Burt Lancaster (1913-1994)
92.5 TOPICAL actor score · #19 of 1,977 actors
Burt Lancaster (1913-1994) has a TOPICAL actor score of 92.5 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are career standing and prime. They've won 4 acting honours from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1957-1966. Best films: From Here to Eternity (1953), The Leopard (1963), Atlantic City (1980).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours95
Prime96
Their movies96
Credits86
Career standing98
- Acting honours4 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Volpi Cup for Best Actor; Silver Bear for Best Actor
- Prime1957-1966
- Credits91 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 23 scored films (18 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 84 languages
“The American Film Institute ranks Lancaster as #19 of the greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Burt Lancaster's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | The Leopard | 1963 | 1 |
| 180 | From Here to Eternity | 1953 | 1 |
| 362 | Judgment at Nuremberg | 1961 | 4 |
| 479 | Atlantic City | 1980 | 1 |
| 690 | Sweet Smell of Success | 1957 | 1 |
| 757 | The Killers | 1946 | 2 |
| 839 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | 7 |
| 1,271 | The Train | 1964 | 1 |
| 1,381 | Elmer Gantry | 1960 | 1 |
| 1,392 | Birdman of Alcatraz | 1962 | 1 |
| 1,406 | Separate Tables | 1958 | 5 |
| 1,476 | The Professionals | 1966 | 1 |
| 1,496 | The Rose Tattoo | 1955 | 2 |
| 1,625 | Seven Days in May | 1964 | 1 |
| 2,112 | 1900 | 1976 | 6 |
| 2,378 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | 1 |
| 2,476 | Airport | 1970 | 1 |
| 2,693 | Come Back, Little Sheba | 1952 | 1 |
| 2,732 | Sorry, Wrong Number | 1948 | 2 |
| 3,400 | The Rainmaker | 1956 | 1 |
| 3,588 | The Flame and the Arrow | 1950 | 1 |
| 4,546 | Mister 880 | 1950 | 1 |
| 5,162 | The Cassandra Crossing | 1976 | 6 |