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Burt Lancaster
Actor · Crew· New York City, New York, USA
Burt Lancaster, an American actor with a chiseled physique and a signature grin, transcended his initial "tough guy" persona to become a versatile star of the 1950s and 1960s. His career was punctuated by four Academy Award nominations, including a win for "Elmer Gantry" in 1960, and BAFTA Awards for "The Birdman of Alcatraz" and "Atlantic City." Lancaster's production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was a trailblazer in independent Hollywood, nurturing films like "Marty," "Trapeze," and "Sweet Smell of Success." Beyond acting, he directed two films and was ranked nineteenth among the greatest male stars by the American Film Institute.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Field of Dreams
Doc "Moonlight" Graham · 1989
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernst Janning · 1961
The Leopard
Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina · 1963
From Here to Eternity
1st Sgt. Milton Warden · 1953
1900
Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder · 1976
Sweet Smell of Success
J.J. Hunsecker · 1957
Airport
Mel Bakersfeld · 1970
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage) · 1982
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 2017 | The Untameable Kirk Douglas | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film |
| 2009 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | José (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | John W. Davis | Film |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Gérard Carrière | TV |
| 1990 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | Leon Klinghoffer | Film |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Doc "Moonlight" Graham | Film |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Levi Rockwell | Film |
| 1987 | Control | Dr. Herbert Monroe | Film |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Harry Doyle | Film |
| 1986 | Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy | Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz | TV |
| 1986 | Barnum | PT Barnum | Film |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet | Harold Fallen | Film |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Maxwell Danforth | Film |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Felix Happer | Film |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | Film |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | Self | Film |
| 1981 | The Skin | Generale Clark | Film |
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Bill Doolin | Film |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Lou | Film |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Col. Anthony Durnford | Film |
| 1978 | Go Tell the Spartans | Maj. Asa Barker | Film |
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Paul Moreau | Film |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Gen. Lawrence Dell | Film |
| 1976 | 1900 | Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder | Film |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Col. Stephen Mackenzie | Film |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline) | Film |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Shimon Peres | Film |
| 1976 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses | Film |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Jim Slade | Film |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses | TV |
| 1974 | The Fighters | Narrator | Film |
| 1974 | Conversation Piece | Professor | Film |
| 1973 | Scorpio | Cross | Film |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Farrington | Film |
| 1972 | Ulzana's Raid | McIntosh | Film |
| 1971 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I | Film | |
| 1971 | Valdez Is Coming | Valdez | Film |
| 1971 | Lawman | Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox | Film |
| 1970 | Airport | Mel Bakersfeld | Film |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Mike Rettig | Film |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Maj. Abraham Falconer | Film |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Joe Bass | Film |
| 1968 | The Swimmer | Ned Merrill | Film |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Dolworth | Film |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart | Film |
| 1964 | The Train | Paul Labiche | Film |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Gen. James Mattoon Scott | Film |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Matthew Clark | Film |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Protester | Film |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina | Film |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Robert Stroud | Film |
| 1961 | The Young Savages | Hank Bell | Film |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Ernst Janning | Film |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry | Film |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Ben Zachary | Film |
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Anthony Anderson | Film |
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Lt. Jim Bledsoe | Film |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | John Malcolm | Film |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | J.J. Hunsecker | Film |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Marshal Wyatt Earp | Film |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Bill Starbuck | Film |
| 1956 | Trapeze | Mike Ribble | Film |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Elias Wakefield | Film |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Alvaro Mangiacavallo | Film |
| 1954 | Apache | Massai | Film |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Joe Erin | Film |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | Capt. David Dion O'Keefe | Film |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | 1st Sgt. Milton Warden | Film |
| 1953 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Doc Delaney | Film |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | Marine (uncredited) | Film |
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | Sgt. James O'Hearn | Film |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate) | Film |
| 1951 | Jim Thorpe – All-American | Jim Thorpe | Film |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Owen Daybright | Film |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Sergeant Mike Kincaid | Film |
| 1951 | The Screen Director | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Dardo Bartoli | Film |
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