Biography: life and films
Burt Lancaster was an American actor whose birth name was Burton Stephen Lancaster. He was born in Manhattan, New York, USA on 2nd November 1913 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 20th October 1994, aged 80.His best films as an actor include Robert Siodmak's crime-thriller The Killers (1946), Jules Dassin's Brute Force (1947), Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (1963) and John Frankenheimer's thriller Seven Days in May (1964), and whose best work as a film director include The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974).
Burt Lancaster appeared in 80 films, directed 2 films and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: John Frankenheimer (5 films), Robert Aldrich (4), Robert Siodmak (3), Sydney Pollack (2), Richard Brooks (2), Michael Winner (2), Luchino Visconti (2), John Sturges (2), John Huston (2), Daniel Mann (2) and Byron Haskin (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (46 films), Thriller (15), Western (14), comedy (11), War (8), crime-thriller (6), Documentary (6), romance (5), history (4), Biography (4), comedy-romance (3), comedy-drama (3) and comedy-thriller (2).
Our average rating for Burt Lancaster over all films is: 3.2
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Desert Fury (1947) [a]
Variety Girl (1947) [a]
All My Sons (1948) [a]
I Walk Alone (1948) [a]
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) [a]
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) [a]
Criss Cross (1949) [a]
Rope of Sand (1949) [a]
Mister 880 (1950) [a]
The Flame and the Arrow (1950) [a]
Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) [a]
Ten Tall Men (1951) [a]
Vengeance Valley (1951) [a]
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) [a]
The Crimson Pirate (1952) [a]
From Here to Eternity (1953) [a]
South Sea Woman (1953) [a]
Apache (1954) [a]
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) [a]
Vera Cruz (1954) [a]
The Kentuckian (1955) [a,d]
The Rose Tattoo (1955) [a]
The Rainmaker (1956) [a]
Trapeze (1956) [a]
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) [a]
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) [a]
Run Silent Run Deep (1958) [a]
Separate Tables (1958) [a]
The Devil's Disciple (1959) [a]
Elmer Gantry (1960) [a]
The Unforgiven (1960) [a]
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) [a]
The Young Savages (1961) [a]
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) [a]
A Child Is Waiting (1963) [a]
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) [a]
The Train (1964) [a]
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) [a]
The Professionals (1966) [a]
The Scalphunters (1968) [a]
The Swimmer (1968) [a]
Castle Keep (1969) [a]
The Gypsy Moths (1969) [a]
Airport (1970) [a]
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) [a]
Lawman (1971) [a]
Valdez Is Coming (1971) [a]
Ulzana's Raid (1972) [a]
Executive Action (1973) [a]
Scorpio (1973) [a]
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (1974) [a]
The Fighters (1974) [a]
The Midnight Man (1974) [a,d,w]
Bertolucci secondo il cinema (1975) [a]
Novecento (1976) [a]
The Cassandra Crossing (1976) [a]
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) [a]
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) [a]
Go Tell the Spartans (1978) [a]
Zulu Dawn (1979) [a]
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) [a]
La Pelle (1981) [a]
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [a]
Local Hero (1983) [a]
The Osterman Weekend (1983) [a]
Little Treasure (1985) [a]
Tough Guys (1986) [a]
Il Giorno prima (1987) [a]
Rocket Gibraltar (1988) [a]
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1989) [a]
Field of Dreams (1989) [a]
La Bottega dell'orefice (1989) [a]
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997) [a]
Luchino Visconti (1999) [a]
Chris & Don. A Love Story (2007) [a]
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