Burt Lancaster
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-11-02
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Burt Lancaster
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 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.
Also Known For
Birdman of Alcatraz
Jul 04, 1962
Sweet Smell of Success
Jul 04, 1957
The Leopard
Mar 27, 1963
Movie Tough Guys
Jan 01, 1991
Judgment at Nuremberg
Dec 18, 1961
Field of Dreams
Apr 21, 1989
The Train
Sep 24, 1964
Moses the Lawgiver
Mar 26, 1976
Airport
Mar 25, 1970
1900
Aug 28, 1976
Tough Guys
Oct 03, 1986
Valdez Is Coming
Apr 09, 1971
Local Hero
Feb 17, 1983
Elmer Gantry
Jul 07, 1960
Victory at Entebbe
Dec 22, 1976
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Oct 30, 1948
Criss Cross
Feb 04, 1949
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sep 24, 1948
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
May 30, 1957
The Crimson Pirate
Sep 27, 1952
Atlantic City
Sep 03, 1980
From Here to Eternity
Aug 28, 1953
The Professionals
Nov 01, 1966
The Unforgiven
Apr 06, 1960
The Hallelujah Trail
Jun 23, 1965
The List of Adrian Messenger
May 23, 1963
Seven Days in May
Feb 01, 1964
The Cassandra Crossing
Dec 18, 1976
Go Tell the Spartans
Jul 12, 1978
The Scalphunters
Feb 29, 1968
The Osterman Weekend
Oct 14, 1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
May 21, 1982
The Flame and the Arrow
Jul 07, 1950
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Jul 13, 1977
The Swimmer
Aug 09, 1968
Desert Fury
Aug 15, 1947
I Walk Alone
Dec 31, 1947
Vera Cruz
Dec 25, 1954
Luchino Visconti
Jun 23, 2002
Brute Force
Jul 16, 1947
Trapeze
May 30, 1956
Executive Action
Nov 07, 1973
I Love Liberty
Mar 21, 1982
Ulzana's Raid
Oct 27, 1972
Lawman
Mar 11, 1971
The Killers
Aug 30, 1946
Scorpio
Apr 11, 1973
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Aug 24, 1951
Apache
Jul 09, 1954
Separate Tables
Dec 18, 1958
Vengeance Valley
Feb 14, 1951
Rope of Sand
Aug 03, 1949
The Rainmaker
Dec 13, 1956
The Skin
Aug 27, 1981
All My Sons
May 01, 1948
The Fighters
Jan 04, 1974
La Classe américaine
Dec 31, 1993
Three Sailors and a Girl
Nov 23, 1953
Castle Keep
Jul 23, 1969
The Gypsy Moths
Aug 29, 1969
The Kentuckian
Jul 22, 1955
The Rose Tattoo
Dec 12, 1955
Zulu Dawn
May 14, 1979
Run Silent, Run Deep
Mar 27, 1958
Fight of the Century
Mar 08, 1971
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Jun 24, 1976
Conversation Piece
Dec 20, 1974
Come Back, Little Sheba
Mar 06, 1953
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Feb 09, 1977
The Devil's Disciple
Aug 20, 1959
The Young Savages
May 24, 1961
Rocket Gibraltar
Sep 02, 1988
Mister 880
Sep 29, 1950
A Child Is Waiting
Feb 13, 1963
South Sea Woman
Jun 27, 1953
Separate But Equal
Apr 07, 1991
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Jun 20, 2023
Ten Tall Men
Oct 26, 1951
His Majesty O'Keefe
Jan 16, 1954
Variety Girl
Aug 29, 1947
The Midnight Man
Mar 07, 1974
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Aug 24, 2014
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Mar 08, 1971
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Apr 24, 1981
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Apr 29, 1990
Little Treasure
May 01, 1985
Jenny is a Good Thing
Jan 01, 1969
Control
Feb 14, 1987
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Mar 24, 1970
Rat Pack
Jan 11, 2022
The Sky Divers
Jan 01, 1969
Scandal Sheet
Jan 21, 1985
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
May 12, 1997
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Nov 15, 2016
The Jeweller's Shop
Apr 07, 1989
Barnum
Nov 30, 1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Jan 01, 1986
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
May 18, 1987
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Oct 21, 1987
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Jul 15, 1991
The Screen Director
Mar 12, 1951
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Dec 31, 2008
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Jul 17, 2005
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Jun 01, 2017
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Sep 07, 2010
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
Aug 06, 1989
Big Game America
Nov 11, 1969
Race to Oblivion
Jan 02, 1982
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Dec 31, 1983
Games in Depth
Jul 25, 1966
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Mar 15, 1996
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Jun 26, 1990
Night of 100 Stars
Mar 08, 1982
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Mar 01, 1979
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Oct 01, 2009
Handle With Care
James Bond: The First 21 Years
May 27, 1983
Airports
Sep 17, 2025
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Dec 31, 2019
Hollywood sul Tevere
Sep 07, 2009
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Sep 10, 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Jun 20, 1948
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Jul 29, 1957
On Wings of Eagles
May 18, 1986
Moses the Lawgiver
Jun 21, 1975
The Phantom of the Opera
Mar 18, 1990
Lux Video Theatre
Oct 02, 1950
Separate but Equal
Apr 07, 1991
Startime
Oct 06, 1959
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
I promessi sposi
Nov 12, 1989
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Jan 12, 1975
Système 2
Jan 19, 1975
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
Marco Polo
Dec 05, 1982
The Unknown War
Jun 22, 1978
Reflets de Cannes
Mar 25, 1954
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Moses the Lawgiver
Dec 22, 1974
