Portrait of Robert Stack

Acting

Robert Stack

Career

Active from 1939 to 2018, with a break from 2003 to 2017, busiest in 1942 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
47
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Stack Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Psychological
    4.5, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    4.0, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Moral Dilemmas 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Slapstick Humor 2
  • Human Resilience 2
  • Classic Film 2
  • Romantic Subplot 2
  • Family Conflict 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 77
Optimus Prime Awakening
Optimus Prime Awakening (2026)
GoodWatch score 77

as Ultra Magnus (archived audio)

2010s

2 titles · average score 60
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as (archive footage)

These Dead Souls
These Dead Souls (2018)

as (archive footage)

2000s

3 titles · average score 48
Butt-Ugly Martians
Butt-Ugly Martians (2002)
GoodWatch score 39

TV show · as Stoat Muldoon (voice)

Killer Bud
Killer Bud (2001)
GoodWatch score 47

as The Gooch

Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out (2001)
GoodWatch score 57

as Superintendent (voice)

1990s

17 titles · average score 60
Sealed with a Kiss
Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sumner Ethridge

Hercules
Hercules (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Bob (voice)

BASEketball
BASEketball (1998)
GoodWatch score 52

as Robert Stack

King of the Hill
King of the Hill (1997)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)

The Angry Beavers
The Angry Beavers (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
GoodWatch score 68

as Agent Flemming (voice)

Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan (1996)
GoodWatch score 39

TV show · as Robert Stack

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Peter McReynolds

The Return of Eliot Ness
The Return of Eliot Ness (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

as Eliot Ness

Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS (1991)

TV show

Joe Versus the Volcano
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dr. Ellison

Blossom
Blossom (1990)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Robert Stack

1980s

16 titles · average score 59
Caddyshack II
Caddyshack II (1988)
GoodWatch score 20

as Chandler Young

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jordan White

Big Trouble
Big Trouble (1986)
GoodWatch score 37

as Winslow

The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ultra Magnus (voice)

Midas Valley
Midas Valley (1985)

as Drew Hammond

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Chester Harrison

Brothers
Brothers (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor (1983)
GoodWatch score 53

as MacGregor

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Lewis Blackwood / Charles Vandoor

Strike Force
Strike Force (1981)

TV show · as Captain Frank Murphy

Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest (1981)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Roland Saunders

Airplane!
Airplane! (1980)
GoodWatch score 83

as Captain Rex Kramer

1970s

9 titles · average score 55
1941
1941 (1979)
GoodWatch score 45

as Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

Second Wind
Second Wind (1978)

as François Davis

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Bret Garrett

Most Wanted
Most Wanted (1976)

TV show · as Captain Linc Evers

Adventures of the Queen
Adventures of the Queen (1975)

as Capt. James Morgan

Murder on Flight 502
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
GoodWatch score 48

as Captain Larkin

The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)
GoodWatch score 59

as Michael Rhodes

Police Story
Police Story (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Story of a Woman
Story of a Woman (1970)

as David Frasier

1960s

13 titles · average score 60
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game (1968)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Dan Farrell

Laura
Laura (1968)

as Mark McPherson

Action Man
Action Man (1967)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jim Beckley

The Corrupt Ones
The Corrupt Ones (1967)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cliff Wilder

Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
GoodWatch score 72

as General Sibert

Asylum for a Spy
Asylum for a Spy (1965)

as James Andrew Congers

The Caretakers
The Caretakers (1963)
GoodWatch score 47

as Dr. Donovan MacLeod

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Major Morgan / James Andrew Congers

The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show (1962)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Agent Briggs

Alcatraz Express
Alcatraz Express (1961)

as Eliot Ness

The Last Voyage
The Last Voyage (1960)
GoodWatch score 60

as Cliff Henderson

The Gun of Zangara
The Gun of Zangara (1960)

as Eliot Ness

1950s

26 titles · average score 61
The Untouchables
The Untouchables (1959)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Eliot Ness

John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

as John Paul Jones

The Scarface Mob
The Scarface Mob (1959)
GoodWatch score 72

as Eliot Ness

The Gift of Love
The Gift of Love (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

as William 'Bill' Beck

The Tarnished Angels
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
GoodWatch score 69

as Roger Shumann

Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind (1956)
GoodWatch score 80

as Kyle Hadley

Great Day in the Morning
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
GoodWatch score 45

as Owen Pentecost

House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo (1955)
GoodWatch score 66

as Eddie Kenner

Good Morning, Miss Dove
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dr. Tommy Baker

War Paint
War Paint (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lt. Billings

Conquest of Cochise
Conquest of Cochise (1953)
GoodWatch score 54

as Maj. Tom Burke

Bullfighter and the Lady
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
GoodWatch score 62

as John Regan

1940s

12 titles · average score 69
Lights Out
Lights Out (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Fighter Squadron
Fighter Squadron (1948)
GoodWatch score 56

as Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton

A Date with Judy
A Date with Judy (1948)
GoodWatch score 58

as Stephen Andrews

Miss Tatlock's Millions
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
GoodWatch score 71

as Nickey Van Alen

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

Eagle Squadron
Eagle Squadron (1942)

as Chuck S. Brewer

Men of Texas
Men of Texas (1942)

as Barry Conovan

Keeping Fit
Keeping Fit (1942)

as Bob - Factory worker

Badlands of Dakota
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jim Holliday

Nice Girl?
Nice Girl? (1941)
GoodWatch score 72

as Don Webb

The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm (1940)
GoodWatch score 89

as Otto Von Rohn

A Little Bit of Heaven
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

as Bob Terry

1930s

1 title · average score 73
First Love
First Love (1939)
GoodWatch score 73

as Ted Drake