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
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
as Robert Stroud
The Leopard (1963)
as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Ernst Janning
The Professionals (1966)
as Dolworth
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Marshal Wyatt Earp
From Here to Eternity (1953)
as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as J.J. Hunsecker
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Dr. Paul Moreau
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Henry Stevenson
The Unforgiven (1960)
as Ben Zachary
Airport (1970)
as Mel Bakersfeld
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Seven Days in May (1964)
as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Brute Force (1947)
as Joe Collins
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
as McIntosh
1900 (1976)
as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Olympic Gala (1984)
Actor
Atlantic City (1980)
as Lou
The Train (1964)
as Paul Labiche
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
as Marine (uncredited)
The Scalphunters (1968)
as Joe Bass
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
as Anthony Anderson
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Anthony Durnford
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
Local Hero (1983)
as Felix Happer
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
The Killers (1946)
as 'Swede' Andersen
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
as Dardo Bartoli
Conversation Piece (1974)
as Professor
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Gen. Lawrence Dell
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
as Dr. Matthew Clark
Luchino Visconti (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Criss Cross (1949)
as Steve Thompson
The Swimmer (1968)
as Ned Merrill
Executive Action (1973)
as Farrington
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
as Protester
Vera Cruz (1954)
as Joe Erin
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
as Bill Doolin
Separate Tables (1958)
as John Malcolm
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
as Valdez
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Elmer Gantry
I Walk Alone (1947)
as Frankie Madison
Scorpio (1973)
as Cross
Tough Guys (1986)
as Harry Doyle
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
as Maxwell Danforth
Vengeance Valley (1951)
as Owen Daybright
Castle Keep (1969)
as Maj. Abraham Falconer
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Doc Delaney
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
as Mike Rettig
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990)
as Leon Klinghoffer
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
as Jim Thorpe
Lawman (1971)
as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
as Maj. Asa Barker
The Kentuckian (1955)
as Elias Wakefield
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
The Jeweller's Shop (1989)
as The Jeweller
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rainmaker (1956)
as Bill Starbuck
Apache (1954)
as Massai
The Young Savages (1961)
as Hank Bell
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
as Levi Rockwell
All My Sons (1948)
as Chris Keller
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
as Self
La Classe américaine (1993)
as José (archive footage)
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Shimon Peres
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Ten Tall Men (1951)
as Sergeant Mike Kincaid
South Sea Woman (1953)
as Sgt. James O'Hearn
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
Trapeze (1956)
as Mike Ribble
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
as Self
The Skin (1981)
as Generale Clark
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
Airports (2025)
Actor
The Untameable Kirk Douglas (2017)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
as Self - Narrator
Desert Fury (1947)
as Tom Hanson
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rope of Sand (1949)
as Michael (Mike) Davis
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) (1983)
as Self
Moses the Lawgiver (1976)
as Moses
Fight of the Century (1971)
as Self - Presenter
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Midnight Man (1974)
as Jim Slade
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Mister 880 (1950)
as Steve Buchanan
Barnum (1986)
as PT Barnum
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987)
as Self - Host, Narrator
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
Separate but Equal (1991)
as John W. Davis
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)
as Self
Little Treasure (1985)
as Delbert Teschmacher
Variety Girl (1947)
as Burt Lancaster
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I (1971)
Actor
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Control (1987)
as Dr. Herbert Monroe
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director (1951)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet (1985)
as Harold Fallen
The Sky Divers (1969)
as Self
The Fighters (1974)
as Narrator
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1989)
as Self
Jenny is a Good Thing (1969)
as Narrator
Big Game America (1969)
as Narrator
Race to Oblivion (1982)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Games in Depth (1966)
as Self
Handle With Care (—)
as Narrator