Name
Burt Lancaster
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-11-02
Deathday
1994-10-20 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1962 Birdman of Alcatraz as Robert Stroud
- 1957 Sweet Smell of Success as J.J. Hunsecker
- 1963 The Leopard as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
- 1991 Movie Tough Guys as Self (archive footage)
- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg as Ernst Janning
- 1989 Field of Dreams as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
- 1964 The Train as Paul Labiche
- 1976 Moses the Lawgiver as Moses
- 1970 Airport as Mel Bakersfeld
- 1976 1900 as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
- 1986 Tough Guys as Harry Doyle
- 1971 Valdez Is Coming as Valdez
- 1983 Local Hero as Felix Happer
- 1960 Elmer Gantry as Elmer Gantry
- 1976 Victory at Entebbe as Shimon Peres
- 1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
- 1949 Criss Cross as Steve Thompson
- 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number as Henry Stevenson
- 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Marshal Wyatt Earp
- 1952 The Crimson Pirate as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
- 1980 Atlantic City as Lou
- 1953 From Here to Eternity as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
- 1966 The Professionals as Dolworth
- 1960 The Unforgiven as Ben Zachary
- 1965 The Hallelujah Trail as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
- 1963 The List of Adrian Messenger as Protester
- 1964 Seven Days in May as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
- 1976 The Cassandra Crossing as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
- 1978 Go Tell the Spartans as Maj. Asa Barker
- 1968 The Scalphunters as Joe Bass
- 1983 The Osterman Weekend as Maxwell Danforth
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- 1950 The Flame and the Arrow as Dardo Bartoli
- 1977 The Island of Dr. Moreau as Dr. Paul Moreau
- 1968 The Swimmer as Ned Merrill
- 1947 Desert Fury as Tom Hanson
- 1947 I Walk Alone as Frankie Madison
- 1954 Vera Cruz as Joe Erin
- 2002 Luchino Visconti as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 Brute Force as Joe Collins
- 1956 Trapeze as Mike Ribble
- 1973 Executive Action as Farrington
- 1982 I Love Liberty as Self
- 1972 Ulzana's Raid as McIntosh
- 1971 Lawman as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
- 1946 The Killers as 'Swede' Andersen
- 1973 Scorpio as Cross
- 1951 Jim Thorpe – All-American as Jim Thorpe
- 1954 Apache as Massai
- 1958 Separate Tables as John Malcolm
- 1951 Vengeance Valley as Owen Daybright
- 1949 Rope of Sand as Michael (Mike) Davis
- 1956 The Rainmaker as Bill Starbuck
- 1981 The Skin as Generale Clark
- 1974 The Fighters as Narrator
- 1948 All My Sons as Chris Keller
- 1993 La Classe américaine as José (archive footage)
- 1953 Three Sailors and a Girl as Marine (uncredited)
- 1969 Castle Keep as Maj. Abraham Falconer
- 1969 The Gypsy Moths as Mike Rettig
- 1955 The Kentuckian as Elias Wakefield
- 1955 The Rose Tattoo as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
- 1979 Zulu Dawn as Col. Anthony Durnford
- 1958 Run Silent, Run Deep as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
- 1971 Fight of the Century as Self - Presenter
- 1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
- 1974 Conversation Piece as Professor
- 1953 Come Back, Little Sheba as Doc Delaney
- 1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming as Gen. Lawrence Dell
- 1959 The Devil's Disciple as Anthony Anderson
- 1961 The Young Savages as Hank Bell
- 1988 Rocket Gibraltar as Levi Rockwell
- 1950 Mister 880 as Steve Buchanan
- 1963 A Child Is Waiting as Matthew Clark
- 1953 South Sea Woman as Sgt. James O'Hearn
- 1991 Separate but Equal as John W. Davis
- 2023 Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)
- 1951 Ten Tall Men as Sergeant Mike Kincaid
- 1954 His Majesty O'Keefe as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
- 1947 Variety Girl as Burt Lancaster
- 1974 The Midnight Man as Jim Slade
- 2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
- 1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Bill Doolin
- 1990 Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair as Leon Klinghoffer
- 1985 Little Treasure as Delbert Teschmacher
- 1969 Jenny is a Good Thing as Narrator
- 1987 Control as Dr. Herbert Monroe
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 The Sky Divers as Self
- 1985 Scandal Sheet as Harold Fallen
- 1997 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 The Jeweller's Shop as The Jeweller
- 1986 Barnum as PT Barnum
- 1986 Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away as Self
- 1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1987 Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist as Self - Host, Narrator
- 1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
- 1951 The Screen Director as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2008 Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 The Untameable Kirk Douglas as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2010 L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo as Self
- 1989 Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South as Self
- 1969 Big Game America as Narrator
- 1982 Race to Oblivion as Self - Host / Narrator
- 1983 The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) as Self
- 1966 Games in Depth as Self
- 1996 Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs as Self - Narrator
- 1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1979 A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Handle With Care as Narrator
- 1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 2025 Airports
- 2019 Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2009 Hollywood sul Tevere
- 1979 Arthur Miller on Home Ground
- 2021 Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 Paul Newman: The Restless as Self
- 1984 Olympic Gala
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1986 On Wings of Eagles ( 2 episodes ) as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
- 1975 Moses the Lawgiver ( 6 episodes ) as Moses
- 1990 The Phantom of the Opera ( 2 episodes ) as Gérard Carrière
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Self - Intermission Guest
- 1991 Separate but Equal ( 2 episodes ) as John W. Davis
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 I promessi sposi ( 5 episodes ) as Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Système 2 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1982 Marco Polo ( 1 episode ) as Teobaldo Visconti
- 1978 The Unknown War ( 20 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1954 Reflets de Cannes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1974 Moses the Lawgiver ( 7 episodes ) as Moses
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1986 Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy ( 4 episodes ) as Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
