Acting
Burt Lancaster
- Titles
- 122movies22TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 1991, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 76top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Sweet Smell of Success89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Crime4.5average 3.7
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Melancholy5.4average 4.7
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.8, average 3.0
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Uncanny1.4, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 12
- Historical Drama 11
- Character-Driven 8
- Historical Setting 7
- Moral Ambiguity 7
- Character Study 6
- Psychological Tension 6
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Western 5
- Psychological Drama 5
- Moral Dilemma 4
- Film Noir 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Elmer BernsteinComposerBirdman of Alcatraz, Sweet Smell of Success, Zulu Dawn, The Scalphunters, The Hallelujah Trail, +1 more
Roland KibbeeDirectorVera Cruz, The Crimson Pirate, The Devil's Disciple, Valdez Is Coming, Ten Tall Men, +1 more
Nick CravatActorThe Island of Dr. Moreau, Run Silent, Run Deep, The Crimson Pirate, The Scalphunters, The Flame and the Arrow
Kirk DouglasActorGunfight at the O.K. Corral, Seven Days in May, Tough Guys, The Devil's Disciple, I Walk Alone
Miklós RózsaComposerThe Killers, Brute Force, Criss Cross, Desert Fury, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Charles LangCinematographerGunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Rainmaker, Separate Tables, Rope of Sand, Desert Fury
Ernest LaszloCinematographerJudgment at Nuremberg, Airport, Vera Cruz, Apache, The Kentuckian
John FrankenheimerDirectorBirdman of Alcatraz, The Train, Seven Days in May, The Gypsy Moths, The Young Savages
Wendell CoreyActorSorry, Wrong Number, The Rainmaker, I Walk Alone, Desert Fury
Ingrid ThulinActorThe Cassandra Crossing, Moses the Lawgiver, Moses the Lawgiver, Control
Alan Crosland, Jr.EditorSweet Smell of Success, Vera Cruz, Apache, The Flame and the Arrow
Franz WaxmanComposerRun Silent, Run Deep, Sorry, Wrong Number, Come Back, Little Sheba, Rope of Sand
Movies and TV shows
98Upcoming
1 title
as Narrator
1990s
5 titles · average score 70
as José (archive footage)
TV show · as John W. Davis
as John W. Davis
as Leon Klinghoffer
TV show · as Gérard Carrière
1980s
21 titles · average score 63
as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
as The Jeweller
as Levi Rockwell
as Harry Doyle
TV show · as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
TV show · as Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
as PT Barnum
as Harold Fallen
as Felix Happer
as Generale Clark
as Bill Doolin
as Lou
1970s
20 titles · average score 60
as Col. Anthony Durnford
as Maj. Asa Barker
as Dr. Paul Moreau
as Gen. Lawrence Dell
as Professor
as Jim Slade
as Farrington
as Cross
as McIntosh
as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
as Valdez
as Mel Bakersfeld
1960s
18 titles · average score 71
as Maj. Abraham Falconer
as Ned Merrill
as Joe Bass
as Dolworth
as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
as Paul Labiche
as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
as Dr. Matthew Clark
as Robert Stroud
as Ben Zachary
as Elmer Gantry
1950s
23 titles · average score 68
as Anthony Anderson
as Lt. Jim Bledsoe
as J.J. Hunsecker
as Marshal Wyatt Earp
as Bill Starbuck
as Mike Ribble
as Elias Wakefield
as Joe Erin
as Massai
as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
as Dardo Bartoli
1940s
10 titles · average score 68
as Steve Thompson
as Michael (Mike) Davis
as Henry Stevenson
as Chris Keller
as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
as Joe Collins
as Frankie Madison
as Tom Hanson
as Burt Lancaster
as 'Swede' Andersen