Cast & creator
Burt Lancaster
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Awards
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.
Also known as: Burton Stephen Lancaster, Берт Ланкастер, برت لنکستر, 伯特·兰卡斯特
141
film credits
23
television credits
147
1944–2025 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (164)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Oscars
Self
1953
People's Choice Awards
Self
1975Lux Video Theatre
Self - Intermission Guest
1950
Ciné regards
Self
1978Système 2
Self
1975
Marco Polo
Teobaldo Visconti
1982
Field of Dreams
Doc "Moonlight" Graham
1989
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
The Leopard
Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
1963
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernst Janning
1961
Moses the Lawgiver
Moses
1974
Birdman of Alcatraz
Robert Stroud
1962
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Marshal Wyatt Earp
1957
The Professionals
Dolworth
1966
The Cassandra Crossing
Col. Stephen Mackenzie
1976
I promessi sposi
Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
1989
From Here to Eternity
1st Sgt. Milton Warden
1953
Run Silent, Run Deep
Lt. Jim Bledsoe
1958
Sweet Smell of Success
J.J. Hunsecker
1957Sweet Smell of Success
Executive Producer
1957
The Unforgiven
Ben Zachary
1960The Unforgiven
Producer
1960
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982
Airport
Mel Bakersfeld
1970
1900
Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
1976
Brute Force
Joe Collins
1947
The Killers
'Swede' Andersen
1946
On Wings of Eagles
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
1986
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Dr. Paul Moreau
1977Olympic Gala
1984
Ulzana's Raid
McIntosh
1972Ulzana's Raid
Producer
1972
A Child Is Waiting
Dr. Matthew Clark
1963
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Thanks
1985
Seven Days in May
Gen. James Mattoon Scott
1964
The Phantom of the Opera
Gérard Carrière
1990
Sorry, Wrong Number
Henry Stevenson
1948
Local Hero
Felix Happer
1983
Atlantic City
Lou
1980
The Devil's Disciple
Anthony Anderson
1959
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
1986
Zulu Dawn
Col. Anthony Durnford
1979
Separate Tables
John Malcolm
1958Separate Tables
Producer
1958Separate Tables
Presenter
1958
The Train
Paul Labiche
1964
Marty
Producer
1955
Conversation Piece
Professor
1974
The Swimmer
Ned Merrill
1968
The Crimson Pirate
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
1952The Crimson Pirate
Producer
1952The Crimson Pirate
Stunts
1952
Executive Action
Farrington
1973
The Hallelujah Trail
Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
1965
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Gen. Lawrence Dell
1977
Separate but Equal
John W. Davis
1991
Lawman
Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
1971
The Osterman Weekend
Maxwell Danforth
1983
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
1976
The Scalphunters
Joe Bass
1968The Scalphunters
Producer
1968
The Flame and the Arrow
Dardo Bartoli
1950
Vera Cruz
Joe Erin
1954
The List of Adrian Messenger
Protester
1963
Tough Guys
Harry Doyle
1986
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
1960
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Bill Doolin
1981
Three Sailors and a Girl
Marine (uncredited)
1953
Valdez Is Coming
Valdez
1971Valdez Is Coming
Executive Producer
1971
Scorpio
Cross
1973
Criss Cross
Steve Thompson
1949
Go Tell the Spartans
Maj. Asa Barker
1978
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
2002
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Come Back, Little Sheba
Doc Delaney
1953
I Walk Alone
Frankie Madison
1947
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
Castle Keep
Maj. Abraham Falconer
1969
The Rose Tattoo
Alvaro Mangiacavallo
1955
His Majesty O'Keefe
Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
1954
Vengeance Valley
Owen Daybright
1951
The Gypsy Moths
Mike Rettig
1969
Apache
Massai
1954Apache
Producer
1954
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Jim Thorpe
1951
The Unknown War
Self - Host
1978
Desert Fury
Tom Hanson
1947
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
2010
The Kentuckian
Elias Wakefield
1955The Kentuckian
Director
1955
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Self (archive footage)
2009
Rocket Gibraltar
Levi Rockwell
1988
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self (archive footage)
2023
Airports
2025
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Jeweller's Shop
The Jeweller
1989
La Classe américaine
José (archive footage)
1993
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
The Rainmaker
Bill Starbuck
1956
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Leon Klinghoffer
1990
The Skin
Generale Clark
1981
Ten Tall Men
Sergeant Mike Kincaid
1951
All My Sons
Chris Keller
1948
The Young Savages
Hank Bell
1961
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Mister 880
Steve Buchanan
1950
Victory at Entebbe
Shimon Peres
1976
Trapeze
Mike Ribble
1956
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
2021
South Sea Woman
Sgt. James O'Hearn
1953
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
Fight of the Century
Self - Presenter
1971
Barnum
PT Barnum
1986
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self - Narrator
1990
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
1948
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Self
1983
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
2005
Little Treasure
Delbert Teschmacher
1985Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Self (archive footage)
2008
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Rope of Sand
Michael (Mike) Davis
1949
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Self
1979
The Midnight Man
Jim Slade
1974The Midnight Man
Screenplay
1974The Midnight Man
Producer
1974The Midnight Man
Director
1974
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
1986
Variety Girl
Burt Lancaster
1947
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
1971
Moses the Lawgiver
Moses
1976
Control
Dr. Herbert Monroe
1987
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
1979
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Self - Host, Narrator
1987
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Self (archive footage)
2016
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self (archive footage)
1996Separate but Equal
John W. Davis
1991
Scandal Sheet
Harold Fallen
1985Moses the Lawgiver
Moses
1975
The Screen Director
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991
The Sky Divers
Self
1969
The Fighters
Narrator
1974
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
Self
1989
Jenny is a Good Thing
Narrator
1969
Race to Oblivion
Self - Host / Narrator
1982Race to Oblivion
Thanks
1982
Big Game America
Narrator
1969Handle With Care
Narrator
Games in Depth
Self
1966