Burt Lancaster
- Acting
- November 2, 1913 · New York City, New York, USA
- October 20, 1994
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
Filmography
- Airports
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed · Self
- Paul Newman: The Restless · Self
- Rat Pack · Self
- Morceaux de Cannes · Self
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret · Self
- The Untameable Kirk Douglas · Self
- Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion · Self
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau · Self
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo · Self
- Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno · Self
- Hollywood sul Tevere
- Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel · Self
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · Self
- Luchino Visconti · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · Self
- Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach · Self
- La Classe américaine · José (archive footage)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · Self
- Separate but Equal · John W. Davis
- Separate but Equal · John W. Davis
- Movie Tough Guys · Self
- Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs · Self
- Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair · Leon Klinghoffer
- The Phantom of the Opera · Gérard Carrière
- I promessi sposi · Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
- Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South · Self
- Field of Dreams · Doc "Moonlight" Graham
- The Jeweller's Shop · The Jeweller
- Rocket Gibraltar · Levi Rockwell
- Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist · Self
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · Self
- Control · Dr. Herbert Monroe
- Barnum · PT Barnum
- Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy · Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
- Tough Guys · Harry Doyle
- On Wings of Eagles · Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
- Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away · Self
- Kiss of the Spider Woman · Thanks
- Little Treasure · Delbert Teschmacher
- Scandal Sheet · Harold Fallen
- Olympic Gala
- The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) · Self
- The Osterman Weekend · Maxwell Danforth
- James Bond: The First 21 Years · Self
- Local Hero · Felix Happer
- Marco Polo · Teobaldo Visconti
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- I Love Liberty · Self
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Race to Oblivion · Self, Thanks
- The Skin · Generale Clark
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches · Bill Doolin
- Atlantic City · Lou
- Arthur Miller on Home Ground · Self
- Zulu Dawn · Col. Anthony Durnford
- A Walking Tour of Sesame Street · Self
- Go Tell the Spartans · Maj. Asa Barker
- The Unknown War · Self
- Ciné regards · Self
- The Island of Dr. Moreau · Dr. Paul Moreau
- Twilight's Last Gleaming · Gen. Lawrence Dell
- Victory at Entebbe · Shimon Peres
- The Cassandra Crossing · Col. Stephen Mackenzie
- 1900 · Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson · The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
- Moses the Lawgiver · Moses
- Moses the Lawgiver · Moses
- People's Choice Awards · Self
- Système 2 · Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Moses the Lawgiver · Moses
- Conversation Piece · Professor
- The Midnight Man · Jim Slade, Screenplay
- The Fighters · Narrator
- Executive Action · Farrington
- Scorpio · Cross
- Ulzana's Raid · McIntosh, Producer
- Valdez Is Coming · Valdez, Executive producer
- Lawman · Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox