Why Burt Lancaster Dropped Out of College and Joined the Circus | The Dick Cavett Show

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  • @ddburrows988
    @ddburrows988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    I had the absolute pleasure to meet the man at a shoot for a public service announcement. He was a very respectful, kind and gentle man, and when he walked into the room he filled it with a breathtaking charisma I had never experienced from anyone before or since.

    • @MrAnthonyVance
      @MrAnthonyVance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I am not surprised to hear about your brief encounter with Burt and how he kept everyone under a spell. Such wonderful actor!

    • @johnstrawb3521
      @johnstrawb3521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Incredible actor, as well. The Train is in my Top 100, all-time, all languages. It's a pity he and Yvonne De Carlo had no chemistry in Criss Cross. An otherwise superb film.

    • @alvilla9659
      @alvilla9659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@johnstrawb3521 they supposedly had charisma off screen if you know what i mean

    • @rachelled6763
      @rachelled6763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh my yes...what a stunning looking, eloquent man at any age. You can see and feel his charisma oozing off the screen. How lucky you are to have met him.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That sounds awesome. Tell us more about that day please

  • @ianrichardson8990
    @ianrichardson8990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    It's great that Burt Lancaster interviews are starting to surface at last, and this is the best I've seen. For a long time they were as rare as hen's teeth. Thanks for finding and sharing it.

  • @GeorgeSmith1066
    @GeorgeSmith1066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I find it absolutely incredible that I can sit here late at night and summon legends like Burt Lancaster to entertain me with stories of their amazing lives.

    • @hugh-johnfleming289
      @hugh-johnfleming289 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      YooToob is a f___ed up mess but it does have its share of graces ...

    • @SaundersE5
      @SaundersE5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it’s pretty great

    • @hombre1965
      @hombre1965 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We can summon the heroes of old and listen to their tales. And no matter how many times we call on them to repeat themselves, they never seem to mind.

    • @jackjude
      @jackjude 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, there are many great things about modern life :)

    • @dgsevenyseven
      @dgsevenyseven 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Legend. The Swimmer brought me here.

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    BURT LANCASTER WAS NOT ONLY A GREAT STAR , HE WAS A BRILLIANT MAN !

    • @FIREBRAND38
      @FIREBRAND38 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your caps lock seems to be stuck.

    • @brucemcclary3260
      @brucemcclary3260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Burt Lancaster wasn’t anything like most of todays men,it’s a shame his masculine attitude is now thought of as toxic

  • @allanb52
    @allanb52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    What a genuine man, full of humility and you can believe every interesting story. I always liked Burt.

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Thank goodness for Cavett, who had interviews with so many talented people who are gone now. Lancaster was a superb actor and amazing athlete. He and his circus partner, Nick Cravat, were lifelong friends. They starred in nine films together, doing their own stunts. My personal favorite was " The Crimson Pirate. " His portrayal of a cruel and ruthless critic in " Sweet smell of Success " was brilliant.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And thank goodness Cavett had the chance to buy all the tapes of his show back from the network before they disposed of them!

    • @seanfaherty
      @seanfaherty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ohhh yeah

  • @joehopfield
    @joehopfield 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    As an old gymnast, my coach at UCLA new Burt Lancaster around the time of this interview, this is absolutely riveting. I've never heard gymnastics and high bar in particular described more elegantly or perfectly.

  • @hyacinthlynch843
    @hyacinthlynch843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    A great actor and a great storyteller. Love Burt Lancaster.

  • @mcd3379
    @mcd3379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    He was a great actor and he lived an incredible life. Burt Lancaster deserved all of his success - and earnt it all.

  • @diannewallace4829
    @diannewallace4829 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    It almost breaks my heart see tapes like this one. It reminds me of the way people used to be. The youngsters today have no idea what they have missed..

    • @malcolmcurran6248
      @malcolmcurran6248 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I share the same ineffable heartache for the way people used to be and the frustrating impossibility of conveying how people actually were to the younger generation. Burt Lancaster in this remarkable interview somehow captures the essence of what's missing today almost elliptically through the details, tone and manner of his storytelling which has been lost. I've noticed that so many young people struggle to even know how to tell a simple story. Everything begins with " It was like..." I suspect it has much to do with with having gone from an age where words needed to be matched with one's more focused experience and not substituted and supplanted by images alone.
      And to think that so many of these irreplaceable interviews were lost when ABC reused the video tapes to tape over to save money.

    • @lilianarociobutroncordova9610
      @lilianarociobutroncordova9610 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@malcolmcurran6248What?????😮😮😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢

    • @malcolmcurran6248
      @malcolmcurran6248 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lilianarociobutroncordova9610Yes a real pity. But it wasn't an age of as much cheap easy duplication like now. We're either spoiled or very privileged. A single Xerox copy in 1970 cost 10 cents and the minimum wage was about $1.65 an hour.
      There was an incredible one of three Cavett did with Orson Welles this one in the summer or early Fall of 1970 where he read long passage from Saint Exupery's Wind, Sand and Stars and openly refered to the Nixon administration as taking on 'the incipient airs of the police state"... think it ran two nights...no trace of it to be found. And it wouldn't be because the powers that be got rid of it but more absurdly it was to save a few bucks!
      And Cavett's programs have become unique touchstones for the history of that time. Yes a pity.

    • @MarjorainMD
      @MarjorainMD 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@malcolmcurran6248As a 66 year old, I wholeheartedly concur with everything you said Malcom and yes, I’ve certainly met dozens of today’s youngsters that start their conversations with …”It was like” oh, Lordy! we are a very sorry lot indeed.

    • @malcolmcurran6248
      @malcolmcurran6248 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@MarjorainMDThanks. They were very different indeed. One only needs to listen to these now half century talk shows to glean some idea of the difference. And in my memory people took time to listen to each other. Verbal expression seemed more precise and less dependent on a constant stream of images to do it for you. I wish some of the young people could get a time machine for a few days or just hours to know how it was and what that time felt like. If their attention spans could handle slower tempo. It may have felt rushed and fast then but it wasn't anything comparable to our world now.
      And the world just wasn't and didn't feel so crowded and rushed. Guess that's just age.

  • @tommcconville677
    @tommcconville677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Burt Lancaster was a true Renaissance man as well as a superb actor. You'll never see anyone in movies today who even comes close to him.

  • @brianfischer149
    @brianfischer149 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is one of the best interviews I've ever seen and I'm 57 years old. I think I could listen to Lancaster's stories all day ! My favorite movie with him in it is " Run Silent Run Deep " !

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    A great actor and so modest. A lot of movie actors today could learn a lot from his modesty.

  • @lloydbraun6026
    @lloydbraun6026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I can watch The Train over and over.

  • @stephengiese7549
    @stephengiese7549 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He is exact in his speaking. Seen a lot of his work. He takes time to explain whatever. I love his wry smile with that mustache😀

  • @johnhanselman6371
    @johnhanselman6371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Burt Lancaster is gone but not forgotten.

  • @coerfjoe1
    @coerfjoe1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    The 2 Lancaster films I could not do without were two films displaying his athleticism 17 years apart: "The Jim Thorpe-All American," when he was 39 and "The Swimmer," when he was 58. I read a biography of him in the 80s but it fell short of my expectations. This clip is marvelous capturing his mind and almost photographic memory. I believe he was one of the rarest individuals who was able to create his future. He is rather shy here, compared to his achievements. I hope he realized his impact on the young, male underdogs struck by his self-confident physique and inquisitive intellect.

    • @johnstrawb3521
      @johnstrawb3521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Pit O'Maley Good lord, Lancaster in The Swimmer is perfect. Btw, if you haven't seen his athleticism to great purpose in The Train (1964), I think you'll enjoy it.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great choice with those two films, bro. And you're right about his fine example of confidence and mind. He did a lesser film called Scorpio (1973) which shows him grab a bar and hoist himself up a wall with what was clearly an old trapeze move. It was a brief moment but it demonstrated his technique and continued upper body strength at age 60.

    • @herronslegs
      @herronslegs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The film the swimmer wonderful acting

    • @knownpleasures
      @knownpleasures 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was 55 during The Swimmer

    • @lilianarociobutroncordova9610
      @lilianarociobutroncordova9610 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@skylinerunner1695 Scorpio!!!! Correct.... I'm going to look It Up.

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Lancaster was all class, all humor, and all legend.
    Love to see his full interview with Cavett, thanks for posting.

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Burt Lancaster was, and is, a freakin' STAR!
    What a filmography. I don't think he gets enough love.

  • @salvationbordercountry3800
    @salvationbordercountry3800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Lancaster was such a terrific actor and an amazing person. An excellent interview. Dick Cavett had an exceptional talent which always made for a show that shined above all others.

  • @gmoke
    @gmoke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Burt Lancaster was not only talented and athletic, he was smart as well. His first Hollywood contract guaranteed he could become a producer as well as an actor. Reportedly, he could do giant swings on the bars into his 60s.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That is correct. You can see him do a move in a movie called Scorpio (1973) where he hoists his body up a wall demonstrating an old trapeze technique and clear upper body strength age 60.

  • @nataliacaetano6326
    @nataliacaetano6326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    He was a gorgeous man...that waltz scene in The Leopard was timeless...😎👏🏻😊

    • @calcecini
      @calcecini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes indeed, and the moment after the waltz, when Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale walk away together , and the camera rests on Lancaster’s face as he watches them and in one glance you can see everything that he is thinking… great actor.

    • @nataliacaetano6326
      @nataliacaetano6326 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calcecini that's true!!!

    • @MsBenlane
      @MsBenlane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@calcecini i read the book which is wonderful. the description of the prince fits lancaster to a t. he was perfect casting. he grew up in an italian immigrant neighborhood

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love The Leopard. It wasn't appreciated here in the states, as much as it should have, at the time. Glad that it has been gaining more respect, since then. Claudia Cardinale is gorgeous!

    • @ORagnar
      @ORagnar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great actor, as well. He was supremely articulate.

  • @highpsi11
    @highpsi11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I never noticed Burt's New York accent before - maybe he altered it in movies. He was a special actor: handsome, fit, and with a gentle, sincere, serious quality that was so attractive.

  • @Danmark30
    @Danmark30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    What an elegant and intelligent man. He has charisma and a big presence!

  • @jamesporter5630
    @jamesporter5630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Burt Lancaster was a force on screen. Most watching this clip would agree whole heartedly with that statement. If you have discovered Dick Cavett and you are cycling through his programs, great. You have made a marvelous discovery. Now, go find 2 or 10 of the Lancaster films mentioned in the introduction. (Rainmaker, Elmer Gantry, Judgement at Nuremberg…) You will not be disappointed. And, you will understand fully what Cavett meant when he promised his viewers a real movie star.

    • @JC-bf9zm
      @JC-bf9zm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I would at to that list one of Lancaster's lesser known films, The Swimmer. I watched it over a year ago and it still haunts me. So ethereal, so sad but simultaneously beautiful, so well acted, like nothing you see these days.

    • @jamesporter5630
      @jamesporter5630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JC-bf9zm I agree. The Swimmer enjoyed a large number of airings on broadcast TV throughout the years. Lancaster’s ability (and courage), to portray the main character’s mental struggles is testament to his acting ability.

    • @fractuss
      @fractuss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JC-bf9zm We watched that movie in junior high school.

    • @johnnyangel9163
      @johnnyangel9163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      People forget he played the tortured alcoholic in Come Back Little Sheba. Brutal!In a way he was the most redeemable character in the film although Shirley Booth was fantastic .

  • @paulkitt2376
    @paulkitt2376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Burt is one of the best. I have never seen him talk so expansively this is why cavett is the best interviewer ever.

  • @christoph404
    @christoph404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    every time Lancaster laughs....that very distinctive laugh.....I just think of the brilliant impersonation that Frank Gorshin used to do of him!!!

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gorshin had Burt down, to a tee. "Fine, just fine", and then the laugh. Great stuff.

  • @johntheball
    @johntheball ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Burt is my hero....what a life to walk thru with that face, physique, and voice and confidence....

  • @alvaropelayo8084
    @alvaropelayo8084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I don't get tired of watching Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity, Run Silent Run Deep with the King Clark Gable, The Train, The Professionals, Atlantic City. He was really a giant of the screen, God bless him.

    • @benjaminglover1570
      @benjaminglover1570 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Train is a seriously overlooked film.

  • @Susie_Floozie
    @Susie_Floozie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Burt mentions his partner Nick. Nick Cravat appears in two of Lancaster's rollicking early films, THE CRIMSON PIRATE and THE FLAME AND THE ARROW. Nick played a mute character because of his strong Brooklyn accent. Onscreen he and Burt pull off the most breathtaking stunts with flawless timing. Lancaster's stuntwork in the opening of THE CRIMSON PIRATE is absolutely gobsmacking, and when he pauses to break the fourth wall and address the audience, he makes me weak in the knees. What a man.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their stealth long-pole sequence in Flame and the Arrow is brilliant, not to mention Burt's full out trapeze routine on the castle wall flag poles at the end of the film.

    • @juerv1
      @juerv1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nick Cravat: a legend of his own. He had incredible, supernatural physical strength. Look at what he does in THE FLAME AND THE ARROW.

  • @gregcruse4647
    @gregcruse4647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now that is what a star should look like

  • @calcecini
    @calcecini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thank you so much! If there is more to this interview I hope you’ll post it in due course. Lancaster was really something special.

  • @robatsea2009
    @robatsea2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    A great background into Lancaster's early days. That athleticism and circus training was put to good use in a number of his action-oriented movies, where he didn't need doubling.

    • @ronmackinnon9374
      @ronmackinnon9374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good thing he made the right call about that lion!

    • @johnnyangel9163
      @johnnyangel9163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      East Harlem boy!

  • @dougarchbold1489
    @dougarchbold1489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The best interview that Cavett has ever done. Why are there not more Cavett interviews of Lancaster. Just brilliant!

  • @shadow-Sun
    @shadow-Sun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Burt lancaster , proper Hollywood Legend .

  • @johnneilamore6581
    @johnneilamore6581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Burt looks very much like a theatrical here , but a likeable and modest demeanour..a charming person , really , unexpectidely so

  • @somethingyousaid5059
    @somethingyousaid5059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I saw him recently in a movie called "The Swimmer". It was good. He was good in it.

    • @geneobrien8907
      @geneobrien8907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A great film!

    • @cliftonwebb3295
      @cliftonwebb3295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was more than good. He was excellent and the film was original and fantastically brilliant

    • @mikephalen3162
      @mikephalen3162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That film is criminally underrated. A fantastic work of art.

    • @nicholasjanke3476
      @nicholasjanke3476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting film. Burt Lancaster is excellent as the mentally disturbed man who's totally in his own world.

    • @ronmackinnon9374
      @ronmackinnon9374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Based on a John Cheever story. Directed by Frank Perry. It was about a man in mid-life crisis, before that term had come into common use.

  • @misterE-1989
    @misterE-1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Favorite actor of all time.

  • @raftfan
    @raftfan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My buddy the late Mickey Knox considered Burt his closest Hollywood friend when he started in the business (check out Mickey as the killer Skinner in I WALK ALONE). As with Kirk Douglas, Mickey said that Burt could be difficult to work with, but was always kind and considerate with his fans, never refusing to sign an autograph. Pure class.

  • @mootpointjones8488
    @mootpointjones8488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Lancaster looks very relaxed. He often played very intense characters during his film career.

  • @Sulu-sw3zo
    @Sulu-sw3zo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I loved _'The Swimmer',_ saw it in my teens back in the 1980's. Great film.

  • @bobwallace1880
    @bobwallace1880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I lived in a small town in Texas (Smithville) in the 1950's. Mr. Lancaster came to Smithville to see 3 men who had been in the circus with him. They worked at a local barbeque joint. It caused a sensation in our little town. But think about a man who traveled such a long way to see old friends. A real gentleman.

  • @matthewmehegan3475
    @matthewmehegan3475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He always looked like he knew something we didn't.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well put.

    • @elisabethvalade9866
      @elisabethvalade9866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Am pretty sure he did.

    • @DwightStJohn-w1l
      @DwightStJohn-w1l 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@elisabethvalade9866 Made "Scorpio" and got permission from the White House to film it. Was nervous it would be interpreted too literally. Time proves him right.

    • @elisabethvalade9866
      @elisabethvalade9866 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DwightStJohn-w1l You've got me, there...

  • @michaeltootikian4402
    @michaeltootikian4402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Burt Lancaster one of the all time greats

  • @williamphillips6049
    @williamphillips6049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He does powerful, brave, crazy show off type characters and in real life seems like a big shy kid.

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My mom was on PTA w/his wife Norma @ Bellagio Road School; went to their home for son's birthday; fond memories of pinata, pony, glee-filled romping w/dozens of children on fairytale estate grounds 🤗❤

  • @JohnNiemsMusic
    @JohnNiemsMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can still remember the movie Trapeze which I saw as a kid in 1956! Burt did many of the stunts in it too! He was certainly right for the part.

  • @youknow6968
    @youknow6968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The greats of modern age, the memories they gave us, we are thankful, stay blessed, wherever you are.

  • @christopherstilley7756
    @christopherstilley7756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How many times have I seen Burt Lancaster in the movies..but can't think of a time I ever saw him interviewed.

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He kept his personal life very private, probably because he was bisexual.

    • @Mickey-1994
      @Mickey-1994 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was fruity.

  • @sunestjern3749
    @sunestjern3749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Burt Lancaster is one of the best actors of all times absolute!
    I never get tired of watching my favorite movies of his like the LAW MAN and the SCALP HUNTERS just to mention a few, what a man!

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ulzana's Raid

    • @sunestjern3749
      @sunestjern3749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skylinerunner1695 just to mention a few! 👍😁😊

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sunestjern3749 Yeah. It would take us a while to list them all 😀

    • @sunestjern3749
      @sunestjern3749 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skylinerunner1695 Absolutely!

  • @sinestatus
    @sinestatus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching his hands moving is mesmerizing.

  • @brahilly
    @brahilly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such a presence. A true Hollywood giant and screen legend.

  • @fifthbusiness1678
    @fifthbusiness1678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fascinating voice. Never knew he was from NY!

  • @countryman5329
    @countryman5329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder, does anyone else out there watch these great old interviews with a deep ache of sadness for a simpler world lost in time?

  • @paulmaloney2383
    @paulmaloney2383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He is a very engaging, articulate man with a flair for storytelling, you don't get to see interviews like that any more

  • @mikefullwood356
    @mikefullwood356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the absolute Greats, always watchable and believable....

  • @malafakka8530
    @malafakka8530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The first interview with a Lancaster that I have seen on TH-cam. Very good. I wish there was more.

  • @robertcatesby8420
    @robertcatesby8420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Really good actor, a great star and a terrific man.

  • @docraineyIII
    @docraineyIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Burt! The coolest actor ever to tease our imaginations.

  • @billycharles
    @billycharles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lancaster is a legend. He’s always always superb

    • @fernmann7
      @fernmann7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The biggest

  • @destroygaryfunky7053
    @destroygaryfunky7053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How refreshing is it to hear an entertainer speak without beginning every sentence with"And I'm like,......RIP Burt,.....a gifted actor,.....an icon actually.

  • @joycefolsom130
    @joycefolsom130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such a good actor.

  • @swatguy6237
    @swatguy6237 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just listening to him speak……..class….personified.

  • @Ross-lu6sq
    @Ross-lu6sq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    More please! Legend! A FIVE DECADE career! One of the best ever...

  • @dangelo1369
    @dangelo1369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some trivia: Burt Lancaster was related to the comedian Ernie Kovacs by marriage. Kovacs daughter, Kippie (1949-2001) married Burt Lancaster’s son, Bill (1947-1997). They had a daughter, Keigh Lancaster (1966-2017)
    Trivia: Bill Lancaster became an actor and writer. One of his scripts was “The Bad News Bears” based on his father’s experience as his Little league coach as a child.

  • @steviemoon4472
    @steviemoon4472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    fantastic person and of course a magnificent actor , God bless him !!!!

  • @lynnturman8157
    @lynnturman8157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Don't know about you but I always found interviews that ended with sudden & violent decapitation just so incredibly heartwarming.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it warms the heart and sets you up for the day like nothing else. 😀

    • @wildbillharding
      @wildbillharding 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha!

  • @MsBenlane
    @MsBenlane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    what a wonderful storyteller i wish he had written a book. wonderful actor.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, an account of his life in his own words would have been fantastic.

  • @ebonymanley26
    @ebonymanley26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great actor so handsome one of my favorites.

  • @Joez86
    @Joez86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Burt was the man. Brilliant

  • @OnlyThe1Son
    @OnlyThe1Son 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow, finally.. been waiting years for Burts interview... cant wait for the next ones...

  • @pablopaul6371
    @pablopaul6371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great interview
    Burt really shows his Irish roots with the mustache and I can hear it in his accent also

  • @paulccrimmins
    @paulccrimmins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow! What a fascinating life he had

  • @Thom3748
    @Thom3748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lancaster was part of my life growing up in the 50s and 60s. He projected an image as a man’s man, and lived that image to a great degree when he was younger. I miss his performances. The sweet smell of success was a terrific movie. Still think about that from time to time.

  • @Kurtiscott
    @Kurtiscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please post more of this interview. Great stuff

  • @srvuk
    @srvuk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of my favourite actors.

  • @Joedirtt
    @Joedirtt ปีที่แล้ว

    Eloquence at its finest.. just the fact that he stops and listens carefully to Dicks questions is just amazing. We overlook these small things but how grand they are, when we notice them.

  • @nibsvkh
    @nibsvkh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Criss Cross…one of the all time great film noir classics!

    • @MsBenlane
      @MsBenlane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes and with the great dan duryea.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A brilliant film

  • @johnmccann8319
    @johnmccann8319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He was a GREAT actor.Gentleman.Storyteller and great human being.

  • @Psychonolfi
    @Psychonolfi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could listen to him talk for days. What a treat!

  • @chrisjones2224
    @chrisjones2224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grew up in the 1970s in 🇬🇧 Burt Lancaster was a giant of Hollywood, a true household name, I didn't think I could admire him more,,and yet here I am, in awe.

  • @jimgarrison7340
    @jimgarrison7340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you haven't seen Burt in "Elmer Gantry" you are missing one of the greatest performances of all time. He got the 1960 Academy for it.

  • @larryleker6366
    @larryleker6366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Burt Lancaster proves what almost no one knows. Hollywood is all about hard work and grit. No room for quitters. BTW, I've stood next to a full grownlion and seen how big that head is. I felt like an hors d' oeuvre.

  • @568843daw
    @568843daw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Burt Lancaster made a living at his chosen career. He made money just like anyone in a career would do. He had a great agent that got him fabulous parts and he did his job. This interview was fabulous in that it demonstrated how ridiculous the press was even back then. His reaction to the tedious and banal questions was excellent.

  • @Johnny-ip4mk
    @Johnny-ip4mk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dick got much pleasure in interviewing himself. It’s a shame none of his guests ever told him to shut up.

    • @Baz-Ten
      @Baz-Ten 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interviewers of celebs *all* do this to a lesser degree. It must be a formula to test a stars ego!

  • @tygrlili
    @tygrlili 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve always loved Burt Lancaster. One of my first crushes….

  • @bluecolor1600
    @bluecolor1600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my alltime favorite actors ever! What screen presence, charisma and brilliance in his acting! Outstanding movie legend and such a great man!!👏👏❤️

  • @Dragongod462
    @Dragongod462 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was great. But Lancaster was so nice and funny. Bring the 70's back so much fun.

  • @dr.science9505
    @dr.science9505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Burt was ALWAYS entertaining.

  • @wokeybrokey8006
    @wokeybrokey8006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    what a super interesting guy, I always liked him as an actor, but this shows what a charming interesting guy.

  • @wobblertv8083
    @wobblertv8083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Brilliant in Atlantic City. One of the most underrated mob movies .

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A real gem of a film, which was also a touching portrayal of old age and faded glory.

  • @francisalanwormald6328
    @francisalanwormald6328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AT 85 I was always drawn to this real star & man...he was a true ICON!!!

  • @skylinerunner1695
    @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His son, Bill Lancaster, wrote the classic film, The Thing (1982).

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Burt was a fantastic actor! My fave role of his was JJ Hunsecker in The Sweet Smell of Success. Also all class.

  • @cygnusx-1318
    @cygnusx-1318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sure miss these guys.

  • @maxpower6765
    @maxpower6765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always liked his films. Seems like a normal dude Cheers 🥇🏆

  • @judiesmith167
    @judiesmith167 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My favorite actor of all times, good looks and intelligent. Next to him Robert Mitchem. But Burt is my favorite. My Dad's brother always reminded me of Burt.

  • @pauldurkee4764
    @pauldurkee4764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really like his films, if I had to pick one it would be The Train.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great choice but I could never manage to pick just one lol

  • @RobinSchoutenRS
    @RobinSchoutenRS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mr Cavett, do you have preserved your interview with Sam Peckinpah and Stella Stevens (from 1970, promoting The Ballad of Cable Hogue) ? If you have it, please upload it. Thank you.

    • @skylinerunner1695
      @skylinerunner1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow, I'd love to see that. Such a gem of a film. Love that moment when they sing.

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will always have the image of him waving goodbye at the end of Field of Dreams, in my mind. He was such a lovely gentleman.