Burt Lancaster
Acting
- Born:
- 1913-11-02
- Died:
- 1994-10-20
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Airports
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Paul Newman: The Restless
Rat Pack
Morceaux de Cannes
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Hollywood sul Tevere
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Luchino Visconti
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
La Classe américaine
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Separate but Equal
Separate but Equal
Movie Tough Guys
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: A German Tragedy
Tough Guys
On Wings of Eagles
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Little Treasure
Scandal Sheet
Olympic Gala
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
The Osterman Weekend
James Bond: The First 21 Years
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
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Zulu Dawn
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Go Tell the Spartans
The Unknown War
Ciné regards