Burt Lancaster
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. Lancaster performed as a circus acrobat in the 1930s. After serving in World War II, the 33-year-old Lancaster landed a role in a Broadway play and drew the attention of a Hollywood agent. His breakthrough role was in the film noir The Killers in 1946 alongside Ava Gardner. A critical success, it launched both of their careers. Not long after in 1...
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Airports
Paul Newman: The Restless
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Separate but Equal
Movie Tough Guys
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Field of Dreams
Rocket Gibraltar
The Jeweller's Shop
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Control
Tough Guys
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Little Treasure
Scandal Sheet- OLOlympic Gala
The Osterman Weekend
Local Hero
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Atlantic City
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Zulu Dawn
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Go Tell the Spartans
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Twilight's Last Gleaming- EXExploring the Unknown
Victory at Entebbe
The Cassandra Crossing
1900
Moses the Lawgiver
Conversation Piece
The Fighters
Executive Action
Scorpio
Ulzana's Raid
Valdez Is Coming
Lawman
Fight of the Century
Airport
The Gypsy Moths
Castle Keep
Jenny is a Good Thing
The Swimmer
The Scalphunters- U.U.S. Water Polo
The Professionals
The Hallelujah Trail
The Train
Seven Days in May
The Leopard
A Child Is Waiting
Birdman of Alcatraz
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Young Savages
Elmer Gantry
The Unforgiven
The Devil's Disciple
Separate Tables
Run Silent, Run Deep
Sweet Smell of Success
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Rainmaker
Trapeze
The Rose Tattoo
Vera Cruz
Apache
His Majesty O'Keefe
From Here to Eternity
Come Back, Little Sheba
South Sea Woman
The Crimson Pirate
Ten Tall Men
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Vengeance Valley
Mister 880
The Flame and the Arrow
Rope of Sand
Criss Cross
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Sorry, Wrong Number
All My Sons
I Walk Alone
Desert Fury
Brute Force
The Killers
