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.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
- Crime4.4average 3.7
- Melancholy5.4average 4.7
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.3
- Coming of Age1.7, average 3.0
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Uncanny1.4, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 12
- Historical Drama 10
- Character-Driven 8
- Moral Ambiguity 7
- Historical Setting 7
- Psychological Tension 6
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Character Study 6
- Western 6
- Psychological Drama 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Action 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 KibbeeWriterThe Devil's Disciple, The Crimson Pirate, Vera Cruz, Valdez Is Coming, The Midnight Man, +1 more
Kirk DouglasActorGunfight at the O.K. Corral, Seven Days in May, The Devil's Disciple, Tough Guys, I Walk Alone
Nick CravatActorThe Island of Dr. Moreau, Run Silent, Run Deep, The Flame and the Arrow, The Crimson Pirate, The Scalphunters
Miklós RózsaComposerBrute Force, The Killers, Criss Cross, Desert Fury, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Ernest LaszloCinematographerJudgment at Nuremberg, Airport, Vera Cruz, Apache, The Kentuckian
Charles LangCinematographerGunfight at the O.K. Corral, Separate Tables, The Rainmaker, Desert Fury, Rope of Sand
John FrankenheimerDirectorBirdman of Alcatraz, Seven Days in May, The Train, The Gypsy Moths, The Young Savages
Wendell CoreyActorSorry, Wrong Number, I Walk Alone, The Rainmaker, Desert Fury
Ingrid ThulinActorThe Cassandra Crossing, Moses the Lawgiver, Moses the Lawgiver, Control
Robert AldrichDirectorUlzana's Raid, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Vera Cruz, Apache
Richard BrooksWriterThe Professionals, Brute Force, The Killers, Elmer Gantry
Movies and TV shows
311990s
2 titles · average score 72
76
as José (archive footage)
68
TV show · as John W. Davis
1980s
5 titles · average score 73
67
TV show · as Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
TV show · as Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
83
as Felix Happer
64
as Generale Clark
1970s
10 titles · average score 66
64
as Maj. Asa Barker
73
as Gen. Lawrence Dell
70
as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
50
as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
65
TV show · as Moses
65
as Professor
as Narrator
61
as Farrington
79
as McIntosh
66
as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
1960s
7 titles · average score 76
81
as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
89
as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
81
as Dr. Matthew Clark
53
as Hank Bell
80
as Ernst Janning
64
as Ben Zachary
86
as Elmer Gantry
1950s
5 titles · average score 77
68
as Anthony Anderson
89
as J.J. Hunsecker
84
Producer
81
as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
64
as Jim Thorpe
1940s
2 titles · average score 76
72
as Chris Keller
81
as Joe Collins