Burt Lancaster

Known for ActingBorn 1913-11-02Died 1994-10-20New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Movie Tough Guys

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I

Rat Pack

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

People's Choice Awards

The Fighters

Paul Newman: The Restless

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Judgment at Nuremberg

1900

La Classe américaine

The Phantom of the Opera

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

The Leopard

The Train

Sweet Smell of Success

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Conversation Piece

Birdman of Alcatraz

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Luchino Visconti

Marty

Seven Days in May

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Field of Dreams

I promessi sposi

The Swimmer

Elmer Gantry

Barnum

Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

The Killers

Come Back, Little Sheba

From Here to Eternity

Brute Force

The Professionals

Moses the Lawgiver

Mister 880

Separate Tables

The Oscars

Local Hero

Ulzana's Raid

Marco Polo