Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster was an American actor known throughout the 1950s and 1960s, first as a sly tough guy, and later in his career as an adventurous performer, willing to take unlikely roles. One of his most famous film moments is his beach embrace scene with Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity.

Lancaster was a circus acrobat before pursuing his acting career. He first won the NYFCC award for Best Actor for From Here to Eternity. He won an Oscar and the NYFCC award for the 1960 film Elmer Gantry. He passed away on October 20, 1994, after a heart attack.

• Joe Collins in Brute Force (1947)
• Alvaro Mangiacavallo in The Rose Tattoo (1955)
• Elmer Gantry in Elmer Gantry (1960)
• Robert Stroud in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
• Lou Pascal in Atlantic City (1980)

• "I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married." BrainyQuote: Burt Lancaster
• "Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?" BrainyQuote: Burt Lancaster
• (In 1985) "If anyone should have gotten AIDS from an active sex life, it is me." QuoteLucy.com: Burt Lancaster Quotes

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• 1913: Born on November 2 in New York, New York, USA

• 1946: The Killers - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1947: Brute Force - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1948: I Walk Alone - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1948: All My Sons - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1948: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1950: The Flame and the Arrow - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1952: The Crimson Pirate - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1952: Come Back, Little Sheba - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1953: From Here to Eternity - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1955: The Kentuckian - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1955: The Rose Tattoo - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1956: The Rainmaker - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1957: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1957: Sweet Smell of Success - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1958: Run Silent Run Deep - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1959: The Devil's Disciple - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1960: Elmer Gantry - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1963: The Leopard - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1964: Seven Days in May - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1968: The Swimmer - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1970: Airport - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1971: Valdez Is Coming - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1972: Ulzana's Raid - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1976: Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1976: 1990 - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1977: Twilight's Last Gleaming - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1978: Go Tell the Spartans - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1980: Atlantic City - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1983: Local Hero - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1986: Tough Guys - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1989: Field of Dreams - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1990: The Phantom of the Opera - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1990: Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1991: Separate But Equal - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews