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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Robert Stroud
Birdman of Alcatraz
J.J. Hunsecker
Sweet Smell of Success
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Il gattopardo
Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Ernst Janning
Judgment at Nuremberg
Doc "Moonlight" Graham
Field of Dreams
Paul Labiche
The Train
Moses
Moses the Lawgiver
Mel Bakersfeld
Airport
Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Novecento
Harry Doyle
Tough Guys
Valdez
Valdez Is Coming
Felix Happer
Local Hero
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
Shimon Peres
Victory at Entebbe
William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Steve Thompson
Criss Cross
Henry Stevenson
Sorry, Wrong Number
Marshal Wyatt Earp
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
The Crimson Pirate
Lou
Atlantic City
1st Sgt. Milton Warden
From Here to Eternity
Dolworth
The Professionals
Ben Zachary
The Unforgiven
Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
The Hallelujah Trail
Protester
The List of Adrian Messenger
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Seven Days in May
Col. Stephen Mackenzie
The Cassandra Crossing
Maj. Asa Barker
Go Tell the Spartans
Joe Bass
The Scalphunters
Maxwell Danforth
The Osterman Weekend
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dardo Bartoli
The Flame and the Arrow
Dr. Paul Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Ned Merrill
The Swimmer
Tom Hanson
Desert Fury
Frankie Madison
I Walk Alone
Joe Erin
Vera Cruz
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
Joe Collins
Brute Force
Mike Ribble
Trapeze
Farrington
Executive Action
Self
I Love Liberty
McIntosh
Ulzana's Raid
Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Lawman
'Swede' Andersen
The Killers
Cross
Scorpio
Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Massai
Apache
John Malcolm
Separate Tables
Owen Daybright
Vengeance Valley
Michael (Mike) Davis
Rope of Sand
Bill Starbuck
The Rainmaker
Generale Clark
La pelle
Narrator
The Fighters
Chris Keller
All My Sons
José (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Marine (uncredited)
Three Sailors and a Girl
Maj. Abraham Falconer
Castle Keep
Mike Rettig
The Gypsy Moths
Elias Wakefield
The Kentuckian
Alvaro Mangiacavallo
The Rose Tattoo
Col. Anthony Durnford
Zulu Dawn
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Run Silent, Run Deep
Self - Presenter
Fight of the Century
The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Professor
Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
Doc Delaney
Come Back, Little Sheba
Gen. Lawrence Dell
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Anthony Anderson
The Devil's Disciple
Hank Bell
The Young Savages
Levi Rockwell
Rocket Gibraltar
Steve Buchanan
Mister 880
Matthew Clark
A Child Is Waiting
Sgt. James O'Hearn
South Sea Woman
John W. Davis
Separate But Equal
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Sergeant Mike Kincaid
Ten Tall Men
Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
His Majesty O'Keefe
Burt Lancaster
Variety Girl
Jim Slade
The Midnight Man
Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Bill Doolin
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Leon Klinghoffer
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Delbert Teschmacher
Little Treasure
Narrator
Jenny is a Good Thing
Dr. Herbert Monroe
Il giorno prima
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self
The Sky Divers
Harold Fallen
Scandal Sheet
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion
The Jeweller
La bottega dell'orefice
PT Barnum
Barnum
Self
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self - Host, Narrator
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Screen Director
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Self (archive footage)
Cineastes contra magnats
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas, l'indompté
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
Narrator
Big Game America
Self - Host / Narrator
Race to Oblivion
Self
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Self
Games in Depth
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self - Narrator
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot
Narrator
Handle With Care
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Airports
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
118
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-11-02
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Burton Stephen Lancaster