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