Robert Stack papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2592

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of American actor Robert Stack (1919-2003). It includes scripts, awards, and books. Stack starred in such films as "The Mortal Storm" (1940), "To Be or Not To Be" (1942), "A Date with Judy" (1948), "House of Bamboo" (1955), "Written on the Wind" (1956), and "The Transformers: The Movie" (1986). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series for his role in the ABC television series "The Untouchables."

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Creator

Stack, Robert, 1919-2003 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Stack (1919-2003) was an American actor. Stack played polo for the University of Southern California. His television and film credits include "The Mortal Storm" (1940), "To Be or Not To Be" (1942), "A Date with Judy" (1948), "House of Bamboo" (1955), "Written on the Wind" (1956), "The Untouchables," "The Transformers: The Movie" (1986), "The Name of the Game," and "Hercules." In 1960 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series for his role in the ABC television series "The Untouchables."