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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.

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster Biography / Wiki

NameBurt Lancaster
Also KnowBurton Stephen Lancaster, Берт Ланкастер
GenderMale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth1913-11-02
Age(as in 2022)80
Deathday1994-10-20

Burt Lancaster Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Birdman of AlcatrazRobert Stroud1962-07-04After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stro…
Sweet Smell of SuccessJ.J. Hunsecker1957-07-04New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can’t contro…
The LeopardPrince Don Fabrizio Salina1963-03-28As Garibaldi’s troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes un…
Moses the LawgiverMoses1974-12-22Story of Moses. Originally a TV Miniseries recut for theaters…
The TrainPaul Labiche1964-09-24As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France’s greatest paintings to Germany. He…
AirportMel Bakersfeld1970-05-29Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved….
Tough GuysHarry Doyle1986-10-03Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving the…
Valdez Is ComingValdez1971-04-09Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon …
Elmer GantryElmer Gantry1960-07-07When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her a…
Criss CrossSteve Thompson / Narrator1949-02-04Burt Lancaster plays Steve Thompson, a man who seals his dark fate when he returns to Los Angeles to find his ex-wife Anna Dundee (Yvonne DeCarlo) eag…
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralMarshal Wyatt Earp1957-05-30Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corr…
From Here to Eternity1st Sgt. Milton Warden1953-08-28In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit’s team, while his captain’s wife and second in command are falling in love….
The ProfessionalsDolworth1966-11-01An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit….
The Crimson PirateCapt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)1952-08-27Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l…
The UnforgivenBen Zachary1960-04-06The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe….
The Hallelujah TrailCol. Thaddeus P. Gearhart1965-06-23A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local …
Seven Days in MayGen. James Mattoon Scott1964-02-01A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him….
Atlantic CityLou1980-09-03In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs a…
Go Tell the SpartansMaj. Asa Barker1978-07-12Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford’s 1967 novel “Incident at Muc Wa.” It tells the story about U.S. Army military a…
The ScalphuntersJoe Bass1968-02-29Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad…
The Flame and the ArrowDardo Bartoli1950-07-07Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga…
The SwimmerNed Merrill1968-08-09Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly deci…
The Island of Dr. MoreauDr. Paul Moreau1977-07-13A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turne…
I Walk AloneFrankie Madison1947-12-31Bootleggers on the lamb Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a …
Brute ForceJoe Collins1947-07-10Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins’ dreams of e…
TrapezeMike Ribble1956-05-30A pair of men try to perform the dangerous “triple” in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a …
Executive ActionFarrington1973-11-07Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this specu…
Ulzana’s RaidMcIntosh1972-10-27Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutena…
LawmanBannock Marshal Jared Maddox1971-03-11While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a st…
The Killers‘Swede’ Andersen1946-08-28Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called “the Swede”. When the killers find the Swede, he’s expecting them and doesn’t put up a fight. Si…
ScorpioCross1973-04-11Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission t…
Jim Thorpe – All-AmericanJim Thorpe1951-08-24The triumph and tragedy of Native Anerican Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his m…
ApacheMassai1954-07-09Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way…
Vengeance ValleyOwen Daybright1951-02-14A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, a…
The RainmakerBill Starbuck1956-12-13Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can’t make up for the fact that she’s…
Rope of SandMichael (Mike) Davis1949-08-03Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers….
Castle KeepMaj. Abraham Falconer1969-07-23During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against …
The Gypsy MothsMike Rettig1969-08-29Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend….
The KentuckianElias Wakefield1955-07-22A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas….
Zulu DawnCol. Anthony Durnford1979-05-14In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership….
Come Back, Little ShebaDoc Delaney1952-12-24A mismatched couple’s marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder….
Conversation PieceProfessor1974-12-10A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lov…
Twilight’s Last GleamingGen. Lawrence Dell1977-02-09A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u…
Rocket GibraltarLevi Rockwell1988-09-02A man’s family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don’t exactly connect. Howev…
The Devil’s DiscipleAnthony Anderson1959-08-20In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Re…
The Young SavagesHank Bell1961-05-24A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy….
Mister 880Steve Buchanan1950-09-29The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don’t know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has ama…
A Child Is WaitingMatthew Clark1963-02-13Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her lif…
South Sea WomanSgt. James O’Hearn1953-06-27Marine Sergeant James O’Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time…
His Majesty O’KeefeCapt. David Dion O’Keefe1954-01-16Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil – and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. …
Ten Tall MenSergeant Mike Kincaid1951-10-26Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion’s…
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro AffairLeon Klinghoffer1990-04-29Genua, 3rd October 1985. Together with over 500 other passengers Margot and Pierre Bergeron, a married couple from France, the Serafinis, an Italian f…
Jenny is a Good ThingNarrator1969-01-01Jenny is a Good Thing is a 1969 American short documentary film about children and poverty, directed by Joan Horvath. Produced by Project Head Start, …
Fathers and SonsGeheimrat Carl Julius Deutz1986-11-12Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish….
Scandal SheetHarold Fallen1985-01-21The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoho…
The Midnight ManJim Slade1974-03-07An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a nig…
The Jeweller’s ShopThe Jeweller1989-04-07Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II’s best-selling play “The Jeweller’s Shop,” an inspiring d…
BarnumPT Barnum1986-11-30The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum….
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked AwaySelf1986-01-01This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others….
Legacy of the Hollywood BlacklistHost/Narrator1987-01-01This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties an…
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a NovelInterviewee2008-12-31A documentary about film director Luchino Visconti…
Dawn’s Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated SouthHimself1989-08-06Colorful, outspoken, a man of many contradictions, Ralph McGill emerged during the troubled years of the 1950s and ’60s as a prominent and influential…
Big Game AmericaNarrator1969-11-11Burt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history….
Race to OblivionHimself1982-01-02Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific stateme…
Games in DepthHimself1966-07-25A mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography….
Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachSelf (archive footage)1996-03-15Born November 2, 1913, he went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Step…
Benny Carter: Symphony in RiffsNarratorBurt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter, one of the chief architects of the Big Band sound. CO…
Luchino ViscontiSelf1999-09-06A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melo…
Judgment at NurembergErnst Janning1961-12-18In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chie…
Sorry, Wrong NumberHenry Stevenson1948-09-24Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the teleph…
Kiss the Blood Off My HandsWilliam Earle ‘Bill’ Saunders1948-10-30Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he in …
Vera CruzJoe Erin1954-12-25After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane mee…
All My SonsChris Keller1948-05-01During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him whe…
The Rose TattooAlvaro Mangiacavallo1955-12-12A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her….
Run Silent, Run DeepLt. Jim Bledsoe1958-03-27The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His s…
Separate But EqualJohn W. Davis1991-04-07A dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation. One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century Am…
The South Bank Show: Local Hero1983-02-27A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film LOCAL HERO…
Desert FuryTom Hanson1947-08-15The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone’s efforts to separate them….
The SkinGenerale Clark1981-08-27After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Many sacrifice their dignity and morale to sur…
Little TreasureDelbert Teschmacher1985-05-01Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling pr…
The Making of a “Local Hero” (With a Little Help from His Friends)1983-12-31Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film LOCAL HERO….
Fight of the CenturySelf – Presenter1971-03-08
ControlDr. Herbert Monroe1987-02-14An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long …
Separate TablesJohn Malcolm1958-12-18Boarders at an English resort struggle with emotional problems….
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodHimself1987-05-18A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film….
1900Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder1976-09-01The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides….
The Cassandra CrossingCol. Stephen Mackenzie1976-12-18Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train….
The Secrets of Meeting Men and WomenSoldier (archive footage)Professional relationship gurus Robert Beckworth and Yvette Powers present their revolutionary, science-based approach to meeting your potential life …
Field of DreamsDoc “Moonlight” Graham1989-04-21Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice’s direct…
Local HeroFelix Happer1983-02-17An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don’t go as expected….
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid(in “The Killers”) (archive footage)1982-05-21Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist…
The Untameable Kirk DouglasSelf – Actor (archive footage)2017-06-01The story of actor Kirk Douglas, the man and the legend, one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. An epic journey through the 20th centur…
Cattle Annie and Little BritchesBill Doolin1981-04-24In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a f…
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireSelf (archive footage)1991-07-15Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend….
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’(archival footage)2004-01-22Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of “The Osterman Weekend”….
Victory at EntebbeShimon Peres1976-12-13The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in …
The Osterman WeekendMaxwell Danforth1983-10-14The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy…
A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetHimself (archive footage)1979-03-01Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of S…
Three Sailors and a GirlMarine (uncredited)1953-11-23A group of sailors invest in a musical revue….
The List of Adrian MessengerProtester1963-05-23Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who …
The Screen Director1951-03-12A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for…
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s “Island of Dr. Moreau”Himself (archive footage)2014-08-24The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the…
L’ultimo gattopardo – Ritratto di Goffredo LombardoSelf2010-09-07
La Classe américaineJosé (archive footage)1993-12-31George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of…
Ghost Hunters: Deep Cover Part 2(voice, uncredited)2013-06-18Second take originally, from 2006 and 2007….
Variety GirlHimself1947-08-29Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful …
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History LessonThe Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)1976-06-24Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden a…
Filmmakers vs. TycoonsHimself (archive footage)2005-07-17How the cinema industry does not respect the author’s work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to wa…
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)1970-03-24Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi…
Hollywood My Home Town1965-12-31Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood….
Night of 100 StarsSelf1982-03-08The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York’s Radio City …
And the Oscar Goes To…Self (archive footage)2014-02-01The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry’s most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… traces the history of the Academy …

Burt Lancaster Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The KentuckianDirector1955-07-22A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas….
The Midnight ManDirector1974-03-07An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a nig…

Burt Lancaster Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Sweet Smell of SuccessExecutive Producer1957-07-04New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can’t contro…
The Crimson PirateProducer1952-08-27Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l…
The UnforgivenProducer1960-04-06The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe….
MartyProducer1955-04-11Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family …
ApacheProducer1954-07-09Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way…
The Midnight ManProducer1974-03-07An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a nig…
Separate TablesProducer1958-12-18Boarders at an English resort struggle with emotional problems….
The ScalphuntersProducer1968-02-29Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Midnight ManScreenplay1974-03-07An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a nig…

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Kiss of the Spider WomanThanks1985-07-26Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a gay man, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a po…

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