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Burton Stephen `` Burt '' Lancaster ( November 2 , 1913 -- October 20 , 1994 ) was an American film actor . He was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960 . Seven Days in May . Directed by John Frankenheimer , it stars Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Fredric March , and Ava Gardner .