Burt Lancaster
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday2 November 1913
Died20 October 1994 (age 80)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits148
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 Atlant…
Airports
2025
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 · Self
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 · Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010 · Self
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993 · José (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Separate but Equal
1991 · John W. Davis
Separate but Equal
1991 · John W. Davis
Movie Tough Guys
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Self - Narrator
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
1990 · Leon Klinghoffer
The Phantom of the Opera
1990 · Gérard Carrière
I promessi sposi
1989 · Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
1989 · Self
Field of Dreams
1989 · Doc "Moonlight" Graham
The Jeweller's Shop
1989 · The Jeweller
Rocket Gibraltar
1988 · Levi Rockwell
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
1987 · Self - Host, Narrator
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
Control
1987 · Dr. Herbert Monroe
Barnum
1986 · PT Barnum
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986 · Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
Tough Guys
1986 · Harry Doyle
On Wings of Eagles
1986 · Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986 · Self
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Thanks
Little Treasure
1985 · Delbert Teschmacher
Scandal Sheet
1985 · Harold Fallen
Olympic Gala
1984
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
1983 · Self
The Osterman Weekend
1983 · Maxwell Danforth
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
Local Hero
1983 · Felix Happer
Marco Polo
1982 · Teobaldo Visconti
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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