Burt Lancaster

Acting

Born November 2, 1913 — Died October 20, 1994 New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies(122)

Airports

2025

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Self (archive footage)

2023

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

2022

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019

The Untameable Kirk Douglas

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2017

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

Self (archive footage)

2016

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Self (archive footage)

2014

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

Self

2010

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

Self (archive footage)

2009

Hollywood sul Tevere

2009

Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel

Self (archive footage)

2008

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Self (archive footage)

2005

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

2002

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self (archive footage)

1997

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Self (archive footage)

1996

La Classe américaine

José (archive footage)

1993

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Self (archive footage)

1991

Separate But Equal

John W. Davis

1991

Movie Tough Guys

Self (archive footage)

1991

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Self - Narrator

1990

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

Leon Klinghoffer

1990

Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

Self

1989

Field of Dreams

Doc "Moonlight" Graham

1989

The Jeweller's Shop

The Jeweller

1989

Rocket Gibraltar

Levi Rockwell

1988

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

Self - Host, Narrator

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

1987

Control

Dr. Herbert Monroe

1987

Barnum

PT Barnum

1986

Tough Guys

Harry Doyle

1986

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

Self

1986

Little Treasure

Delbert Teschmacher

1985

Scandal Sheet

Harold Fallen

1985

The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

Self

1983

The Osterman Weekend

Maxwell Danforth

1983

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Self

1983

Local Hero

Felix Happer

1983

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

1982

I Love Liberty

Self

1982

Night of 100 Stars

Self

1982

Race to Oblivion

Self - Host / Narrator

1982

The Skin

Generale Clark

1981

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Bill Doolin

1981

Atlantic City

Lou

1980

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

1979

Zulu Dawn

Col. Anthony Durnford

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Self (archive footage)

1979

Go Tell the Spartans

Maj. Asa Barker

1978

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Dr. Paul Moreau

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Gen. Lawrence Dell

1977

Victory at Entebbe

Shimon Peres

1976

The Cassandra Crossing

Col. Stephen Mackenzie

1976

1900

Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder

1976

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)

1976

Moses the Lawgiver

Moses

1976

Conversation Piece

Professor

1974

The Midnight Man

Jim Slade

1974

The Fighters

Narrator

1974

Executive Action

Farrington

1973

Scorpio

Cross

1973

Ulzana's Raid

McIntosh

1972

Valdez Is Coming

Valdez

1971

Lawman

Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox

1971

Fight of the Century

Self - Presenter

1971

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I

1971

Airport

Mel Bakersfeld

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

1970

Big Game America

Narrator

1969

The Gypsy Moths

Mike Rettig

1969

Castle Keep

Maj. Abraham Falconer

1969

Jenny is a Good Thing

Narrator

1969

The Sky Divers

Self

1969

The Swimmer

Ned Merrill

1968

The Scalphunters

Joe Bass

1968

The Professionals

Dolworth

1966

Games in Depth

Self

1966

The Hallelujah Trail

Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart

1965

The Train

Paul Labiche

1964

Seven Days in May

Gen. James Mattoon Scott

1964

The List of Adrian Messenger

Protester

1963

The Leopard

Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina

1963

A Child Is Waiting

Matthew Clark

1963

Birdman of Alcatraz

Robert Stroud

1962

Judgment at Nuremberg

Ernst Janning

1961

The Young Savages

Hank Bell

1961

Elmer Gantry

1960

The Unforgiven

Ben Zachary

1960

The Devil's Disciple

Anthony Anderson

1959

Separate Tables

John Malcolm

1958

Run Silent, Run Deep

Lt. Jim Bledsoe

1958

Sweet Smell of Success

J.J. Hunsecker

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Marshal Wyatt Earp

1957

The Rainmaker

Bill Starbuck

1956

Trapeze

Mike Ribble

1956

The Rose Tattoo

Alvaro Mangiacavallo

1955

The Kentuckian

Elias Wakefield

1955

Vera Cruz

Joe Erin

1954

Apache

Massai

1954

His Majesty O'Keefe

Capt. David Dion O'Keefe

1954

Three Sailors and a Girl

Marine (uncredited)

1953

From Here to Eternity

1st Sgt. Milton Warden

1953

South Sea Woman

Sgt. James O'Hearn

1953

Come Back, Little Sheba

Doc Delaney

1953

The Crimson Pirate

Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)

1952

Ten Tall Men

Sergeant Mike Kincaid

1951

Jim Thorpe – All-American

Jim Thorpe

1951

The Screen Director

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1951

Vengeance Valley

Owen Daybright

1951

Mister 880

Steve Buchanan

1950

The Flame and the Arrow

Dardo Bartoli

1950

Rope of Sand

Michael (Mike) Davis

1949

Criss Cross

Steve Thompson

1949

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

William Earle 'Bill' Saunders

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

Henry Stevenson

1948

All My Sons

Chris Keller

1948

I Walk Alone

Frankie Madison

1947

Variety Girl

Burt Lancaster

1947

Desert Fury

Tom Hanson

1947

Brute Force

Joe Collins

1947

The Killers

'Swede' Andersen

1946

Handle With Care

Narrator

Burt Lancaster

TV Shows(20)

Movies(122)