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