Burt Lancaster
Birthday: 1913-11-02 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USAFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974). In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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as Professor
as John W. Davis
as Gerard Carriere
as Gérard Carrière
as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
as Levi Rockwell
as Dr. Herbert Monroe
as Harry Doyle
as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
as Delbert Teschmacher
as Felix Happer
as Maxwell Danforth
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
as Teobaldo Visconti - Pope Gregory X
as Bill Doolin
as Lou
as Col. Anthony Durnford
as Maj. Asa Barker
as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
as Col. Stephen Mackenzie
as Dr. Paul Moreau
as Gen. Lawrence Dell
as Jim Slade
as Moses
as Cross
as Farrington
as McIntosh
as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
as Valdez
