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Robert Stack: Biography

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Birth Name: Robert Langford Modini Stack
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/13/1919, Capricorn
Date of Death: 05/14/2003
Profession: Actor; TV-series host; producer

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Robert Stack Fast Facts:

Spent the early years of his childhood in Paris, France, with his mother and didn't learn to speak English until he was 6 years old. Was fluent in French and Italian.
Was mentored by Hollywood heavyweights Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and others during his childhood because his mother wanted him to have male role models after the death of his father.
Created a stir in his first movie when he gave teen actress Deanna Durbin her first on-screen kiss in 1939's First Love.
Served as a gunnery officer in the Navy during World War II.
Starred in the first commercial 3D movie, Bwana Devil (1952).
Was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame in 1971.
Released autobiography titled Straight Shooting, cowritten with Mark Evans, in 1980.

Robert Stack Relationships:
Rosemarie Bowe - Wife
Elizabeth Stack - Daughter
Charles Stack - Son
James Langford Stack - Father
Elizabeth Wood Stack - Mother
Charles Wood - Grandfather
Robert Stack Awards:
1960 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series - Winner
1961 Emmy: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) - Nominee
1995 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1956 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
College:
Attended University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

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