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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and film 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 films and television series.
Actor: From Here to Eternity. Burt Lancaster, one of five children, was born in Manhattan, to Elizabeth (Roberts) and James Henry Lancaster, a postal worker. All his grandparents were immigrants from the north of Ireland.
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.
Burt Lancaster. Actor: From Here to Eternity. Burt Lancaster, one of five children, was born in Manhattan, to Elizabeth (Roberts) and James Henry Lancaster, a postal worker. All his grandparents were immigrants from the north of Ireland.
He appeared in 85 movies with genre breakdown as: drama (51); romance (23); westerns (15); comedy (14); action/adv (14) and war (10). He appeared in film during five decades with the majority of his movies (60%) being released in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Nov 13, 2009 · On October 20, 1994, Burt Lancaster, a former circus performer who rose to fame as a Hollywood leading man with some 70 movies to his credit, including From Here to Eternity and Atlantic...
Jun 21, 2024 · Burt Lancaster (born November 2, 1913, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 20, 1994, Century City, California) was an American film actor who projected a unique combination of physical toughness and emotional sensitivity.
Oct 21, 1994 · Lancaster died in his Los Angeles home Friday, at 80, of a heart attack. He had been ill for some time, following a stroke. "It's the passing of a giant," said Kirk Douglas, his co-star in six pictures. "But Burt will never die.
Oct 22, 1994 · Burt Lancaster, the rugged former circus acrobat who achieved Hollywood stardom in 1946 in his first film, "The Killers," and maintained a magnetic screen presence in some 70 movies that...
Oct 31, 1994 · This mystique made Lancaster, who died last week of a heart attack at 80, the first modernist movie hunk. He sprang to prominence in the emotional chaos after World War II and was a star in his...
