Robert Stack, whose granite-eyed stare and menacing baritone spelled trouble for fictional criminals in TV's The Untouchables and real ones in Unsolved Mysteries, has died at his home. He was 84.

Hollywood's been known to dramatize even the most dramatic of real-life narratives. So of course the real Eliot Ness wasn't nearly as dashing as Robert Stack or Kevin Costner (although maybe he was).

Robert Stack, the tough-guy hero of TV's "Untouchables," was remembered Thursday as a real-life softie. Stack, 84, was found dead of a heart attack Wednesday evening at his home by his wife, Rosemarie ...

FILE - This undated file photo shows Eliot Ness in Cleveland. Portrayed over the years by Kevin Costner and Robert Stack as an incorruptible hero, Ness' legend is now at risk, with some claiming his ...

MIAMI — A legal fight is brewing in Florida between the estate of Untouchables Prohibition agent Eliot Ness and an Ohio company over long-undiscovered stock that apparently belonged to Ness and might ...

Our impressions of well known historical figures are frequently derived from television programs. This reviewer’s image of the legendary Eliot Ness had been shaped by watching reruns of the hit TV ...

ELIOT NESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN HERO By Douglas Perry Viking, $27.95, 295 pages Eliot Ness, who died in 1957 at age 55, is once again in the news. In January, Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois ...

When I think of General George Armstrong Custer, which admittedly I rarely do, I think Errol Flynn. Lou Gehrig? Why that would be Gary Cooper’s face that comes to mind. Abe Lincoln? Daniel Day-Lewis.

Author Douglas Perry's new book, Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero, paints a portrait of the legendary lawman as a flawed but... 'Eliot Ness': Actually Untouchable, Except When It Came ...

CHICAGO (AP) — In the pantheon of Chicago crime fighters, nobody has the worldwide reputation of Eliot Ness. He’s the Prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone, the principled lawman in a city ...

CHICAGO – In the pantheon of Chicago crime fighters, nobody has the worldwide reputation of Eliot Ness. He’s the Prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone, the principled lawman in a city awash in ...