Robert Stack, 84, a flinty film actor who became an icon of law-and-order television programs such as "The Untouchables" and "Unsolved Mysteries," was found dead May 14 at his Los Angeles area home.

Screen and television veteran Robert Stack, best known to audiences as Eliot Ness, the crimefighter on the popular series “The Untouchables,” died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Robert Stack, who died in 2003, hosted "Unsolved Mysteries" during its heyday. (CBS) If you were a child in the ’80s or ‘90s ...

Unsolved Mysteries is indelibly associated with Stack, whose deep voice lent an air of spooky gravitas to each segment. But the series (which aired in various versions and on different channels from ...