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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

The Dick Cavett Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

The Colgate Comedy Hour

All Movies (122)

• Airports2025
• Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret2019 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Untameable Kirk Douglas2017 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo2010 · as Self
• Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood sul Tevere2009
• Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Filmmakers vs. Tycoons2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Luchino Visconti2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• La Classe américaine1993 · as José (archive footage)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Separate But Equal1991 · as John W. Davis
• Movie Tough Guys1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs1990 · as Self - Narrator
• Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair1990 · as Leon Klinghoffer
• Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South1989 · as Self
• Field of Dreams1989 · as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
• The Jeweller's Shop1989 · as The Jeweller
• Rocket Gibraltar1988 · as Levi Rockwell
• Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist1987 · as Self - Host, Narrator
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Control1987 · as Dr. Herbert Monroe
• Barnum1986 · as PT Barnum
• Tough Guys1986 · as Harry Doyle
• Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away1986 · as Self
• Little Treasure1985 · as Delbert Teschmacher
• Scandal Sheet1985 · as Harold Fallen
• The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)1983 · as Self
• The Osterman Weekend1983 · as Maxwell Danforth
• James Bond: The First 21 Years1983 · as Self
• Local Hero1983 · as Felix Happer
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
• I Love Liberty1982 · as Self
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Race to Oblivion1982 · as Self - Host / Narrator
• The Skin1981 · as Generale Clark
• Cattle Annie and Little Britches1981 · as Bill Doolin
• Atlantic City1980 · as Lou
• Arthur Miller on Home Ground1979
• Zulu Dawn1979 · as Col. Anthony Durnford
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street1979 · as Self (archive footage)
• Go Tell the Spartans1978 · as Maj. Asa Barker
• The Island of Dr. Moreau1977 · as Dr. Paul Moreau
• Twilight's Last Gleaming1977 · as Gen. Lawrence Dell
• Victory at Entebbe1976 · as Shimon Peres
• The Cassandra Crossing1976 · as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
• 19001976 · as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson1976 · as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
• Moses the Lawgiver1976 · as Moses
• Conversation Piece1974 · as Professor
• The Midnight Man1974 · as Jim Slade
• The Fighters1974 · as Narrator
• Executive Action1973 · as Farrington
• Scorpio1973 · as Cross
• Ulzana's Raid1972 · as McIntosh
• Valdez Is Coming1971 · as Valdez
• Lawman1971 · as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
• Fight of the Century1971 · as Self - Presenter
• Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I1971
• Airport1970 · as Mel Bakersfeld
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• Big Game America1969 · as Narrator
• The Gypsy Moths1969 · as Mike Rettig
• Castle Keep1969 · as Maj. Abraham Falconer
• Jenny is a Good Thing1969 · as Narrator
• The Sky Divers1969 · as Self
• The Swimmer1968 · as Ned Merrill
• The Scalphunters1968 · as Joe Bass
• The Professionals1966 · as Dolworth
• Games in Depth1966 · as Self
• The Hallelujah Trail1965 · as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
• The Train1964 · as Paul Labiche
• Seven Days in May1964 · as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
• The List of Adrian Messenger1963 · as Protester
• The Leopard1963 · as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
• A Child Is Waiting1963 · as Matthew Clark
• Birdman of Alcatraz1962 · as Robert Stroud
• Judgment at Nuremberg1961 · as Ernst Janning
• The Young Savages1961 · as Hank Bell
• Elmer Gantry1960 · as Elmer Gantry
• The Unforgiven1960 · as Ben Zachary
• The Devil's Disciple1959 · as Anthony Anderson
• Separate Tables1958 · as John Malcolm
• Run Silent, Run Deep1958 · as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
• Sweet Smell of Success1957 · as J.J. Hunsecker
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957 · as Marshal Wyatt Earp
• The Rainmaker1956 · as Bill Starbuck
• Trapeze1956 · as Mike Ribble
• The Rose Tattoo1955 · as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
• The Kentuckian1955 · as Elias Wakefield
• Vera Cruz1954 · as Joe Erin
• Apache1954 · as Massai
• His Majesty O'Keefe1954 · as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
• Three Sailors and a Girl1953 · as Marine (uncredited)
• From Here to Eternity1953 · as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
• South Sea Woman1953 · as Sgt. James O'Hearn
• Come Back, Little Sheba1953 · as Doc Delaney
• The Crimson Pirate1952 · as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
• Ten Tall Men1951 · as Sergeant Mike Kincaid
• Jim Thorpe – All-American1951 · as Jim Thorpe
• The Screen Director1951 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Vengeance Valley1951 · as Owen Daybright
• Mister 8801950 · as Steve Buchanan
• The Flame and the Arrow1950 · as Dardo Bartoli
• Rope of Sand1949 · as Michael (Mike) Davis
• Criss Cross1949 · as Steve Thompson
• Kiss the Blood Off My Hands1948 · as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
• Sorry, Wrong Number1948 · as Henry Stevenson
• All My Sons1948 · as Chris Keller
• I Walk Alone1947 · as Frankie Madison
• Variety Girl1947 · as Burt Lancaster
• Desert Fury1947 · as Tom Hanson
• Brute Force1947 · as Joe Collins
• The Killers1946 · as 'Swede' Andersen
• Handle With Care— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (21)

• Separate but Equal1991 · as John W. Davis
• The Phantom of the Opera1990 · as Gérard Carrière
• I promessi sposi1989 · as Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
• On Wings of Eagles1986 · as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
• Marco Polo1982 · as Teobaldo Visconti
• The Unknown War1978 · as Self - Host
• Moses the Lawgiver1975 · as Moses
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self
• Système 21975 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Moses the Lawgiver1974 · as Moses
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Self - Intermission Guest
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee