Burt Lancaster profile on TCM

Narrated by John Frankenheimer, this is an excellent brief little profile of actor Burt Lancaster, presented on TCM (Turner Classic Movies). It gives you a pretty good overview of this wonderful actor's career.

I really love TCM's extra little features (like the profiles they do on various actors). I highly recommend this channel if you are a fan of classic movies.

Clips from many Lancaster films, including "Elmer Gantry," "The Seven Days in May," "Sweet Smell of Success," and "Birdman of Alcatraz."

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• sweet
• smell
• success
• birdman
• alcatraz

[GEVMM]

Burt Lancaster is one of the greatest actors of all time, no doubt.

[slimnick53]

one of the greats no doubt of it

[XFiles1993]

Thank you for posting this. I, too, miss Burt. He was a fabulous actor and smart as a whip but I don't think very happy personally. Still, that doesn't detract from his best performances, namely Elmer gantry and from here to eternity. ;)

[zyxquark]

wow, what a stirring tribute.  thanks for posting this.

[zyxquark]

frederick march was a fabulous actor younger people don't know about. spencer tracy was the other one.

[haasxaar]

COME BACK BURT!!! You were a great individual and a magnificient actor, watching this makes we wish he could be with us forever - such a talent, and sadly missed.

[batelur300]

One Oscar!!!!....Birdman,Atlantic City,The Train..All worthy of the Gold Statue surely..One of the Greatest actors of all time.

[theironclads]

"He was a man I worked for & admired until he disgraced the stars on his uniform." One of the BEST movie lines ever!

[mickeyh1961]

@giannivee1 in my opinion Burt was among the most accomplished of actor's ever , no disrespect but I would never compare Burt with John Wayne, in my opinion Wayne was very much one dimensional, ie.. he always played the HE Man and seemed to have a very limited range of characters unlike Burt who could played and represent so many aspects of humanity.

[giannivee1]

Some of these responses are over two months old...Gosh ladies and gentlemen, Burt deserves better than that, I think he is one of the all time greats, I like John Wayne, but Burt is an actor even better than the Duke. These three are to be watched in all movies, and at all times...Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Kirk Douglas, everybody else hopes to be that good. Only one left alive now, Kirk Douglas. I am thankful for their performances and the joy they brought us. God bless them

[truthforme1]

the older I get the more I respect and realize how great an actor this man was.....

[TheAlain005]

Great actor and VISCONTI's THE LEOPARD is not even cited.ELMER GANTRY is one of my favorite film of all time.