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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 2, 1913
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Burt Lancaster
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Paul Newman: The Restless | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | The Untameable Kirk Douglas | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self |
| 2009 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Luchino Visconti | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | José (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal | John W. Davis |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | Leon Klinghoffer |
| 1990 | Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs | Self - Narrator |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Doc "Moonlight" Graham |
| 1989 | The Jeweller's Shop | The Jeweller |
| 1989 | Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South | Self |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Levi Rockwell |
| 1987 | Control | Dr. Herbert Monroe |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1987 | Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist | Self - Host, Narrator |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Harry Doyle |
| 1986 | Barnum | PT Barnum |
| 1986 | Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away | Self |
| 1985 | Little Treasure | Delbert Teschmacher |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet | Harold Fallen |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Felix Happer |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Maxwell Danforth |
| 1983 | The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' | Self |
| 1983 | The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) | Self |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | Self |
| 1982 | Race to Oblivion | Self - Host / Narrator |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | The Skin | Generale Clark |
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Bill Doolin |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Lou |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Col. Anthony Durnford |
| 1979 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) |
| 1978 | Go Tell the Spartans | Maj. Asa Barker |
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Paul Moreau |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Gen. Lawrence Dell |
| 1976 | 1900 | Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Shimon Peres |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Col. Stephen Mackenzie |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline) |
| 1975 | Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter | Narrator |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses |
| 1974 | The Fighters | Self (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Conversation Piece | Professor |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Jim Slade |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Farrington |
| 1973 | Scorpio | Cross |
| 1972 | Ulzana's Raid | McIntosh |
| 1971 | Valdez Is Coming | Valdez |
| 1971 | Lawman | Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox |
| 1971 | Fight of the Century | Self - Presenter |
| 1971 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I | |
| 1970 | Airport | Mel Bakersfeld |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Maj. Abraham Falconer |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Mike Rettig |
| 1969 | Jenny is a Good Thing | Narrator |
| 1969 | The Sky Divers | Self |
| 1969 | Big Game America | Narrator |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Joe Bass |
| 1968 | The Swimmer | Ned Merrill |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Dolworth |
| 1966 | Games in Depth | Self |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart |
| 1964 | The Train | Paul Labiche |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Gen. James Mattoon Scott |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Prince Don Fabrizio Salina |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Protester |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Matthew Clark |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Robert Stroud |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Ernst Janning |
| 1961 | The Young Savages | Hank Bell |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Ben Zachary |
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Anthony Anderson |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | John Malcolm |
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Lt. Jim Bledsoe |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | J.J. Hunsecker |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Marshal Wyatt Earp |
| 1956 | Trapeze | Mike Ribble |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Bill Starbuck |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Elias Wakefield |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Alvaro Mangiacavallo |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Joe Erin |
| 1954 | Apache | Massai |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | Capt. David Dion O'Keefe |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | 1st Sgt. Milton Warden |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | Marine (uncredited) |
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | Sgt. James O'Hearn |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate) |
| 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Doc Delaney |
| 1951 | Jim Thorpe – All-American | Jim Thorpe |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Owen Daybright |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Sergeant Mike Kincaid |
| 1951 | The Screen Director | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Dardo Bartoli |
| 1950 | Mister 880 | Steve Buchanan |
| 1949 | Criss Cross | Steve Thompson |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Michael (Mike) Davis |
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | William Earle 'Bill' Saunders |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Henry Stevenson |
| 1948 | All My Sons | Chris Keller |
| 1947 | I Walk Alone | Frankie Madison |
| 1947 | Desert Fury | Tom Hanson |
| 1947 | Brute Force | Joe Collins |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Burt Lancaster |
| 1946 | The Killers | 'Swede' Andersen |
| Handle With Care | Narrator | |
| Getting Through | Burt Lancaster |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | John W. Davis |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Gérard Carrière |
| 1990 | Star Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1989 | I promessi sposi | Cardinal Federigo Borromeo |
| 1986 | On Wings of Eagles | Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Teobaldo Visconti |
| 1978 | The Unknown War | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1959 | Startime | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |