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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
"Straight Shooting" - whether skeet shooting, or portraying Eliot Ness... more
Trivia:
He met the real-life Mrs. Eliot Ness when his biography was presented... more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
5 wins
&
2 nominations
more
NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Full of the strange
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:09 PM, PST)
New On DVD This Week
(From The Flickcast. 10 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:09 PM, PST)
New On DVD This Week
(From The Flickcast. 10 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Actor:
- "Butt-Ugly Martians" (2001) TV series .... Stoat Muldoon (unknown episodes)
- "King of the Hill" .... Reynolds Penland (1 episode, 2001)
- The Trouble with Gribbles (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Reynolds Penland - Killer Bud (2001) .... The Gooch
- Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) .... Superintendent
- "The Angry Beavers" .... Narrator (1 episode, 2000)
- Slap Happy/Home Loners (2000) TV episode .... Narrator - H.U.D. (2000) (TV) .... Deep Throat Man
- Sealed with a Kiss (1999) (TV) .... Sumner Ethridge
... aka First Comes Love (UK) - Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) (V) (voice) .... Narrator
- "Hercules" .... Bob the Narrator (1 episode, 1998)
... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title)
- Hercules and the Song of Circe (1998) TV episode (voice) .... Bob the Narrator - "Diagnosis Murder" .... Peter McReynolds (1 episode, 1997)
- Open and Shut (1997) TV episode .... Peter McReynolds - Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) (voice) .... ATF Agent Flemming
- The Return of Eliot Ness (1991) (TV) .... Eliot Ness
- Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) .... Kenneth Hindmick/Dr. Ellison
- Caddyshack II (1988) .... Chandler Young
- Plain Clothes (1988) .... Mr. Gardner
- Dangerous Curves (1988) .... Louis Faciano
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987) (TV) .... Jordan White
- "Falcon Crest" .... Roland Saunders (5 episodes, 1987)
- Chain Reaction (1987) TV episode (also archive footage) (uncredited) .... Roland Saunders
- Nowhere to Run (1987) TV episode .... Roland Saunders
- Battle Lines (1987) TV episode .... Roland Saunders
- Hat Trick (1987) TV episode .... Roland Saunders
- Dance of Deception (1987) TV episode .... Roland Saunders - The Transformers: The Movie (1986) (voice) .... Ultra Magnus
... aka Toransufômaa: Za mûbii (Japan)
... aka Transformers: The Movie (USA: DVD box title) - Big Trouble (1986) .... Winslow
- "Murder, She Wrote" .... Chester Harrison (1 episode, 1986)
- Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday (1986) TV episode .... Chester Harrison - Midas Valley (1985) (TV) .... Drew Hammond
- "Brothers" .... Russell Maltby (1 episode, 1985)
- Donald's Dad (1985) TV episode .... Russell Maltby - "Hollywood Wives" (1985) TV mini-series .... George Lancaster
- "Hotel" .... Charles Vandoor / ... (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
... aka Arthur Hailey's Hotel
- New Beginnings (1985) TV episode .... Charles Vandoor
- Wedding (1984) TV episode .... Lewis Blackwood - "George Washington" (1984) TV mini-series .... Gen. John Stark
- Uncommon Valor (1983) .... MacGregor
- "Strike Force" .... Capt. Frank Murphy (20 episodes, 1981-1982)
- Chinatown (1982) TV episode .... Capt. Frank Murphy
- The Avenger (1982) TV episode
- Deadly Chemicals (1982) TV episode .... Capt. Frank Murphy
- Humiliation (1982) TV episode .... Capt. Frank Murphy
- Lonely Ladies (1982) TV episode .... Capt. Frank Murphy
(15 more) - "The Love Boat" .... Bret Garrett (1 episode, 1980)
- Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/The Horse Lover/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse (1980) TV episode .... Bret Garrett - Airplane! (1980) .... Rex Kramer
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia) - 1941 (1979) .... Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
- Undercover with the KKK (1979) (TV) .... Narrator
... aka My Undercover Years with the KKK
... aka The Freedom Riders - Un second souffle (1978) .... François Davis
... aka Second Wind - "Most Wanted" .... Captain Linc Evers (21 episodes, 1976-1977)
- The Dutchman (1977) TV episode .... Captain Linc Evers
- The Death Dealer (1977) TV episode .... Captain Linc Evers
- The People Mover (1977) TV episode .... Captain Linc Evers
- The Insider (1977) TV episode .... Captain Linc Evers
- The Driver (1977) TV episode .... Captain Linc Evers
(16 more) - Most Wanted (1976) (TV) .... Lincoln Evers
- "Police Story" .... Sergeant Stoddard (2 episodes, 1976)
- Odyssey of Death: Part 2 (1976) TV episode .... Sergeant Stoddard
- Odyssey of Death: Part 1 (1976) TV episode .... Sergeant Stoddard - Murder on Flight 502 (1975) (TV) .... Captain Larkin
- Adventures of the Queen (1975) (TV) .... Captain James Morgan
- The Honorable Sam Houston (1975) (TV) .... Sam Houston
- The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974) (TV) .... Michael Rhodes
- "The Name of the Game" .... Dan Farrell (24 episodes, 1968-1971)
- Beware of the Watchdog (1971) TV episode .... Dan Farrell
- The Savage Eye (1971) TV episode .... Dan Farrell
- Seek and Destroy (1971) TV episode .... Dan Farrell
- The Glory Shouter (1970) TV episode .... Dan Farrell
- Battle at Gannon's Bridge (1970) TV episode .... Dan Farrell
(19 more) - Storia di una donna (1970) .... David Frasier
... aka Story of a Woman (USA) - Laura (1968/I) (TV) .... Mark McPherson
- "The Red Skelton Show" .... Escaped Convict (1 episode, 1967)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode #17.1 (1967) TV episode .... Escaped Convict - Le soleil des voyous (1967) .... Jim Beckley
... aka Action Man (USA)
... aka Il più grande colpo del secolo (Italy)
... aka Leather and Nylon - Die Hölle von Macao (1967) .... Cliff Wilder
... aka Hell to Macao
... aka Il sigillo di Pechino (Italy)
... aka Les corrompus (France)
... aka The Corrupt Ones (USA)
... aka The Peking Medallion (UK) - Sail to Glory (1967) .... Narrator
- Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) .... Général Sibert/Brig. General Wm L. Sibert
... aka Is Paris Burning? (International: English title) - "The Lucy Show" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
- Lucy the Gun Moll (1966) TV episode - "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" .... James Andrew Congers / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
... aka The Chrysler Theater
... aka Theatre of Stars (UK)
... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
- Memorandum for a Spy: Part 2 (1965) TV episode .... James Andrew Congers
- Memorandum for a Spy: Part 1 (1965) TV episode .... James Andrew Congers
- The Command (1964) TV episode .... Major Morgan - Memorandum for a Spy (1965) (TV) .... James Andrew Congers
... aka Asylum for a Spy - The Caretakers (1963) .... Dr. Donovan MacLeod
... aka Borderlines (UK) - "The Untouchables" .... Eliot Ness (118 episodes, 1959-1963)
- A Taste for Pineapple (1963) TV episode .... Eliot Ness
- Line of Fire (1963) TV episode .... Eliot Ness
- The Torpedo (1963) TV episode .... Eliot Ness
- The Jazz Man (1963) TV episode .... Eliot Ness
- The Charlie Argos Story (1963) TV episode .... Eliot Ness
(113 more) - The Last Voyage (1960) .... Cliff Henderson
- John Paul Jones (1959) .... John Paul Jones
- "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Eliot Ness (2 episodes, 1959)
... aka Desilu Playhouse
- The Untouchables: Part 2 (1959) TV episode .... Eliot Ness
- The Untouchables: Part 1 (1959) TV episode .... Eliot Ness - The Gift of Love (1958) .... William 'Bill' Beck
- The Tarnished Angels (1958) .... Roger Shumann
- "Playhouse 90" .... Jerry Cook (1 episode, 1957)
- Panic Button (1957) TV episode .... Jerry Cook - Written on the Wind (1956) .... Kyle Hadley
- "Producers' Showcase" (1 episode, 1956)
- The Lord Don't Play Favorites (1956) TV episode - Great Day in the Morning (1956) .... Owen Pentecost
- Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) .... Dr. Thomas 'Tom' Baker
- "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Mark MacPherson (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Fox Hour of Stars (USA: rerun title)
- Laura (1955) TV episode .... Mark MacPherson - House of Bamboo (1955) .... Eddie Kenner aka Spanier
- "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Ben Barton / ... (2 episodes, 1953-1954)
... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
- Indirect Approach (1954) TV episode .... Ben Barton
- Ever Since the Day (1953) TV episode .... Ralph Saunders - The High and the Mighty (1954) .... John Sullivan
- The Iron Glove (1954) .... Charles Wogan
- Conquest of Cochise (1953) .... Maj. Tom Burke
- Sabre Jet (1953) .... Col. Gil Manton
- War Paint (1953) .... Lt. Billings
- "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- Storm Warnings (1953) TV episode - Bwana Devil (1952) .... Bob Hayward
- "Hollywood Opening Night" (1 episode, 1952)
- Thirty Days (1952) TV episode - "Celanese Theatre" (1 episode, 1952)
- They Knew What They Wanted (1952) TV episode - "Lux Video Theatre" .... First Man (1 episode, 1951)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Route 19 (1951) TV episode .... First Man - "Lights Out" .... Ian Garth / ... (2 episodes, 1951)
- Will-o'-the-Wisp (1951) TV episode .... Ian Garth
- Strange Legacy (1951) TV episode .... Stephen Elliott - My Outlaw Brother (1951) .... Patrick O'Moore (El Tigre)
... aka My Brother, the Outlaw - Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) .... Johnny Regan
... aka Torero (USA: alternative title) - "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1951)
- Broken Dishes (1951) TV episode - Mr. Music (1950) .... Jefferson 'Jeff' Blake
- Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) .... Nickey Van Alen
- Fighter Squadron (1948) .... Capt. Stu Hamilton
- A Date with Judy (1948) .... Stephen Andrews
- Keeping Fit (1942) .... Bob - Factory worker
- Men of Texas (1942) .... Barry Conovan
... aka Men of Destiny (UK) - Eagle Squadron (1942) .... Chuck S. Brewer
- To Be or Not to Be (1942) .... Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
- Badlands of Dakota (1941) .... Jim Holliday
- Nice Girl? (1941) .... Don Webb
- A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) .... Bob Terry
- The Mortal Storm (1940) .... Otto von Rohn
- First Love (1939) .... Ted Drake
Producer:
- Gangsta King: Raymond Lee Washington (2003) (V) (executive producer)
- Lords of the Mafia (2000) (TV) (executive producer)
Thanks:
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) (TV) (grateful acknowledgment)
Self:
- The Desilu Story (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002) .... Himself
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) (TV) .... Himself - Actor
- Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001) (TV) .... Himself - Actor
- "Biography" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1997-2000)
- Yvonne DeCarlo: Gilded Lily (2000) TV episode .... Himself
- Leslie Nielsen: Naked Laugher (2000) TV episode .... Himself
- Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow (1997) TV episode .... Himself - Lords of the Mafia (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- Top Speed (1999) .... Himself
- Mumford (1999) .... Himself
- "Unsolved Mysteries" .... Himself - Host / ... (27 episodes, 1987-2002)
- Borderline Murder (1999) TV episode .... Himself - Co-host
- Shelly Loved Horses (1996) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- The Wickenburg Massacre (1996) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Grace's Ghost (1996) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Who Killed Superman? (1995) TV episode .... Himself - Host
(22 more) - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Films of Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker (????) TV episode .... Himself - BASEketball (1998) .... Himself - Unsolved Mysteries Host
- "E! True Hollywood Story" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- The Kennedys: Power, Seduction and Hollywood (1998) TV episode .... Himself - "Cybill" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
- Where's a Harpoon When You Need One? (1997) TV episode .... Himself - American Hero Awards (1997) (TV) .... Host
- "Suddenly Susan" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
- What a Card (1997) TV episode .... Himself - Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) (TV) .... Himself
- 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997) (TV) .... Himself
- Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome (1996) .... Himself
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) .... Himself
- "Final Appeal: From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries" .... Host (1 episode, 1992)
- Who Killed Jeanine? (1992) TV episode .... Host - "A Conversation with Dinah" (1989) TV series .... Himself (1989)
- America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- Korea: The Forgotten War (1987) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) (TV) .... Himself
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1986) (TV) .... Himself
- NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986) (TV) .... Himself
- The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986) (TV) .... Himself
- The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985) (TV) .... Himself
- My Kingdom For... (1985)
- "It's a Great Life" (1985) TV series .... Co-host (unknown episodes)
- The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982) (TV) .... Himself
- Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) (TV) .... Himself
- Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1980) (TV) .... Himself
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1979) (TV) .... Himself
- The Magic of David Copperfield II (1979) (TV) .... Himself
- Homage for The Duke (1979) (TV) .... Himself
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Audience Member
- ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978) (TV) .... Himself
- The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Tribute to Rod Serling
- "Celebrity Tennis" .... Himself (1 episode, 1975)
- Episode dated 27 June 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Himself - "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself - Co-Host (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode dated 28 March 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - Co-Host - Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Movie Game" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1970-1971)
- Episode dated 4 July 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 28 June 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 April 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 February 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - Alone, Unarmed, and Unafraid (1968) .... Narrator
- "Password" .... Panelist (2 episodes, 1963)
... aka Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
- Edie Adams vs. Robert Stack (1963) TV episode .... Panelist
- Nanette Fabray vs. Robert Stack (1963) TV episode .... Panelist - The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Costume Design Awards
- What About Linda? (1961) (TV) .... Himself
... aka March of Dimes, What About Linda (USA: complete title) - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
- Robert Stack (1960) TV episode .... Himself - "About Faces" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
- Episode dated 8 July 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself - "Person to Person" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
- Episode #7.34 (1960) TV episode .... Himself - The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
- The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
- "Lux Video Theatre" .... Himself - Intermission guest (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Only Yesterday (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Intermission guest - "Climax!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
- The Louella Parsons Story (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943) .... Himself
... aka Screen Snapshots, No. 1, Series 23 (USA: review title)
Archive Footage:
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"Memòries de la tele"
- Episode #4.2 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Acting for Douglas Sirk: 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' Remembered (2008) (V) .... Himself
- Resurrection Mary (2007) .... Himself
- Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2007) .... Himself
- Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007) (V) .... Himself
- Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005) (V) .... Himself
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- Cineastas contra magnates (2005) (uncredited) .... Roger Schumann (in "The Tarnished Angels")
- The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself (Memorial Tribute)
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"Star Trek: Voyager"
- Memorial (2000) TV episode .... Eliot Ness - The Making of '1941' (1996) (V) .... Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
- The Selling of the Pentagon (1971) (TV) .... Himself
- Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Himself
- The Gun of Zangara (1960) (TV) .... Eliot Ness
- Alcatraz Express (1960) (TV) .... Eliot Ness
- The Scarface Mob (1959) (TV) .... Eliot Ness
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1998) TV commercial: WebTV
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Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography | 5 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo
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