Burt Lancaster
Born November 02, 1913 (Age: 112)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Field of Dreams
1989
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as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
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Age: 75
Rocket Gibraltar
1988
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as Levi Rockwell
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Age: 74
Tough Guys
1986
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as Harry Doyle
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Age: 72
The Osterman Weekend
1983
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as Maxwell Danforth
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Age: 69
Local Hero
1983
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as Felix Happer
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Age: 69
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
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as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Atlantic City
1980
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as Lou
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Age: 66
Zulu Dawn
1979
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as Col. Anthony Durnford
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Age: 65
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
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as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
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Age: 63
Fight of the Century
1971
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as Self - Presenter
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Age: 57
Airport
1970
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as Mel Bakersfeld
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Age: 56
Big Game America
1969
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as Narrator
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Age: 56
The Sky Divers
1969
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as Self
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Age: 55
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
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as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
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Age: 51
The Train
1964
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as Paul Labiche
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Age: 50
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
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as Robert Stroud
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Age: 48
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
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as Ernst Janning
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Age: 48
The Young Savages
1961
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as Hank Bell
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Age: 47
Elmer Gantry
1960
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as Elmer Gantry
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Age: 46
The Devil's Disciple
1959
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as Anthony Anderson
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Age: 45
Trapeze
1956
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as Mike Ribble
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Age: 42
From Here to Eternity
1953
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as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
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Age: 39