What is Burt Lancaster?
{{Infobox person |name = Burt Lancaster |image = Burt Lancaster - publicity 1947.JPG |imagesize = |caption = in ''[[Desert Fury]]'' (1947) |birth_name = Burton Stephen Lancaster |birth_date = {{birth date|1913|11|02}} |birth_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City|New York]], [[U.S.A.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1994|10|20|1913|11|02}} |death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.A. |death_cause = [[myocardial infarction|Heart attack]] |education = DeWitt Clinton High School |alma_mater = [[New York University]] |years_active = 1945–1991 | children = 5; including [[Bill Lancaster|Bill]] |occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}} |website = |spouse = June Ernst <br>(m.1935–1946; divorced) <br>Norma Anderson <br>(m.1946–1969; divorced) <br>Susan Martin <br>(m.1990–1994; his death)}} '''Burt Lancaster''' (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994), was an American actor and producer. == Career == Lancaster was born in [[New York City|New York]]. After working in a [[circus]], he began his career in [[Hollywood]] with ''The Killers'' (1946), with [[Ava Gardner]]. Next was ''Brute Force'' (1947), in which he played Joe Collins, an inmate who plans to rebel against the prison authorities. In the 1950s, he continued to have success in films such as ''The Flame and the Arrow'' (1950), ''Jim Thorpe -- All-American'' (1951), ''The Crimson Pirate'' (1952), ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953), ''The Rose Tattoo'' (1955), and ''The Devil's Disciple'' (1959). The decade of the 1960s was one of the best for Lancaster. He starred in ''Elmer Gantry'' (1960), and won an Oscar for his role. In ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961), he played Dr. Ernst Janning, a Nazi doctor on trial for crimes against humanity. In ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), he played Robert Franklin Stroud, a man who spent most of his life in prison. Other major films were ''Il gattopardo'' (1963), ''The List of Adrian Messenger''