Stack resumed his career after the war with roles in such films as Fighter Squadron (1948) at Warners with Edmond O'Brien, playing a pilot A Date with Judy (1948) at MGM, with Wallace Beery and Elizabeth Taylor. World War Twoĭuring World War II, Stack served as a gunnery instructor in the United States Navy. He then made a Western, Men of Texas (1942). Stack played another pilot in Eagle Squadron (1942), a huge hit. Lombard was killed in a plane crash shortly before the film was released. Stack admitted he was terrified going into this role, but he credited Lombard with giving him many tips on acting and with being his mentor. He was borrowed by United Artists to play a Polish Air Force pilot in To Be or Not To Be (1942), alongside Jack Benny and Carole Lombard. Stack then starred in a Western, Badlands of Dakota (1942), co-starring Richard Dix and Frances Farmer. Stack was reunited with Durbin in Pasternak's Nice Girl? (1941). He played a young man who joins the Nazi party.īack at Universal, Stack was in Pasternak's A Little Bit of Heaven (1940), starring Gloria Jean who was that studio's back-up for Deanna Durbin.
Stack won acclaim for his next role, The Mortal Storm (1940) starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, and directed by Frank Borzage at MGM. He was the first actor to give Durbin an on-screen kiss.
This film was considered controversial at the time. Stack's first film, which teamed him with Deanna Durbin, was First Love (1939), produced by Pasternak. Recalled Stack, "He said, 'How'd you like to be in pictures? We'll make a test with Helen Parrish, a little love scene.' Helen Parrish was a beautiful girl. When Stack visited the lot of Universal Studios at age 20, producer Joe Pasternak offered him an opportunity to enter the business. His deep voice and good looks attracted producers in Hollywood. Stack took drama courses at Bridgewater State College. In 1971, he was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame. He set two world records in skeet shooting and became National Champion. His brother and he won the International Outboard Motor Championships, in Venice, Italy and at age 16, he became a member of the All-American Skeet Team. He captioned it, "Me and my best girl." His maternal grandfather, the opera singer Charles Wood, studied voice in Italy and performed there under the name "Carlo Modini." On the paternal side of his family, Stack had another opera-singer relative: the American baritone Richard Bonelli (born George Richard Bunn), who was his uncle.īy the time he was 20, Stack had achieved minor fame as a sportsman. When he collaborated with Mark Evans on his autobiography, Straight Shooting, he included a picture of himself and his mother. He had always spoken of his mother with the greatest respect and love. His father, James Langford Stack, a wealthy advertising agency owner, later remarried his mother, but died when Stack was 10. His parents divorced when he was a year old, and he was raised by his mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wood). He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, and did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles. In recent years, the Pentagon has admitted to testing UFO wreckage material, which may include that from the Roswell site.Robert Stack was born Charles Langford Modini Stack in Los Angeles, California, but his first name, selected by his mother, was changed to Robert by his father. The government may have concealed what actually happened near Roswell, but both civilian and military eyewitnesses have worked hard to uncover the truth. This marked "the most astounding discovery of the century." When the military got involved, they initially confirmed the findings were not of this earth, but later backtracked, claiming it was a downed Army weather balloon. Later, the episode told the tale of a New Mexican rancher, who, in 1947, stumbled upon the remnants of a mysterious craft. Karen Stephens Nelson happened to be watching the episode and they were reunited, which she said "will stand out as one of the most exciting days of my life." He'd long wanted to see her and thank her. The nurse left the army before he walked again. As his father said, his body was "tore all to hell." Recovery looked impossible, but thanks to a caring nurse, he was soon on the mend. His final crash fractured his skull, shattered his legs, and left him in a coma. The episode then pivoted to American helicopter pilot Jim Meade Jr., who was shot down three times in Vietnam.
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