Career: After appearing in a Broadway play, Lancaster attracted the attention of a Hollywood agent, which led to him making his film debut alongside Ava Gardner in The Killers (1946). Lancaster went on to win an Academy Award for Elmer Gantry (1960) and he was also nominated for From Here to Eternity (1953), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). He demonstrated his acrobatic ability in The Crimson Pirate (1952). Other film credits included Apache (1954), The Kentuckian (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), and The Unforgiven (1960). In a glittering career, he worked alongside a number of Hollywood icons, including Kirk Douglas, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman and Sophia Loren. He died on October 20, 1994, at the age of 80.

Career: Pollack found work in the 1960s directing episodes of TV series such as The Fugitive and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. His film-directing debut was The Slender Thread (1965), which starred Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft. Pollack went on to become a hugely successful director. He won two Academy Awards for Out of Africa (1986) for Best Picture and Best Director. His other directing credits include They Shoot Horses, Don't They (1969), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Tootsie (1982), The Firm (1993) and Sabrina (1995). Pollack also had a number of acting roles and appeared in such films as Tootsie (1982), The Player (1992), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Michael Clayton (2007). He also made guest appearances on the TV series The Sopranos and Entourage. He died of stomach cancer on May 26, 2008 at the age of 73.