Actor Robert Stack passes away

Dead at age 84. Loved him in 1941
Best to his family

Peace
Norm

 

oh man...

My prayers to is family...

 

A very fine actor....Unsolved Mysteries aside, that wasn't quite acting, was it? But a fine voice perfect for the show; had weight and authority. And there was THE UNTOUCHABLES on TV; 1941, many other films, and I believe he voiced a character in the Beavis & Butthead movie that was pretty funny(something about a 'full cavity search' IIRC).

Seemed like a great guy. R.I.P.

ED

 

My first exposure to Stack was Transformers: The Movie. Did the voice for Ultra Magnus.

R.I.P.

 

Was also hilarious in Airplane! and great in "Written on the Wind." All highly recommended.

 

For my money, Stack's greatest role was as Captain Max Kramer in Airplane!:

"This guy has no flying experience at all. He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air...yes, birds too."

"Our one hope is to build this man up. I've got to give him all the confidence I can. Striker, have you ever flown a multi-engine plane before?" (Striker: "No, never.") "****! This is a G--damned waste of time, there's no way he can land that plane...we ought to route him in Lake Michigan, at least we'll avoid killing innocent people!"

"Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."

(Tower assistant: "Captain, maybe we ought to turn on the search lights now.") "No, that's just what they'll be expecting us to do."

"Ted, that was probably the worst landing in the history of this airport, but some of us here--particularly me--would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand . . and Ted, I just want you to know that when the going got rough . . ."

"Loneliness, that's the bottom line. I was never happy as a child . . . Christmas, Ted, what does that mean to you? It was living hell. Do you know what it's like, falling in the mud and getting kicked? In the head? With an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does, that never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question..."

"Municipal bonds, Ted, I'm talking double-A rating. The best investment in America..."

 

I remember seeing Ernst Lubitsch's "To Be Or Not To Be" with Jack Benny and Carole Lombard on a bill at the Carnegie Hall Cinema in NYC, in the '70's, and being surprised to see Robert Stack as Benny's romantic rival.

But my favorite Robert Stack movie is the wild technicolor melodrama "Written On The Wind" directed by Douglas Sirk.
He earned a well deserved academy award nomination.

 

"Full cavity searches! Each and every one of them. Don't stop until you get to the back of their teeth!"

Great man with a very distinct voice. Very funny in "Baseketball." Rest in peace.

 

I'll always remember him as Elliot Ness! R.I.P...Nie long life...

 

A fine actor and a nice guy. I once ran into him in Costco of all places. Like Leslie Nielson, he started out doing serious roles, but found another niche in comedies. R.I.P.

 

He was the perfect host for the "Unsolved Mysteries" TV sereies

 

Steve, Deanna Durbin is still alive?! How old is she now?

Robert Stack was a terrific actor with a distinctive voice. He will be missed.

 

A golden 81, if a few websites can be trusted.

ED

 

I remember Robert Stack from the late 1960s TV show "The Name Of The Game". A couple of years ago Stack voiced a character on King Of The Hill called "Manitoba Cigarettes President". Never saw the episode but have always been curious about the character, since I'm from Manitoba.

A great actor. He will be missed.