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