Burt Lancaster: movies and TV shows
Burt Lancaster has 161 credits in the archive: 139 films and 22 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: People's Choice Awards (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1974 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Airports | Film | — | 111 | |
| 2023 | Paul Newman: The Restless | Self | Film | 7.7 | 109 |
| 2023 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.7 | 109 |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 108 |
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | 2.0 | 107 | |
| 2019 | Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 105 |
| 2017 | The Untameable Kirk Douglas | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 103 |
| 2016 | Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion | Self (archive footage) | Film | 1.0 | 102 |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 100 |
| 2010 | L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self | Film | 5.0 | 96 |
| 2009 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 95 |
| 2009 | Hollywood sul Tevere | Film | — | 95 | |
| 2008 | Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 94 |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 91 |
| 2002 | Luchino Visconti | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 88 |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 83 |
| 1996 | Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 82 |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | José (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 79 |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | John W. Davis | TV | 6.0 | 77 |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | John W. Davis | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1991 | Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 77 |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Gérard Carrière | TV | 7.3 | 76 |
| 1990 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | Leon Klinghoffer | Film | 5.2 | 76 |
| 1990 | Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs | Self - Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 76 |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Doc "Moonlight" Graham | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 1989 | I promessi sposi | Cardinal Federigo Borromeo | TV | 7.1 | 75 |
| 1989 | Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 1989 | The Jeweller's Shop | The Jeweller | Film | 4.3 | 75 |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Levi Rockwell | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1987 | Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist | Self - Host, Narrator | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1987 | Control | Dr. Herbert Monroe | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 1986 | Barnum | PT Barnum | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1986 | On Wings of Eagles | Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons | TV | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Harry Doyle | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1986 | Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Film | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 1985 | Little Treasure | Delbert Teschmacher | Film | 4.4 | 71 |
| 1985 | Scandal Sheet | Harold Fallen | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Maxwell Danforth | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Felix Happer | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1983 | The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Teobaldo Visconti | TV | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 1982 | Race to Oblivion | Self - Host / Narrator | Film | — | 68 |
| 1982 | Race to Oblivion | Film | — | 68 | |
| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Bill Doolin | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1981 | The Skin | Generale Clark | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Lou | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Col. Anthony Durnford | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1979 | Arthur Miller on Home Ground | Film | 10.0 | 65 | |
| 1979 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 65 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 64 |
| 1978 | The Unknown War | Self - Host | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1978 | Go Tell the Spartans | Maj. Asa Barker | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Gen. Lawrence Dell | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Dr. Paul Moreau | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1976 | 1900 | Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder | Film | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Col. Stephen Mackenzie | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline) | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Shimon Peres | Film | 5.1 | 62 |
| 1976 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self | TV | 9.2 | 61 |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 1975 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Moses | TV | — | 60 |
| 1974 | Conversation Piece | Professor | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Jim Slade | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Film | 5.6 | 60 | |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Film | 5.6 | 60 | |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Film | 5.6 | 60 | |
| 1974 | The Fighters | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1973 | Scorpio | Cross | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Farrington | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1972 | Ulzana's Raid | McIntosh | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1972 | Ulzana's Raid | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 1971 | Lawman | Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1971 | Valdez Is Coming | Valdez | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1971 | Valdez Is Coming | Film | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 1971 | Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I | Film | 10.0 | 57 | |
| 1971 | Fight of the Century | Self - Presenter | Film | — | 57 |
| 1970 | Airport | Mel Bakersfeld | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Mike Rettig | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Maj. Abraham Falconer | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1969 | The Sky Divers | Self | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1969 | Jenny is a Good Thing | Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1969 | Big Game America | Narrator | Film | — | 55 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Joe Bass | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Film | 6.4 | 54 | |
| 1968 | The Swimmer | Ned Merrill | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Dolworth | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1966 | Games in Depth | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1964 | The Train | Paul Labiche | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Gen. James Mattoon Scott | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina | Film | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Matthew Clark | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Protester | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Robert Stroud | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Ernst Janning | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1961 | The Young Savages | Hank Bell | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Ben Zachary | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Film | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Anthony Anderson | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Lt. Jim Bledsoe | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | John Malcolm | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | Film | 7.1 | 44 | |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | Film | 7.1 | 44 | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Marshal Wyatt Earp | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | J.J. Hunsecker | Film | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | Film | 7.6 | 43 | |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Bill Starbuck | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1956 | Trapeze | Mike Ribble | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1955 | Marty | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Alvaro Mangiacavallo | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Elias Wakefield | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Film | 5.8 | 41 | |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Joe Erin | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | Capt. David Dion O'Keefe | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1954 | Apache | Massai | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1954 | Apache | Film | 6.1 | 40 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | 1st Sgt. Milton Warden | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | Sgt. James O'Hearn | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1953 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Doc Delaney | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | Marine (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate) | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1951 | Jim Thorpe – All-American | Jim Thorpe | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Sergeant Mike Kincaid | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Owen Daybright | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1951 | The Screen Director | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest | TV | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Dardo Bartoli | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1950 | Mister 880 | Steve Buchanan | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1949 | Criss Cross | Steve Thompson | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Michael (Mike) Davis | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Henry Stevenson | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1948 | All My Sons | Chris Keller | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | William Earle 'Bill' Saunders | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1947 | Brute Force | Joe Collins | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Burt Lancaster | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1947 | I Walk Alone | Frankie Madison | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1947 | Desert Fury | Tom Hanson | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1946 | The Killers | 'Swede' Andersen | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| Handle With Care | Narrator | Film | — | — |