Dados Pessoais
Nome: Burton Stephen Lancaster
Nascimento e local: 02/11/1913, New York. EUA
Morte: 20/10//1994, Century City, CA, ataque cardíaco
Ocupação: ator e produtor
Nacionalidade: Americana
Casamentos: June Ernst, Norma Anderson, Susan Martin
Filhos: Bill Lancaster, James Stephen “Jimmy, Wlliam “Billy”, Susan Elizabeth, Joanna Mari e Sighle
Biografia
Filho de um funcionário dos Correios, Burt passou a infância em Harlem, um bairro pobre de Nova York, tornando-se jogador de basquete na Universidade de Nova York. Começou a se apresentar em circos como acrobata. Depois da 2ª Guerra, iniciou no teatro com a peça “The Sound of Hunting”, na Broadway, sendo convidado a fazer o filme “Os Assassinos”, de Robert Siodmak, em 1946. Seguiram-se: “Brutalidade”, “A Filha da Pecadora” e “Estranha Fascinação”.
Tinha preferência por filmes de ação e westers. Nos anos 50 sua popularidade era grande, com sucessos como “A um passo da Eternidade” (que tem uma das mais lembradas cenas de beijo do cinema) e “Trapézio”. Produziu “Marty”, que ganou o Oscar de Melhor filme em 1955.
O ator ganhou o Oscar em “Entre Deus e o Pecado”, no papel de um caixeiro viajante, recebendo mais três indicações por “A Um Passo da Eternidade”, “O Homem de Alcatraz” e “Atlantic City”. Em 1962 recebeu o de Melhor Ator no Festival de Veneza, por seu papel em “O Homem Alcatraz”. O ator faleceu de um ataque cardíaco em 20/10//1994.
Filmografia
DIRETOR
1. Midnight Man, The (1974) as Director.
2. The Kentuckian (1955) as Director.
ATOR
3. Betrothed, The (1990) as Federigo.
4. Field Of Dreams (1989) as Dr “Moonlight” Graham.
5. Boutique de l’orfevre, La (1989) as Jeweller.
6. Dawn’s Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1988) as Voice Of Ralph Mcgill.
7. Rocket Gibraltar (1988) as Levi Rockwell.
8. Control (1987) as Dr Herbert Monroe.
9. Tough Guys (1986) as Harry Doyle.
10. Barnum (1986) as Phineas T Barnum.
11. Scandal Sheet (1985) as Harold Fallen.
12. Little Treasure (1985) as Teschemacher.
13. Osterman Weekend, The (1983) as Maxwell Danforth.
14. Local Hero (1983) as Felix Happer.
15. Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) as Bill Doolin.
16. Pelle, La (1981) as General Mark Clark.
17. Atlantic City (1980) as Lou.
18. Zulu Dawn (1979) as Colonel Anthony Durnford.
19. Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979) as Himself.
20. Go Tell the Spartans (1978) as Major Asa Barker.
21. Island Of Dr. Moreau, The (1977) as Dr Moreau.
22. The Cassandra Crossing (1977) as Colonel Stephen Mackenzie.
23. 1900 (1977) as Alfredo Berlinghieri Senior.
24. Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) as Lawrence Dell.
25. Victory at Entebbe (1976) as Shimon Peres.
26. Buffalo Bill And The Indians, Or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976) as Ned Buntline.
27. Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)
28. Midnight Man, The (1974) as Jim Slade.
29. Conversation Piece (1974) as Professor.
30. Scorpio (1973) as Cross.
31. Executive Action (1973) as Farrington.
32. Ulzana’s Raid (1972) as McIntosh .
33. Lawman (1971) as Marshal Jered Maddox .
34. Valdez Is Coming (1971) as [Bob] Valdez .
35. King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as .
36. Airport (1970) as Mel Bakersfeld .
37. Castle Keep (1969) as Major Falconer .
38. The Gypsy Moths (1969) as Mike Rettig .
39. The Scalphunters (1968) as Joe Bass .
40. The Swimmer (1968) as Ned Merrill .
41. The Professionals (1966) as Bill Dolworth .
42. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) as Col. Thadeus Gearhart .
43. The Train (1965) as Labiche .
44. Seven Days in May (1964) as Gen. James M. Scott .
45. The Leopard (1963) as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina .
46. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) as .
47. A Child Is Waiting (1963) as Dr. Matthew Clark .
48. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) as Robert Stroud .
49. The Young Savages (1961) as Hank Bell .
50. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as Ernst Janning .
51. The Unforgiven (1960) as Ben Zachary .
52. Elmer Gantry (1960) as Elmer Gantry .
53. The Devil’s Disciple (1959) as Anthony Anderson .
54. Separate Tables (1958) as John Malcolm .
55. Run Silent Run Deep (1958) as Lt. James Bledsoe .
56. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as J. J. Hunsecker .
57. The Heart of Show Business (1957) as .
58. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Wyatt Earp .
59. Trapeze (1956) as Mike Ribble .
60. The Rainmaker (1956) as Bill Starbuck, also known as Bill Smith and Tornado Johnson .
61. The Kentuckian (1955) as The Kentuckian [Big Eli Wakefield] .
62. The Rose Tattoo (1955) as Alvaro Mangiacavallo .
63. His Majesty O’Keefe (1954) as Capt. David Dean O’Keefe .
64. Vera Cruz (1954) as Joe Erin .
65. Apache (1954) as Massai .
66. Come Back, Little Sheba (1953) as “Doc” Delaney .
67. South Sea Woman (1953) as Sgt. James O’Hearn .
68. From Here to Eternity (1953) as Sgt. Milton Warden .
69. Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) as Himself .
70. The Crimson Pirate (1952) as Capt. Vallo .
71. Vengeance Valley (1951) as Owen Daybright .
72. Jim Thorpe–All-American (1951) as Jim Thorpe .
73. Ten Tall Men (1951) as Sergeant Mike Kincaid .
74. The Flame and the Arrow (1950) as Dardo .
75. Mister 880 (1950) as Steve Buchanan .
76. Criss Cross (1949) as Steve Thompson .
77. Rope of Sand (1949) as Mike Davis .
78. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) as Henry Stevenson .
79. All My Sons (1948) as Chris Keller .
80. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) as Bill Saunders .
81. I Walk Alone (1948) as Frankie Madison .
82. Desert Fury (1947) as Tom Hanson .
83. Variety Girl (1947) as .
84. Brute Force (1947) as Joe Collins .
85. The Killers (1946) as Ole “Swede” Anderson, also known as Pete Lund .
ROTEIRISTA
86. Midnight Man, The (1974) as Screenwriter.
PRODUTOR
87. Midnight Man, The (1974) as Producer.
88. Valdez Is Coming (1971) as Executive Producer.
89. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Executive Producer.
90. The Bachelor Party (1957) as Producer.
91. Trapeze (1956) as Presented By.
92. Marty (1955) as Producer.
93. His Majesty O’Keefe (1954) as Producer.
94. The Unforgiven (1960) as Company.
PARTICIPAÇÃO ESPECIAL
95. Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1992) as Narration.
96. MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon (1990)
97. Television Academy Hall of Fame, The (1989)
98. Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987) as Narration.
99. Happy Birthday, Hollywood! (1987)
100. Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987) as Host.
101. Tenth Annual Circus of the Stars, The (1985) as Host.
102. I Love Liberty (1982)
103. Super Comedy Bowl 2 (1972)
104. Separate But Equal (1991) as John W Davis.
105. Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990) as Leon Klinghoffer.
106. Phantom of the Opera (1990) as Gerard Carriere.
107. Sins of the Fathers (1988) as “Councillor” Carl Julius Deutz.
108. On Wings Of Eagles (1986) as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E “Bull” Simons.
109. Marco Polo (1982) as Pope Gregory X.
110. Moses (1975) as Moses.
111. The Sky Divers (1969)
112. Screen Director, The (1951)
