Burt Lancaster biography
Burt Lancaster was an American actor, born on 2 November 1913 in New York City, who died on 20 October 1994.
Burt Lancaster's screen career began in 1946 with The Killers, playing Ole "Swede" Anderson.
Burt Lancaster appeared in 89 films and 15 television or streaming titles between 1946 and 2010.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor, Theatre World Award and SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.
- Also known as
- Burton Lancaster
- Born
- 2 November 1913
- Died
- 20 October 1994 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- New York City
- Work
- Film producer, Screenwriter, Film actor, Film director, Television actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1935 to 1991
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Theatre World Award
- SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
- Golden Globes
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Silver Bear for Best Actor
Burt Lancaster filmography
89 films and 15 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Italian | ||
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Spanish | ||
| 1999 | Luchino Visconti | Italian | ||
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham | ||
| 1988 | The Jeweller's Shop | English | ||
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Levi Rockwell | ||
| 1988 | The Jeweler's Shop | The Jeweler | ||
| 1987 | Control | Dr. Herbert Monroe | ||
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Harry Doyle | ||
| 1985 | Little Treasure | Delbert Teschemacher | ||
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | CIA Director Maxwell Danforth | ||
| 1983 | Local Hero | Felix Happer | Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | English | ||
| 1981 | The Skin | General Mark Cork | ||
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Bill Doolin, the Oklahoma outlaw | ||
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Lou Pascal | ||
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Colonel Anthony Durnford | ||
| 1978 | Go Tell the Spartans | Major Asa Barker | ||
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Paul Moreau | ||
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | General Lawrence Dell | ||
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Colonel Stephen Mackenzie | ||
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Ned Buntline | ||
| 1976 | 1900 | Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder | ||
| 1976 | Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca | Italian | ||
| 1974 | Conversation Piece | The Professor |
Show all 89 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Jim Slade | Co-director | |
| 1973 | Scorpio | Cross | ||
| 1973 | Executive Action | James Farrington | ||
| 1972 | Ulzana's Raid | U.S. Cavalry Scout McIntosh | ||
| 1971 | Valdez Is Coming | Marshal Bob Valdez | ||
| 1971 | Lawman | Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox | ||
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | English | ||
| 1970 | Airport | Mel Bakersfeld | ||
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Maj. Abraham Falconer | ||
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Mike Rettig | ||
| 1969 | Jenny Is a Good Thing | Narrator | ||
| 1968 | The Swimmer | Ned Merrill | ||
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Joe Bass | Nominated, Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance | |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Bill Dolworth | ||
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Colonel Thaddeus Gearhart | ||
| 1965 | The Train | Paul Labiche | Nominated, Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance | |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | General James Mattoon Scott | Nominated, Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance | |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Animal Rights Protester (cameo) | ||
| 1963 | The Leopard | Prince Don Fabrizio Salina | ||
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Dr. Matthew Clark | ||
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Robert Stroud | ||
| 1961 | The Young Savages | ADA Hank Bell | ||
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Dr. Ernst Janning | ||
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Ben Zachary | ||
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry | ||
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Reverend Anthony Anderson | ||
| 1959 | The Rabbit Trap | |||
| 1959 | Take a Giant Step | |||
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | |||
| 1959 | Cry Tough | |||
| 1958 | Separate Tables | John Malcolm | ||
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Lieutenant Commander Jim Bledsoe | ||
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | J.J. Hunsecker | ||
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Marshal Wyatt Earp | Laurel Award for Top Male Action Star | |
| 1957 | The Bachelor Party | |||
| 1956 | Trapeze | Mike Ribble | Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin | |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Bill Starbuck | ||
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Alvaro Mangiacavallo | ||
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Elias Wakefield (Big Eli) | Director Nominated, Golden Lion for Best Director | |
| 1955 | Marty | |||
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Joe Erin | ||
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | Captain David O'Keefe / Narrator | ||
| 1954 | Apache | Massai | ||
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | 1st Sergeant Milton Warden | ||
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn | ||
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | Marine | Uncredited | |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Capitan Vallo | ||
| 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Doc Delaney | ||
| 1952 | The First Time | |||
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Owen Daybright | ||
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Sergeant Mike Kincaid | ||
| 1951 | Jim Thorpe , All-American | Jim Thorpe | ||
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Dardo Bartoli | ||
| 1950 | Mister 880 | Steve Buchanan | ||
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Michael "Mike" Davis | ||
| 1949 | Criss Cross | Steve Thompson | ||
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | William Earle "Bill" Saunders | ||
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Henry Stevenson | ||
| 1948 | I Walk Alone | Frankie Madison | ||
| 1948 | All My Sons | Chris Keller | ||
| 1947 | Variety Girl | English | ||
| 1947 | Desert Fury | Tom Hanson | ||
| 1947 | Brute Force | Joe Collins | ||
| 1946 | The Killers | Ole "Swede" Anderson |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | John W. Davis | Miniseries | |
| 1990 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | Leon Klinghoffer | Miniseries | |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Gerard Carriere | ||
| 1989 | The Betrothed | Cardinal Federigo Borromeo | Miniseries | |
| 1989 | Cops | Narrator | ||
| 1986 | On Wings of Eagles | Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons | Miniseries | |
| 1986 | Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy | Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz | Miniseries | |
| 1986 | Barnum | Phineas Taylor "P.T." Barnum | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet | Harold Fallen | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Circus of the Stars | Ringmaster/himself | Variety Special | |
| 1982 | The Life of Verdi | Narrator (English version) | Miniseries | |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Teobaldo Visconti (Pope Gregory X) | Miniseries | |
| 1978 | The Unknown War | Narrator | ||
| 1978 | Victory at Entebbe | Shimon Peres | TV movie | |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses | Miniseries |