Burt Lancaster stars in "The Swimmer," one of a dozen titles in the Northwest Film Center's retrospective "Forever Burt." (Northwest Film Center) Burt Lancaster was many things on screen: sap and ...

Burt Lancaster, the rugged former circus acrobat who rose to become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars – performing in more than 70 movies during a 45-year career – has died, his wife said on Friday.

Burt Lancaster, the son of an East Harlem postal clerk whose brains and brawn turned him into a Hollywood star of extraordinary appeal, was mourned yesterday as “a giant” after his death at the age of ...