Burt Lancaster - biography

“I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.”

“I feel that I am a good actor.”

“I had the luck of having an obedient body.”

“I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.”

“Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946.”

“Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.”

“I’ve always wanted to get an education, and tonight’s as good a time as any.”

“They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did.”

“Tits and sand - that’s what we used to call sex and violence in Hollywood.”

“My brother never had me to dinner in his life.”

“I found marriage somewhat stifling.  I don’t know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.”

“A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.”

“Mother beat the hell out of us.  She’d have wild outbursts.”

“Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?”

“I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.”

“I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.”

“I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.”

“I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you.”

“I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee.”

“I walked out of class one day and I never went back.”

“I’m here to speak about his wit, his charmm his warmth, his talent...  At last, a real acting job!  [A tribute to Kirk Douglas]”

“My former wife is a truly wonderful person.”

“Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.”

“Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you’re no longer a champion.”

“You have to fight against being an antique.”

Burt Lancaster has appeared in the following films:
The Killers (1946)
Brute Force (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
I Walk Alone (1948)
All My Sons (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Criss Cross (1949)
Rope of Sand (1949)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Mister 880 (1950)
Vengeance Valley (1951)
Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)
Ten Tall Men (1951)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
South Sea Woman (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
His Majesty O’Keefe (1954)
Apache (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954)
The Kentuckian (1955)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Trapeze (1956)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Separate Tables (1958)
The Devil’s Disciple (1959)
The Unforgiven (1960)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
The Young Savages (1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Il Gattopardo (1963)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Seven Days in May (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
The Professionals (1966)
All About People (1967)
The Scalphunters (1968)
The Swimmer (1968)
Castle Keep (1969)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Airport (1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Lawman (1971)
Valdez Is Coming (1971)
Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
Scorpio (1973)
Executive Action (1973)
The Midnight Man (1974)
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974)
Bertolucci secondo il cinema (1975)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
Novecento (1976)
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Atlantic City (1980)
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
La Pelle (1981)
Local Hero (1983)
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Little Treasure (1985)
Tough Guys (1986)
Il Giorno prima (1987)
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
Field of Dreams (1989)
La Bottega dell’orefice (1989)
Luchino Visconti (1999)


Burt Lancaster directed the following films:
The Kentuckian (1955)
The Midnight Man (1974)