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Biography
An American actor who appeared in more than 40 feature films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Written on the Wind (1956). He starred in the television series '"The Untouchables'" (1959-1963) and won the 1960 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Later he hosted and narrated the true crime series '"Unsolved Mysteries'" (1987-2002).
He was a World War II veteran who had served as a gunnery officer for more than 3 years in the US Navy. He was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Expert Rifle Ribbon and Expert Pistol Ribbon.
Born Charles Modini Stack on January 13, 1919 at The Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California. He was the son of James Stack age 52 and Elizabeth Wood age 27. His father had him christened as Robert Langford Stack and an affidavit explaining this was filed in 1925. [1][2][3]
When he was just 1 year old his parents got divorced, and his mother took him to Europe where he became fluent in French and Italian. He didn't learn English until returning to Los Angeles. His father ended up remarrying his mother but then died when Stack was just 10 years old.
Robert married Rosemarie Bowe on January 23, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, He was 36 years old and his parents were James Langford Stack and Elizabeth Modini Wood. She was 23 years old and her parents were Dennis Valentine Bowe and Ruby Madsoe. The ceremony was performed by George K. Attwood, Lutheran Pastor of the Beverly Hills Lutheran Church. They had 2 children and were together until his death.[4]
He loved shooting and playing polo. He set two world records for skeet shooting and in 1971 he was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame.
Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2002, Robert died after a heart attack at the age of 84 on May 14, 2003 at his home in Beverley Hills, California and was cremated. His remains were interred at Westwood Memorial park in Los Angeles, California.[5][6]
Sources
- ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-PYCG : 1 March 2021), Charles Modini Stack, 13 Jan 1919; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
- ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLH-M6SK : 1 March 2021), Robert Langford Stack, Jan 1919; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
- ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLDB-FTZ : 27 November 2014), Robert L Stack, 13 Jan 1919; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8XW-T1L : 9 March 2021), Robert Langford Stack and Rosemarie Bowe, 23 Jan 1956; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,452.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821041/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7444285
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQN-G8V : 31 January 2021), Robert Stack in entry for Langford Stack, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVD-6ZD : accessed 3 July 2021), Robert L Stack in household of Elizabeth M Stack, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 185, sheet 4B, line 59, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 140; FHL microfilm 2,339,875.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CN-FVG : 6 January 2021), Robert L Stach in household of Elizabeth M Stach, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-287, sheet 13A, line 36, family 389, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 401.
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