Robert Stack

Career timeline

1. 1919 · Born

   Born in Los Angeles, California, USA

2. 1939 · Screen debut

   First Love (Movie)

3. 1977 · Breakthrough

   The Love Boat (TV)

4. 2003 · Died

   May 14, 2003

5. 2026 · Latest release

   Optimus Prime Awakening (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1930s

8 1940s

18 1950s

9 1960s

6 1970s

15 1980s

15 1990s

2 2000s

1 2010s

2 2020s

• Drama40
• Comedy31
• Crime15
• Romance12
• Action10
• Animation8

Highest-rated title The Untouchables 1959 8.1 Most popular title Airplane! 1980 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Stack in our catalogue.

Ira Newborn

2 titles together

Aaron Spelling

2 titles together

Mark McCorkle

2 titles together

Fielder Cook

2 titles together

Eric Idle

2 titles together

Abe Vigoda

2 titles together

1. 2026 Optimus Prime Awakening as Ultra Magnus (archived audio) Movie
2. 2021 Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune Movie
3. 2019 Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as (archive footage) Movie
4. 2002 Butt-Ugly Martians as Stoat Muldoon (voice) TV
5. 2001 Recess: School's Out as Superintendent (voice) 6.6 Movie
6. 1999 Mumford as Robert Stack 6.6 Movie
7. 1999 Hercules: Zero to Hero as Narrator (voice) (archive sound) 6.4 Movie
8. 1998 Hercules as Bob (voice) 6.9 TV
9. 1998 BASEketball as Robert Stack 6.1 Movie
10. 1997 The Angry Beavers as Narrator (voice) 7.0 TV
11. 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as Agent Flemming (voice) 6.7 Movie
12. 1996 Suddenly Susan as Robert Stack 6.0 TV
13. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Peter McReynolds 7.1 TV
14. 1992 Vicki! as Self TV
15. 1991 The Return of Eliot Ness as Eliot Ness Movie
16. 1991 Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS TV
17. 1990 Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts TV
18. 1990 The Fanelli Boys as Robert Stack (uncredited) TV
19. 1990 Blossom as Robert Stack 6.2 TV
20. 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano as Dr. Ellison 5.8 Movie
21. 1988 Dangerous Curves as Louis Faciano Movie
22. 1988 Caddyshack II as Chandler Young 4.2 Movie
23. 1988 Plain Clothes as Mr. Gardner 6.1 Movie
24. 1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit as Jordan White Movie
25. 1986 The Transformers: The Movie as Ultra Magnus (voice) 7.2 Movie
26. 1986 Big Trouble as Winslow 5.3 Movie
27. 1985 Hollywood Wives as George Lancaster TV
28. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Chester Harrison 7.5 TV
29. 1984 Brothers TV
30. 1984 George Washington as General Stark TV
31. 1983 Uncommon Valor as MacGregor 6.2 Movie
32. 1982 Hotel as Lewis Blackwood 6.7 TV
33. 1981 Falcon Crest as Roland Saunders 5.6 TV
34. 1981 Strike Force as Captain Frank Murphy TV
35. 1980 Airplane! as Captain Rex Kramer 7.3 Movie
36. 1979 1941 as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell 5.8 Movie
37. 1977 The Love Boat as Bret Garrett 6.3 TV
38. 1976 Most Wanted as Captain Linc Evers TV
39. 1975 Murder on Flight 502 as Captain Larkin Movie
40. 1974 The Strange and Deadly Occurrence as Michael Rhodes Movie
41. 1973 Police Story 7.0 TV
42. 1968 The Name of the Game as Dan Farrell TV
43. 1967 The Danny Thomas Hour as Angelo (Businessman) TV
44. 1967 Action Man as Jim Beckley 6.1 Movie
45. 1967 The Corrupt Ones as Cliff Wilder Movie
46. 1966 Is Paris Burning? as General Sibert 7.2 Movie
47. 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Major Morgan TV
48. 1963 The Caretakers as Dr. Donovan MacLeod Movie
49. 1962 The Lucy Show as Agent Briggs 7.1 TV
50. 1960 The Last Voyage as Cliff Henderson 6.2 Movie
51. 1959 The Scarface Mob as Eliot Ness Movie
52. 1959 The Untouchables as Eliot Ness 8.1 TV
53. 1959 John Paul Jones as John Paul Jones Movie
54. 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Eliot Ness TV
55. 1958 The Gift of Love as William 'Bill' Beck Movie
56. 1957 The Tarnished Angels as Roger Shumann 6.8 Movie
57. 1956 Written on the Wind as Kyle Hadley 7.0 Movie
58. 1956 Great Day in the Morning as Owen Pentecost 6.0 Movie
59. 1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove as Dr. Tommy Baker Movie
60. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Mark MacPherson TV
61. 1955 House of Bamboo as Eddie Kenner 6.2 Movie
62. 1954 The High and the Mighty as John Sullivan 6.0 Movie
63. 1953 War Paint as Lt. Billings Movie
64. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre as Ralph Saunders TV
65. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Vic Flint TV
66. 1951 The Red Skelton Show as Bo Bo McGoon TV
67. 1951 Bullfighter and the Lady as John Regan Movie
68. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as First Man TV
69. 1949 Lights Out TV
70. 1948 Fighter Squadron as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton Movie
71. 1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions as Nickey Van Alen Movie
72. 1948 A Date with Judy as Stephen Andrews 6.1 Movie
73. 1942 Eagle Squadron as Chuck S. Brewer Movie
74. 1942 To Be or Not to Be as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski 7.8 Movie
75. 1941 Nice Girl? as Don Webb Movie
76. 1940 The Mortal Storm as Otto Von Rohn 7.4 Movie
77. 1939 First Love as Ted Drake Movie

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