Burt Lancaster
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.
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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.
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Known for
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Paul Newman: The Restless
Rat Pack
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
And the Oscar Goes To...
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Luchino Visconti
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
La Classe américaine
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Separate but Equal
Movie Tough Guys
Star Life
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
The Phantom of the Opera
I promessi sposi
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
Field of Dreams
The Jeweller's Shop
Rocket Gibraltar
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Control
Barnum
Fathers and Sons
Tough Guys
On Wings of Eagles
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Little Treasure
Scandal Sheet
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
The Osterman Weekend
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
Local Hero
Marco Polo
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
I Love Liberty
Night of 100 Stars
Race to Oblivion
The Skin
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Atlantic City
Zulu Dawn
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Go Tell the Spartans
The Unknown War
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Twilight's Last Gleaming
The Cassandra Crossing
Victory at Entebbe
1900
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Moses the Lawgiver
Conversation Piece
Moses the Lawgiver
The Midnight Man
The Fighters
Executive Action
Scorpio
Ulzana's Raid
Valdez Is Coming
Lawman
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Airport
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Big Game America
The Gypsy Moths
Castle Keep
The Swimmer
The Dick Cavett Show
The Scalphunters
The Professionals
Games in Depth
The Hallelujah Trail
The Train
Seven Days in May
The List of Adrian Messenger
The Leopard
A Child Is Waiting
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Birdman of Alcatraz
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Young Savages
Elmer Gantry
The Unforgiven
Startime
The Devil's Disciple
Separate Tables
Run Silent, Run Deep
Sweet Smell of Success
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Rainmaker
Trapeze
The Rose Tattoo
The Kentuckian
Marty
Vera Cruz
Apache
His Majesty O'Keefe
Three Sailors and a Girl
From Here to Eternity
South Sea Woman
The Oscars
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Crimson Pirate
Ten Tall Men
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Vengeance Valley
Lux Video Theatre
Mister 880
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Flame and the Arrow
Rope of Sand
Criss Cross
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Sorry, Wrong Number
The Ed Sullivan Show
All My Sons
I Walk Alone
Variety Girl
Desert Fury
Brute Force
The Killers
Acting
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
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Self (archive footage)