Burt Lancaster
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 2, 1913
- Died
- Oct 20, 1994 (aged 80)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 146
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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Known for
Field of Dreams
1989Movie
Doc "Moonlight" Graham
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961Movie
Ernst Janning
The Leopard
1963Movie
Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
From Here to Eternity
1953Movie
1st Sgt. Milton Warden
1900
1976Movie
Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Sweet Smell of Success
1957Movie
J.J. Hunsecker
Filmography
Airports
2025Movie
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010Movie
Self
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009Movie
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997Movie
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993Movie
José (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Separate but Equal
1991Movie
John W. Davis
Separate but Equal
1991TV
John W. Davis
Movie Tough Guys
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990Movie
Self - Narrator
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
1990Movie
Leon Klinghoffer
The Phantom of the Opera
1990TV
Gérard Carrière
I promessi sposi
1989TV
Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
1989Movie
Self
Field of Dreams
1989Movie
Doc "Moonlight" Graham
The Jeweller's Shop
1989Movie
The Jeweller
Rocket Gibraltar
1988Movie
Levi Rockwell
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987Movie
Self - Host, Narrator
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987Movie
Self
Control
1987Movie
Dr. Herbert Monroe
Barnum
1986Movie
PT Barnum
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986TV
Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
Tough Guys
1986Movie
Harry Doyle
On Wings of Eagles
1986TV
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986Movie
Self
Little Treasure
1985Movie
Delbert Teschmacher
Scandal Sheet
1985Movie
Harold Fallen
Olympic Gala
1984Movie
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
1983Movie
Self
The Osterman Weekend
1983Movie
Maxwell Danforth
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983Movie
Self
Local Hero
1983Movie
Felix Happer
Marco Polo
1982TV
Teobaldo Visconti
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Movie
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
I Love Liberty
1982Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982Movie
Self
Race to Oblivion
1982Movie
Self - Host / Narrator
The Skin
1981Movie
Generale Clark
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981Movie
Bill Doolin
Atlantic City
1980Movie
Lou
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979Movie
Self
Zulu Dawn
1979Movie
Col. Anthony Durnford
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979Movie
Self (archive footage)
Go Tell the Spartans
1978Movie
Maj. Asa Barker
The Unknown War
1978TV
Self - Host
Ciné regards
1978TV
Self
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977Movie
Dr. Paul Moreau
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977Movie
Gen. Lawrence Dell
Victory at Entebbe
1976Movie
Shimon Peres
The Cassandra Crossing
1976Movie
Col. Stephen Mackenzie
1900
1976Movie
Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976Movie
The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
Moses the Lawgiver
1976Movie
Moses
Moses the Lawgiver
1975TV
Moses
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self
Système 2
1975TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Moses the Lawgiver
1974TV
Moses
Conversation Piece
1974Movie
Professor
The Midnight Man
1974Movie
Jim Slade
The Fighters
1974Movie
Narrator
Executive Action
1973Movie
Farrington
Scorpio
1973Movie
Cross
Ulzana's Raid
1972Movie
McIntosh
Valdez Is Coming
1971Movie
Valdez
Lawman
1971Movie
Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Fight of the Century
1971Movie
Self - Presenter
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
1971Movie
Airport
1970Movie
Mel Bakersfeld
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970Movie
Self (archive footage)
Big Game America
1969Movie
Narrator
The Gypsy Moths
1969Movie
Mike Rettig
Castle Keep
1969Movie
Maj. Abraham Falconer
Jenny is a Good Thing
1969Movie
Narrator
The Sky Divers
1969Movie
Self
The Swimmer
1968Movie
Ned Merrill
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Scalphunters
1968Movie
Joe Bass
The Professionals
1966Movie
Dolworth
Games in Depth
1966Movie
Self
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Movie
Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
The Train
1964Movie
Paul Labiche
Seven Days in May
1964Movie
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963Movie
Protester
The Leopard
1963Movie
Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
A Child Is Waiting
1963Movie
Dr. Matthew Clark
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962Movie
Robert Stroud
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961Movie
Ernst Janning
The Young Savages
1961Movie
Hank Bell
Elmer Gantry
1960Movie
Elmer Gantry
The Unforgiven
1960Movie
Ben Zachary
The Devil's Disciple
1959Movie
Anthony Anderson
Separate Tables
1958Movie
John Malcolm
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958Movie
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
Sweet Smell of Success
1957Movie
J.J. Hunsecker
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Movie
Marshal Wyatt Earp
The Rainmaker
1956Movie
Bill Starbuck
Trapeze
1956Movie
Mike Ribble
The Rose Tattoo
1955Movie
Alvaro Mangiacavallo
The Kentuckian
1955Movie
Elias Wakefield
Vera Cruz
1954Movie
Joe Erin
Apache
1954Movie
Massai
Reflets de Cannes
1954TV
Self
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954Movie
Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953Movie
Marine (uncredited)
From Here to Eternity
1953Movie
1st Sgt. Milton Warden
South Sea Woman
1953Movie
Sgt. James O'Hearn
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953Movie
Doc Delaney
The Crimson Pirate
1952Movie
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Ten Tall Men
1951Movie
Sergeant Mike Kincaid
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951Movie
Jim Thorpe
The Screen Director
1951Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vengeance Valley
1951Movie
Owen Daybright
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Self - Intermission Guest
Mister 880
1950Movie
Steve Buchanan
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
The Flame and the Arrow
1950Movie
Dardo Bartoli
Rope of Sand
1949Movie
Michael (Mike) Davis
Criss Cross
1949Movie
Steve Thompson
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948Movie
William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948Movie
Henry Stevenson
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
All My Sons
1948Movie
Chris Keller
I Walk Alone
1947Movie
Frankie Madison
Variety Girl
1947Movie
Burt Lancaster
Desert Fury
1947Movie
Tom Hanson
Brute Force
1947Movie
Joe Collins
The Killers
1946Movie
'Swede' Andersen
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
Handle With Care
Movie
Narrator