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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.
The roles that explain the career.
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 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | Leon Klinghoffer | Film |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Gérard Carrière | TV |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Doc "Moonlight" Graham | Film |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Levi Rockwell | Film |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Harry Doyle | Film |
| 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 |
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Bill Doolin | Film |
| 1981 | The Skin | Generale Clark | 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 | Conversation Piece | Professor | Film |
| 1974 | The Fighters | Narrator | 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 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Ernst Janning | Film |
| 1961 | The Young Savages | Hank Bell | Film |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Ben Zachary | Film |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry | Film |
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Anthony Anderson | Film |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | John Malcolm | Film |
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Lt. Jim Bledsoe | 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 | Ten Tall Men | Sergeant Mike Kincaid | Film |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Owen Daybright | Film |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Dardo Bartoli | Film |
| 1950 | Mister 880 | Steve Buchanan | Film |
| 1949 | Criss Cross | Steve Thompson | Film |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Michael (Mike) Davis | Film |
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | William Earle 'Bill' Saunders | Film |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Henry Stevenson | Film |
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