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Burt Lancaster filmography

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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in film and, later, television. He was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor (winning once), and he also won two BAFTA Awards and one Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor. The American Film Institute ranks Lancaster as #19 of the greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.[1]

Lancaster performed as a circus acrobat in the 1930s. After serving in World War II, the 32-year-old Lancaster landed a role in a Broadway play and drew the attention of a Hollywood agent. His breakthrough role was the film noir The Killers in 1946 alongside Ava Gardner. A critical success, it launched both of their careers. In 1953, Lancaster played the illicit lover of Deborah Kerr in the military drama From Here to Eternity. A box office smash, it won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and landed a Best Actor nomination for Lancaster. In 1956, he starred in The Rainmaker, with Katharine Hepburn, earning a Best Actor Golden Globe nomination, and in 1957 he starred in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral with frequent co-star Kirk Douglas. During the 1950s, his production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was highly successful, with Lancaster acting in films such as: Trapeze in 1956, a box office smash in which he used his acrobatic skills; Sweet Smell of Success (1957), a dark drama today considered a classic; Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), a WWII submarine drama with Clark Gable; and Separate Tables (1958), a hotel-set drama which received seven Oscar nominations.

In the early 1960s, Lancaster starred in a string of critically successful films, each in very disparate roles. Playing a charismatic biblical con-man in Elmer Gantry in 1960 won him the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actor. He played a Nazi war criminal in 1961 in the all-star, war-crime-trial film, Judgment at Nuremberg. Playing a bird expert prisoner in Birdman of Alcatraz in 1962, he earned the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor and his third Oscar nomination. In 1963, Lancaster traveled to Italy to star as an Italian prince in the epic period drama The Leopard. In 1964, he played a US Air Force general who, opposed by a colonel played by Kirk Douglas, tries to overthrow the president in Seven Days in May. Then, in 1966, he played an explosives expert in the western The Professionals.

In 1970, Lancaster starred in the box-office hit, air-disaster drama Airport. He experienced a career resurgence in 1980 with the crime-romance Atlantic City, winning the BAFTA for Best Actor and landing his fourth Oscar nomination. Starting in the late 1970s, he also appeared in television mini-series, including the award-winning Separate but Equal with Sidney Poitier. He continued acting into his late 70s, until a stroke in 1990 forced him to retire; four years later he died from a heart attack. His final film role was in the Oscar-nominated Field of Dreams.

Film

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As actor

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Year Title Role Notes
1946 The Killers Ole "Swede" Anderson
1947 Brute Force Joe Collins
Desert Fury Tom Hanson
Variety Girl Himself
1948 I Walk Alone Frankie Madison
All My Sons Chris Keller
Sorry, Wrong Number Henry Stevenson
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands William Earle "Bill" Saunders
1949 Criss Cross Steve Thompson
Rope of Sand Michael "Mike" Davis
1950 The Flame and the Arrow Dardo Bartoli
Mister 880 Steve Buchanan
1951 Vengeance Valley Owen Daybright
Jim Thorpe – All-American Jim Thorpe
Ten Tall Men Sergeant Mike Kincaid
1952 The Crimson Pirate Capitan Vallo
Come Back, Little Sheba Doc Delaney
1953 South Sea Woman Master Gunnery Sgt. James O'Hearn
From Here to Eternity 1st Sergeant Milton Warden New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Three Sailors and a Girl Marine Uncredited
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe Captain David O'Keefe / Narrator
Apache Massai
Vera Cruz Joe Erin
1955 The Kentuckian Elias Wakefield (Big Eli) Director
Nominated—Golden Lion for Best Director
The Rose Tattoo Alvaro Mangiacavallo
1956 Trapeze Mike Ribble Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin[2]
The Rainmaker Bill Starbuck Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Marshal Wyatt Earp Laurel Award for Top Male Action Star
Sweet Smell of Success J.J. Hunsecker
1958 Run Silent, Run Deep Lieutenant Commander Jim Bledsoe
Separate Tables John Malcolm
1959 The Devil's Disciple Reverend Anthony Anderson
1960 The Unforgiven Ben Zachary
Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry Academy Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1961 The Young Savages ADA Hank Bell
Judgment at Nuremberg Dr. Ernst Janning
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Robert Stroud BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
1963 A Child Is Waiting Dr. Matthew Clark
The Leopard Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
The List of Adrian Messenger Animal Rights Protester (cameo)
1964 Seven Days in May General James Mattoon Scott Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
1965 The Train Paul Labiche Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance
The Hallelujah Trail Colonel Thaddeus Gearhart
1966 The Professionals Bill Dolworth
1968 The Scalphunters Joe Bass Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance
The Swimmer Ned Merrill
1969 Jenny Is a Good Thing Narrator
Castle Keep Maj. Abraham Falconer
The Gypsy Moths Mike Rettig
1970 Airport Mel Bakersfeld
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Himself
1971 Lawman Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Valdez Is Coming Marshal Bob Valdez
1972 Ulzana's Raid U.S. Cavalry Scout McIntosh
1973 Scorpio Cross
Executive Action James Farrington
1974 The Midnight Man Jim Slade Co-Director
Conversation Piece The Professor David di Donatello for Best Actor
Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Movie Performer
1976 1900 Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson Ned Buntline
The Cassandra Crossing Colonel Stephen Mackenzie
1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming General Lawrence Dell
The Island of Dr. Moreau Dr. Paul Moreau
1978 Go Tell the Spartans Major Asa Barker
1979 Zulu Dawn Colonel Anthony Durnford
1980 Atlantic City Lou Pascal BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
David di Donatello for Best Actor
Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Movie Performer
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches Bill Doolin, the Oklahoma outlaw
The Skin General Mark Cork
1983 Local Hero Felix Happer Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Osterman Weekend CIA Director Maxwell Danforth
1985 Little Treasure Delbert Teschemacher
1986 Tough Guys Harry Doyle
1987 Control Dr. Herbert Monroe
1988 Rocket Gibraltar Levi Rockwell
The Jeweler's Shop The Jeweler
1989 Field of Dreams Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham

As producer

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Year Film Production Company Distribution Company Awards
1948 Kiss the Blood off My Hands Norma Productions / Harold Hecht Productions Universal-International Pictures
1950 The Flame and the Arrow Norma Productions / Frank Ross Productions Warner Brothers Pictures

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography

1951 Ten Tall Men Norma Productions / Halburt Productions Columbia Pictures
1952 The First Time Norma Productions / Halburt Productions Columbia Pictures
1952 The Crimson Pirate Norma Productions Warner Brothers Pictures
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe Norma Productions Warner Brothers Pictures
1954 Apache Hecht-Lancaster Productions / Linden Productions United Artists
1954 Vera Cruz Hecht-Lancaster Productions / Flora Productions United Artists
1955 Marty Hecht-Lancaster Productions / Steven Productions United Artists

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Bodil Award for Best American Film
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival OCIC Award
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Top Ten Films
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama
National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source

1955 The Kentuckian Hecht-Lancaster Productions / James Productions United Artists Nominated—Venice Film Festival Golden Lion
1956 Trapeze Hecht-Lancaster Productions / Joanna Productions / Susan Productions United Artists

Bambi Award for Best Actress - International
Berlin International Film Festival Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actor
Berlin International Film Festival Bronze Berlin Bear Award for Audience Poll
Nominated—Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

1957 The Bachelor Party Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Norma Productions United Artists

National Board of Review Award for Top Ten Films
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source
Nominated—Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or

1957 Sweet Smell of Success Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Norma Productions / Curtleigh Productions United Artists

Bambi Award for Best Actor - International
National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry
Online Film & Television Association Award - Film Hall of Fame
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance

1958 Run Silent, Run Deep Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Jeffrey Productions United Artists Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Cinematography - Black and White
1958 Separate Tables Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Clifton Productions United Artists

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress
Golden Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
National Board of Review Award for Top Ten Films
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama

1959 The Rabbit Trap Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Canon Productions / Anne Productions United Artists Locarno International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
1959 Cry Tough Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Canon Productions / Anne Productions United Artists
1959 The Devil's Disciple Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Films / Bryna Productions United Artists Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best British Actor
1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Hecht-Hill-Lancaster (Australia) Proprietary Limited United Artists
1959 Take a Giant Step Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Sheila Productions United Artists

Locarno International Film Festival Silver Sail Award
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding
Nominated—BAFTA United Nations Award

1960 The Unforgiven Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / James Productions United Artists
1960 Elmer Gantry Elmer Gantry Productions United Artists

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Golden Laurel Award for Top Drama
Golden Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance
National Board of Review Award for Top Ten Films
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – DramaNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Nominated—Cahiers du Cinéma for Best Film
Nominated—Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

1961 The Young Savages Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Contemporary Productions United Artists
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions / Norma Productions United Artists

BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Golden Laurel Award for Top Drama
Golden Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance
National Board of Review Award for Top Ten Films
Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup Award for Best Actor
Venice Film Festival San Giorgio Prize Award
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama
Nominated—Venice Film Festival Golden Lion

1968 The Scalphunters Norlan Productions United Artists Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Male Supporting Performance
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Action Performance

1971 Valdez Is Coming Norlan Productions / Ira Steiner Productions United Artists
1974 The Midnight Man Norlan Productions Universal Pictures

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1969 Sesame Street Himself 3 episodes[3]
1974 Moses the Lawgiver Moses Miniseries
1978 America 2-Night Himself Parody talk-show
1978 Victory at Entebbe Shimon Peres TV movie
1978 The Unknown War Narrator 20 episode USA-USSR archival documentary series on World War II
1982 Marco Polo Teobaldo Visconti (Pope Gregory X) Miniseries
The Life of Verdi Narrator (English version) Miniseries
1985 Scandal Sheet Harold Fallen TV movie
Circus of the Stars Ringmaster/himself Variety Special[4]
1986 On Wings of Eagles Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons Miniseries
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz Miniseries
Barnum Phineas Taylor "P.T." Barnum TV movie
1989 Cops Narrator Provided narration on pilot episode: "Broward County, Florida 1"
The Betrothed Cardinal Federigo Borromeo Miniseries
1990 The Phantom of the Opera Gerard Carriere Miniseries
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair Leon Klinghoffer Miniseries
1991 Separate but Equal John W. Davis Miniseries

References

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  1. ^ "AFI's 50 GREATEST AMERICAN SCREEN LEGENDS" Archived February 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine American Film Institute. Retrieved: December 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
  3. ^ "Sesame Street - Burt Lancaster (1969)". 27 June 2015 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2013-06-06). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1240-9.
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