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