Biographies: Robert Stack - Actor

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American actor, born on January 13, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960, a Golden Laurel Award in 1960 for The Last Voyage (1960), and an Emmy Award in 1960 for The Untouchables (1959–1963). He married actress Rosemarie Stack (1956-2003), with whom he had two children, and he remained with her until his death. Among his most important works are Airplane! (1980), Unsolved Mysteries (1987), and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996). Stack was born to parents of Italian descent. He learned and mastered Italian, French, and later English. He learned to shoot, studied drama at the University of Southern California, and joined the US Navy, becoming an artillery officer. He fought in World War II in Southeast Asia and received heroic medals. His first appearance on the cinema screen was with Universal in the movie First Love (1939). He presented war films, Westerns, comedies and romance films. He is known for the adventure epic Bwana Devil (1952). At the end of the fifties, he turned to television and achieved remarkable success. He died on May 14, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA due to a heart attack.

• 27 February 2022
• Christina Aziz