Benny Burt


Biography

Benny Burt was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Burt started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Patsy Kelly musical comedy "Pick a Star" (1937), "Hawaiian Buckaroo" (1938) and the Sterling Hayden crime flick "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950). He also appeared in the crime picture "Cry Danger" (1951) with Dick Powell. He kept working in film throughout the f...

Biography

Benny Burt was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Burt started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Patsy Kelly musical comedy "Pick a Star" (1937), "Hawaiian Buckaroo" (1938) and the Sterling Hayden crime flick "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950). He also appeared in the crime picture "Cry Danger" (1951) with Dick Powell. He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in the crime feature "M" (1951) with David Wayne, the crime flick "Rogue Cop" (1954) with Robert Taylor and the biographical drama "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955) with Doris Day. Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in the dramatic adaptation "Lucy Gallant" (1955) with Jane Wyman, "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" (1956) and "Chicago Confidential" (1957) with Brian Keith. Burt more recently acted in the Jack Lemmon dramatic comedy "The Apartment" (1960). Burt passed away in May 1980 at the age of 80.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Let's Make Love (1960)
Cab driver
The Apartment (1960)
The bartender
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
Cab driver
Chicago Confidential (1957)
Hallop
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Owner
Fighting Trouble (1956)
Max Kling
Ransom! (1956)
Bettor
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Reporter
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Stage manager
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Bartender
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Larry, costumer
Lucy Gallant (1955)
Rogue Cop (1954)
Proprietor
A Star Is Born (1954)
Courtroom reporter
Count the Hours (1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Reporter
Split Second (1953)
Hunter
Fast Company (1953)
"Clocker"
The Girl in White (1952)
Sailor
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952)
Soda jerk
Boots Malone (1952)
Character
The Lusty Men (1952)
Slicker
The Steel Trap (1952)
Bank teller
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Bum
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Union soldier
Love Nest (1951)
Taxi driver
Ten Tall Men (1951)
Beggar
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Sammy
Double Dynamite (1951)
Waiter
M (1951)
Cry Danger (1951)
Bartender
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Prisoner
Riding High (1950)
Spectator
Convicted (1950)
Blackie
Bodyhold (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Driver
I Cheated the Law! (1949)
Jock
The Man I Love (1947)
Taxi driver
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
Gangster
Nocturne (1946)
Bartender at Keyboard Club
Lady Luck (1946)
Barman
Three Strangers (1946)
Drunken stranger
The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
Greek
The Long Shot (1939)
Joe Popopolis
Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938)
Mike
Sea Racketeers (1937)
Maxie
Thanks for Listening (1937)
Sweetheart of the Navy (1937)
Meet the Boyfriend (1937)
Joe
Pick a Star (1937)
Tony

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