Burt Lancaster
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 2, 1913
- Died
- October 20, 1994 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
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Filmography
Handle With Care
Movie · as Narrator
Airports
Movie
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Movie · as Self
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Movie · as José (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Separate but Equal
Movie · as John W. Davis
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Separate but Equal
TV · as John W. Davis · 2 eps
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Movie · as Leon Klinghoffer
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Phantom of the Opera
TV · as Gérard Carrière · 2 eps
Field of Dreams
Movie · as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
The Jeweller's Shop
Movie · as The Jeweller
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
Movie · as Self
I promessi sposi
TV · as Cardinal Federigo Borromeo · 5 eps
Rocket Gibraltar
Movie · as Levi Rockwell
Control
Movie · as Dr. Herbert Monroe
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Movie · as Self - Host, Narrator
Tough Guys
Movie · as Harry Doyle
Barnum
Movie · as PT Barnum
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Movie · as Self
On Wings of Eagles
TV · as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons · 2 eps
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
TV · as Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz · 4 eps
Little Treasure
Movie · as Delbert Teschmacher
Scandal Sheet
Movie · as Harold Fallen
Olympic Gala
Movie
Local Hero
Movie · as Felix Happer
The Osterman Weekend
Movie · as Maxwell Danforth
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Movie · as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie · as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
Race to Oblivion
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Marco Polo
TV · as Teobaldo Visconti · 1 ep
The Skin
Movie · as Generale Clark
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie · as Bill Doolin
Atlantic City
Movie · as Lou
Zulu Dawn
Movie · as Col. Anthony Durnford
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Movie · as Self
Go Tell the Spartans
Movie · as Maj. Asa Barker
The Unknown War
TV · as Self - Host · 20 eps
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie · as Dr. Paul Moreau
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as Gen. Lawrence Dell
Moses the Lawgiver
Movie · as Moses
1900
Movie · as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Victory at Entebbe
Movie · as Shimon Peres
The Cassandra Crossing
Movie · as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Movie · as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
Moses the Lawgiver
TV · as Moses · 6 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Système 2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fighters
Movie · as Narrator
Conversation Piece
Movie · as Professor
The Midnight Man
Movie · as Jim Slade
Moses the Lawgiver
TV · as Moses · 7 eps
Executive Action
Movie · as Farrington
Scorpio
Movie · as Cross
Ulzana's Raid
Movie · as McIntosh
Valdez Is Coming
Movie · as Valdez
Lawman
Movie · as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Fight of the Century
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Movie
Airport
Movie · as Mel Bakersfeld
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Castle Keep
Movie · as Maj. Abraham Falconer
The Gypsy Moths
Movie · as Mike Rettig
Jenny is a Good Thing
Movie · as Narrator
The Sky Divers
Movie · as Self
Big Game America
Movie · as Narrator
The Scalphunters
Movie · as Joe Bass
The Swimmer
Movie · as Ned Merrill
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Professionals
Movie · as Dolworth
Games in Depth
Movie · as Self
The Hallelujah Trail
Movie · as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
The Train
Movie · as Paul Labiche
Seven Days in May
Movie · as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
The Leopard
Movie · as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
The List of Adrian Messenger
Movie · as Protester
A Child Is Waiting
Movie · as Dr. Matthew Clark
Birdman of Alcatraz
Movie · as Robert Stroud
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie · as Ernst Janning
The Young Savages
Movie · as Hank Bell
Elmer Gantry
Movie · as Elmer Gantry
The Unforgiven
Movie · as Ben Zachary
The Devil's Disciple
Movie · as Anthony Anderson
Separate Tables
Movie · as John Malcolm
Run Silent, Run Deep
Movie · as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Sweet Smell of Success
Movie · as J.J. Hunsecker
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · as Marshal Wyatt Earp
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Trapeze
Movie · as Mike Ribble
The Rainmaker
Movie · as Bill Starbuck
The Kentuckian
Movie · as Elias Wakefield
The Rose Tattoo
Movie · as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
Vera Cruz
Movie · as Joe Erin
Apache
Movie · as Massai
His Majesty O'Keefe
Movie · as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
From Here to Eternity
Movie · as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
Three Sailors and a Girl
Movie · as Marine (uncredited)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Movie · as Doc Delaney
South Sea Woman
Movie · as Sgt. James O'Hearn
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Crimson Pirate
Movie · as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Movie · as Jim Thorpe
Vengeance Valley
Movie · as Owen Daybright
Ten Tall Men
Movie · as Sergeant Mike Kincaid
The Screen Director
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
Movie · as Dardo Bartoli
Mister 880
Movie · as Steve Buchanan
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Self - Intermission Guest · 1 ep
Criss Cross
Movie · as Steve Thompson
Rope of Sand
Movie · as Michael (Mike) Davis
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Movie · as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie · as Henry Stevenson
All My Sons
Movie · as Chris Keller
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
I Walk Alone
Movie · as Frankie Madison
Desert Fury
Movie · as Tom Hanson
Brute Force
Movie · as Joe Collins
Variety Girl
Movie · as Burt Lancaster
The Killers
Movie · as 'Swede' Andersen
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep