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Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen Lancaster, commonly known as Burt Lancaster, (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Noted for initially playing tough guys with a tender heart, Lancaster's career spanned a period of almost half a century, during which time he transitioned to more complex and challenging roles. A four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor (winning once), Lancaster also won two BAFTA Awards and one Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor. The American Film Institute ranks him as #19 of the greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Lancaster's career began as a circus acrobat in the 1930s. After serving in World War II, at the age of 32, he got the opportunity to act in a Broadway play which drew the attention of a Hollywood agent. His breakthrough came with the film noir The Killers in 1946. Over his career, he acted in films like Trapeze, Sweet Smell of Success, Run Silent, Run Deep, and Separate Tables. Lancaster starred in a number of critically acclaimed films in the 1960s, including Elmer Gantry, Judgment at Nuremberg, and The Professionals. Towards the latter part of his career, he featured in television mini-series, and his last film role was in the Oscar-nominated Field of Dreams.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Burton Stephen Lancaster
Born: New York City, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: November 2, 1913
Occupations: Actor, film producer
Years Active: 1935-1991
Children: 5
Spouses: June Ernst, Norma Anderson, Susan Martin
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Awards and Nominations Received by Burt Lancaster
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Movies Featuring Burt Lancaster
The Leopard (re-release)
Lawman
Scorpio
The Train
Run Silent Run Deep
The Kentuckian
Separate Tables
Atlantic City
Sweet Smell of Success (re-release)
The Professionals
Birdman of Alcatraz
Local Hero
Airport
Tough Guys
Seven Days in May
Judgment at Nuremberg
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
From Here to Eternity
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Cassandra Crossing
I Walk Alone
Brute Force
And the Oscar Goes To…
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
The Phantom of the Opera
Separate but Equal
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
The Skin
Night of 100 Stars
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
The South Bank Show: ‘Local Hero’
Scandal Sheet
Little Treasure
I Love Liberty
The Osterman Weekend
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The Making of a ‘Local Hero’ (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
The Jeweller’s Shop
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Control
On Wings of Eagles
Rat Pack
Rocket Gibraltar
Paul Newman: The Restless
Barnum
Go Tell the Spartans
The Screen Director
The Gypsy Moths
The Killers
His Majesty O’Keefe
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Rainmaker
The Unknown War
The Young Savages
Come Back, Little Sheba
Fight of the Century
Variety Girl
Vengeance Valley
Castle Keep
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Mister 880
The Devil’s Disciple
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
The Midnight Man
Sorry, Wrong Number
Three Sailors and a Girl
Rope of Sand
Ulzana’s Raid
Moses the Lawgiver
The Swimmer
The List of Adrian Messenger
The Crimson Pirate
Victory at Entebbe
The Hallelujah Trail
All My Sons
Sweet Smell of Success
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
A Child Is Waiting
Ten Tall Men
Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Trapeze
The Leopard
Valdez Is Coming
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Elmer Gantry
The Rose Tattoo
Conversation Piece
Executive Action
Criss Cross
La Classe américaine
South Sea Woman
The Unforgiven
Zulu Dawn
Vera Cruz
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno
Desert Fury
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Luchino Visconti
The Flame and the Arrow
Career Timeline
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2004
The Leopard (re-release)
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’
Self (archive footage)
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Self (archive footage)
1983
Local Hero
The South Bank Show: ‘Local Hero’
Self
The Osterman Weekend
Maxwell Danforth
The Making of a ‘Local Hero’ (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Self
1977
The Cassandra Crossing
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Dr. Paul Moreau
Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Gen. Lawrence Dell
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
Protester
A Child Is Waiting
Matthew Clark
The Leopard
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
1953
From Here to Eternity
Three Sailors and a Girl
Marine (uncredited)
South Sea Woman
Sgt. James O'Hearn
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