Burt Lancaster
Actor
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.
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As Director
Filmography
Field of Dreams
as Doc "Moonlight" Graham 1989
The Leopard
as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina 1963
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Ernst Janning 1961
From Here to Eternity
as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden 1953
1900
as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder 1976
Sweet Smell of Success
as J.J. Hunsecker 1957
Airport
as Mel Bakersfeld 1970
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage) 1982
The Killers
as 'Swede' Andersen 1946
Local Hero
as Felix Happer 1983
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Marshal Wyatt Earp 1957
The Train
as Paul Labiche 1964
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Robert Stroud 1962
The Professionals
as Dolworth 1966
Atlantic City
as Lou 1980
Vera Cruz
as Joe Erin 1954
The Swimmer
as Ned Merrill 1968