Burt Lancaster
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Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974). In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Field of Dreams (1989)
as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
From Here to Eternity (1953)
as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
The Leopard (1963)
as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Ernst Janning
Airport (1970)
as Mel Bakersfeld
1900 (1976)
as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Marshal Wyatt Earp
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Henry Stevenson
The Professionals (1966)
as Dolworth
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
The Unforgiven (1960)
as Ben Zachary
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Gen. Lawrence Dell
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Dr. Paul Moreau
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
as Robert Stroud
Local Hero (1983)
as Felix Happer
The Train (1964)
as Paul Labiche
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Brute Force (1947)
as Joe Collins
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
as Anthony Anderson
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as J.J. Hunsecker
The Killers (1946)
as 'Swede' Andersen
Lawman (1971)
as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Scorpio (1973)
as Cross
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
as McIntosh
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
as Maxwell Danforth
Seven Days in May (1964)
as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
The Scalphunters (1968)
as Joe Bass
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
La Classe américaine (1993)
as José (archive footage)
Tough Guys (1986)
as Harry Doyle
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
as Valdez
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Anthony Durnford
Executive Action (1973)
as Farrington
Atlantic City (1980)
as Lou
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
The Rainmaker (1956)
as Bill Starbuck
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
as Jim Thorpe
Vengeance Valley (1951)
as Owen Daybright
Criss Cross (1949)
as Steve Thompson
The Young Savages (1961)
as Hank Bell
All My Sons (1948)
as Chris Keller
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Elmer Gantry
Apache (1954)
as Massai
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
as Dardo Bartoli
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
as Bill Doolin
The Kentuckian (1955)
as Elias Wakefield
Ten Tall Men (1951)
as Sergeant Mike Kincaid
Separate Tables (1958)
as John Malcolm
Barnum (1986)
as PT Barnum
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
as Maj. Asa Barker
Variety Girl (1947)
as Burt Lancaster
Castle Keep (1969)
as Maj. Abraham Falconer
The Skin (1981)
as Generale Clark
Conversation Piece (1974)
as Professor
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
as Matthew Clark
South Sea Woman (1953)
as Sgt. James O'Hearn
Mister 880 (1950)
as Steve Buchanan
Airports (2025)
Actor
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Doc Delaney
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
as Levi Rockwell
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
I Walk Alone (1947)
as Frankie Madison
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Shimon Peres
Desert Fury (1947)
as Tom Hanson
The Jeweller's Shop (1989)
as The Jeweller
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
as Protester
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas (2017)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I (1971)
Actor
Separate but Equal (1991)
as John W. Davis
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
The Midnight Man (1974)
as Jim Slade
The Swimmer (1968)
as Ned Merrill
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
The Sky Divers (1969)
as Self
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
Actor
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
as Mike Rettig
Rope of Sand (1949)
as Michael (Mike) Davis
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Vera Cruz (1954)
as Joe Erin
Trapeze (1956)
as Mike Ribble
The Screen Director (1951)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moses the Lawgiver (1976)
as Moses
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
as Self - Narrator
Fight of the Century (1971)
as Self - Presenter
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1989)
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
as Marine (uncredited)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987)
as Self - Host, Narrator
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet (1985)
as Harold Fallen
Luchino Visconti (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Control (1987)
as Dr. Herbert Monroe
Little Treasure (1985)
as Delbert Teschmacher
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990)
as Leon Klinghoffer
Jenny is a Good Thing (1969)
as Narrator
Big Game America (1969)
as Narrator
Race to Oblivion (1982)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
as Self
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fighters (1974)
as Narrator
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
Handle With Care (—)
as Narrator
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)
as Self
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) (1983)
as Self
Games in Depth (1966)
as Self