sacher, interviewed by Carole Langer at his home in 1999.
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This video details the death of actor Robert Stack!
This video details the death of actor Robert Stack!
Robert Stack 1999 Interview Part 1. Videographed by Luke Sacher, interviewed by Carole Langer at his home in 1999.
The family background of Robert Stack and how he was used to pitch so many topics onto the public before the internet age really took off is very interesting all by itself, not to mention what he claims about his CIA buddy and underwater craft technology. Simply put we know submarines and flight vehicles are real, so what is the big deal about combining those two concepts into just one craft ???
20110404 Hunt_for_the_Abominable_Snowman
Music : Estranho & amp; Bonito (Tom Lown Remix) COPYRIGHT Não possuo nenhum material usado neste vídeo. Todo o material pertence aos seus respectivos proprietários. Direitos autorais Nos termos da seção 107 da Lei de Direitos Autorais de 1976, a provisão é feita para "uso justo", incluindo, mas não limitado a, sem fins lucrativos, educacional ou pessoal. Este é apenas um fã de vídeo. Não há intenção de infringir direitos de autoria.
Taran Killam talks about being related to actor Robert Stack and appearing on "Unsolved Mysteries" as a kid.
More with Robert, Rosemarie, Jerry Paris, Bill Orr and Frank Gordon who played "Frank Nitti" in The Untouchable series with Bob. Some of the nicest and most down to earth people I will ever know!
Tonight.... on Unsolved Mysteries.
Tonight.. on Unsolved Mysteries. Robert stack unsolved mysteries.
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war. Showdown at Abilene 1956 Full Length Western Movie -- Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger -- Director: Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) . Showdown at Abilene 1956 Full Length Western Movie -- Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger -- Director: Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) . Showdown at Abilene 1956 Full Length Western Movie -- Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger -- Director: Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) .
Directed by John Brahm. With George Sanders, Dana Wynter, Robert Stack, Scott Forbes English subtitles available at open subtitles org but you must search with the title A portrait of murder.This was a TV film but recorded without commercials and the title is Laura.Below from imbd The TV film "Laura" from 1955 was directed by the distinguished German-born Hollywood director John Brahm. Like so many directors in Hollywood, he started his career in Germany but left for the USA well before the Second World War. He is most famous for a handful of films he made during the forties, in particular for "The Lodger" (1944), "Hangover Square" (1945) and "The Locket" (1946). However, during the fifties, in common with so many of the émigré directors who failed to reach the same stellar status as Prem...
Planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official.
Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot. Director: Douglas Sirk Writers: William Faulkner (novel), George Zuckerman (screenplay) Stars: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone Imdb Rating:7,3/10
War Paint 1953 - Robert Stack, Joan Taylor - Western SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATE NEW VIDEOS: Storyline War Paint 1953 The . Trailer for the classic western War Paint (1953) starring Robert Stack and Joan Taylor. For more retro trailers, be sure to subscribe to Project 1950s. 1950s Western Movie Trailers.