ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR - OSCARS

The Last Command

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:09:41 GMT

1927/1928 ~ Emil Jannings as Gen. Dolgorucki/Grand Duke Sergius Alexander and "The Way of All Flesh" as August Schilling (2 wins, but back then, actors received one Oscar for multiple films) Nominees: Richard Barthelmess - The Noose as Nickie Elkins The Patent Leather Kid as Patent Leather Kid

In Old Arizona

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:46:58 GMT

1928/1929 ~ Warner Baxter as The Cisco Kid Nominees: George Bancroft - Thunderbolt as Thunderbolt Jim Lang Chester Morris - Alibi as Chick Williams (No. 1065) Paul Muni - The Valiant as James Dyke Lewis Stone - The Patriot as Count Pahlen

Disraeli

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:48:36 GMT

1929/1930 ~ George Arliss as Benjamin Disraeli Nominees: George Arliss - The Green Goddess as The Raja of Rukh Wallace Beery - The Big House as 'Machine Gun' Butch Schmidt Maurice Chevalier - The Big Pond as Pierre Mirande and The Love Parade as Count Alfred Renard Ronald Colman - Bulldog Drummond as Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond and Condemned as Michel Lawrence Tibbett - The Rogue Song as Yegor

A Free Soul

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:07:18 GMT

1930/1931 ~ Lionel Barrymore as Stephen Ashe Nominees: Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page as Walter Burns Jackie Cooper - Skippy as Skippy Skinner Richard Dix - Cimarron as Yancey Cravat Fredric March - The Royal Family of Broadway as Tony Cavendish

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:09:13 GMT

1931/1932 ~ Fredric March as Dr. Henry L. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Nominees: Wallace Beery - The Champ as Champ (tie) Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman as The Actor

The Private Life of Henry VIII

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:11:33 GMT

1932/1933 ~ Charles Laughton as King Henry VIII Nominees: Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square as Peter Standish Paul Muni - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as James Allen

It Happened One Night

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:16:12 GMT

1934 ~ Clark Gable as Peter Warne Nominees: Frank Morgan - The Affairs of Cellini as Alessandro - Duke of Florence William Powell - The Thin Man as Nick Charles

The Informer

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:18:07 GMT

1935 ~ Victor McLaglen as Gypo Nolan Nominees: Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty as Christian Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty as Bligh Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty as Byam

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:19:47 GMT

1936 ~ Paul Muni as Louis Pasteur Nominees: Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Longfellow Deeds Walter Huston - Dodsworth as Sam Dodsworth William Powell - My Man Godfrey as Godfrey Spencer Tracy - San Francisco as Father Mullin

Captains Courageous

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:21:31 GMT

1937 ~ Spencer Tracy as Manuel Nominees: Charles Boyer - Conquest as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Fredric March - A Star Is Born as Norman Maine Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall as Danny Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola as Emile Zola

Boys Town

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:22:43 GMT

1938 ~ Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan Nominees: Charles Boyer - Algiers as Pepe le Moko James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces as Rocky Sullivan Robert Donat - The Citadel as Andrew Leslie Howard - Pygmalion as Professor Henry Higgins

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:23:44 GMT

1939 ~ Robert Donat as Mr. Chips Nominees: Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind as Rhett Butler - a Visitor from Charleston Mickey Rooney - Babes in Arms as Mickey Moran James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Jefferson Smith

The Philadelphia Story

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:26:02 GMT

1940 ~ James Stewart as Macaulay Connor Nominees: Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator as Adenoid Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania)/A Jewish Barber Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath as Tom Joad Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln Laurence Olivier - Rebecca as 'Maxim' de Winter

Sergeant York

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:28:43 GMT

1941 ~ Gary Cooper as Alvin Cullum York Nominees: Cary Grant - Penny Serenade as Roger Adams Walter Huston - The Devil and Daniel Webster as Mr. Scratch Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Joe Pendleton Orson Welles - Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:30:38 GMT

1942 ~ James Cagney as George M. Cohan Nominees: Ronald Colman - Random Harvest as Charles Rainier Gary Cooper - The Pride of the Yankees as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig Walter Pidgeon - Mrs. Miniver as Clem Miniver Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper as Howard

Watch on the Rhine

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:31:51 GMT

1943 ~ Paul Lukas as Kurt Muller Nominees: Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca as Rick Blaine Gary Cooper - For Whom the Bell Tolls as Robert Jordan Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie as Pierre Curie Mickey Rooney - The Human Comedy as Homer Macauley

Going My Way

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:35:28 GMT

1944 ~ Bing Crosby as Father Chuck O'Malley Nominees: Charles Boyer - Gaslight as Gregory Anton Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way as Father Fitzgibbon Cary Grant - None but the Lonely Heart as Ernie Mott Alexander Knox - Wilson as Woodrow Wilson

The Lost Weekend

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:37:22 GMT

1945 ~ Ray Milland as Don Birnam Nominees: Bing Crosby - The Bells of St. Mary's as Father Chuck O'Malley Gene Kelly - Anchors Aweigh as Joseph Brady Gregory Peck - The Keys of the Kingdom as Father Francis Chisholm Cornel Wilde - A Song to Remember as Frédéric Chopin

The Best Years of Our Lives

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:39:01 GMT

1946 ~ Fredric March as Al Stephenson Nominees: Laurence Olivier - Henry V as King Henry V of England Larry Parks - The Jolson Story as Al Jolson Gregory Peck - The Yearling as Ezra 'Penny' Baxter James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life as George Bailey

A Double Life

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:40:10 GMT

1947 ~ Ronald Colman as Anthony John Nominees: John Garfield - Body and Soul as Charlie Davis Gregory Peck - Gentleman's Agreement as Philip Schuyler Green aka Greenberg Michael Redgrave - Mourning Becomes Electra as Orin Mannon William Powell - Life with Father as Clarence Day, Sr.

Hamlet

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:41:12 GMT

1948 ~ Laurence Olivier as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Nominees: Lew Ayres - Johnny Belinda as Dr. Robert Richardson Montgomery Clift - The Search as Ralph 'Steve' Stevenson Dan Dailey - When My Baby Smiles at Me as 'Skid' Johnson Clifton Webb - Sitting Pretty as Lynn Belvedere

All the King's Men

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:42:21 GMT

1949 ~ Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark Nominees: Kirk Douglas - Champion as Michael 'Midge' Kelly Gregory Peck - Twelve O'Clock High as General Savage Richard Todd - The Hasty Heart as Cpl. Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan John Wayne - Sands of Iwo Jima as Sgt. John M. Stryker

Cyrano de Bergerac

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:43:18 GMT

1950 ~ José Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac Nominees: Louis Calhern - The Magnificent Yankee as Oliver Wendell Holmes William Holden - Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis James Stewart - Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd Spencer Tracy - Father of the Bride as Stanley T. Banks

The African Queen

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:44:36 GMT

1951 ~ Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnut Nominees: Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski Montgomery Clift - A Place in the Sun as George Eastman Arthur Kennedy - Bright Victory as Larry Nevins Fredric March - Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman

High Noon

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:45:29 GMT

1952 ~ Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane Nominees: Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! as Emiliano Zapata Kirk Douglas - The Bad and the Beautiful as Jonathan José Ferrer - Moulin Rouge as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec Alec Guinness - The Lavender Hill Mob as Henry Holland

Stalag 17

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:46:27 GMT

1953 ~ William Holden as Sgt. J.J. Sefton Nominees: Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar as Mark Antony Richard Burton - The Robe as Marcellus Gallio Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden

On the Waterfront

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:47:56 GMT

1954 ~ Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy Nominees: Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg Bing Crosby - The Country Girl as Frank Elgin James Mason - A Star Is Born as Norman Maine Dan O'Herlihy - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe as Robinson Crusoe

Marty

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:49:51 GMT

1955 ~ Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti Nominees: James Cagney - Love Me or Leave Me as Martin Snyder James Dean - East of Eden as Cal Trask (posthumous nomination) Frank Sinatra - The Man with the Golden Arm as Frankie Machine Spencer Tracy - Bad Day at Black Rock as John J. Macreedy

The King and I

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:53:09 GMT

1956 ~ Yul Brynner as King Mongkut of Siam Nominees: James Dean - Giant as Jett Rink (posthumous nomination) Kirk Douglas - Lust for Life as Vincent Van Gogh Rock Hudson - Giant as "Bick Benedict" Laurence Olivier - Richard III as Richard III

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:56:08 GMT

1957 ~ Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson Nominees: Marlon Brando - Sayonara as Maj. Lloyd 'Ace' Gruver - USAF Anthony Franciosa - A Hatful of Rain as Polo Pope Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, lawyer Anthony Quinn - Wild Is the Wind as Gino

Separate Tables

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:05 GMT

1958 ~ David Niven as Major Angus Pollock Nominees: Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones as John 'Joker' Jackson Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick Pollitt Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen Spencer Tracy - The Old Man and the Sea as The Old Man / Narrator

Ben-Hur

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:04:47 GMT

1959 ~ Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur Nominees: Laurence Harvey - Room at the Top as Joe Lampton Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot as Jerry - 'Daphne' Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man as Dr. Sam Abelman James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler

Elmer Gantry

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:07:14 GMT

1960 ~ Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry Nominees: Trevor Howard - Sons and Lovers as Walter Morel Jack Lemmon - The Apartment as C. C. 'Bud' Baxter Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer as Archie Rice Spencer Tracy - Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond

Judgment at Nuremberg

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:08:35 GMT

1961 ~ Maximilian Schell as Hans Rolfe Nominees: Charles Boyer - Fanny as Cesar Paul Newman - The Hustler as Eddie Felson Spencer Tracy - Judgment at Nuremberg as Chief Judge Dan Haywood Stuart Whitman - The Mark as Jim Fuller

To Kill a Mockingbird

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:09:46 GMT

1962 ~ Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch Nominees: Burt Lancaster - Birdman of Alcatraz as Robert Stroud Jack Lemmon - Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay Marcello Mastroianni - Divorce, Italian Style as Ferdinando Cefalù Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia as T. E. Lawrence

Lilies of the Field

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:11:48 GMT

1963 ~ Sidney Poitier as Homer Smith Nominees: Albert Finney - Tom Jones as Tom Jones Richard Harris - This Sporting Life as Frank Machin Rex Harrison - Cleopatra as Caesar Paul Newman - Hud as Hud Bannon

My Fair Lady

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:12:56 GMT

1964 ~ Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins Nominees: Richard Burton - Becket as Thomas à Becket Peter O'Toole - Becket as King Henry II Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek as Alexis Zorba Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove

Cat Ballou

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:14:53 GMT

1965 ~ Lee Marvin as Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn Nominees: Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold as Alec Leamas Laurence Olivier - Othello as Othello Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman Oskar Werner - Ship of Fools as Willie Schumann

A Man for All Seasons

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:16:05 GMT

1966 ~ Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More Nominees: Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming as Lt. Rozanov Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George Michael Caine - Alfie as Alfie Elkins Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles as Holman

In the Heat of the Night

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:17:07 GMT

1967 ~ Rod Steiger as Police Chief Bill Gillespie Nominees: Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde as Clyde Barrow Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate as Benjamin Braddock Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke as Luke Jackson Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Matt Drayton (posthumous nomination)

Charly

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:17:59 GMT

1968 ~ Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon Nominees: Alan Arkin - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as John Singer Alan Bates - The Fixer as Yakov Bok Ron Moody - Oliver! as Fagin Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter as Henry II

True Grit

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:19:30 GMT

1969 ~ John Wayne as Marshal Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn Nominees: Richard Burton - Anne of the Thousand Days as King Henry VIII Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy as Enrico Salvatore 'Ratso' Rizzo Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Arthur Chipping Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy as Joe Buck

Patton

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:27:35 GMT

1970 ~ George C. Scott as Gen. George S. Patton Jr. (declined) Nominees: Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison James Earl Jones - The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces as Robert Eroica Dupea Ryan O'Neal - Love Story as Oliver Barrett IV

The French Connection

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:30:19 GMT

1971 ~ Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle Nominees: Peter Finch - Sunday Bloody Sunday as Dr. Daniel Hirsh Walter Matthau - Kotch as Joseph P. Kotcher George C. Scott - The Hospital as Dr. Herbert Bock Topol - Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye

The Godfather

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:31:23 GMT

1972 ~ Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone (declined) Nominees: Michael Caine - Sleuth as Milo Tindle Laurence Olivier - Sleuth as Andrew Wyke Peter O'Toole - The Ruling Class as Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney Paul Winfield - Sounder as Nathan Lee Morgan

Save the Tiger

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:38:27 GMT

1973 ~ Jack Lemmon as Harry Stoner Nominees: Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris as Paul Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail as SM1 Billy 'Bad Ass' Buddusky Al Pacino - Serpico as Frank Serpico Robert Redford - The Sting as Johnny Hooker

Harry and Tonto

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:39:54 GMT

1974 ~ Art Carney as Harry Coombes Nominees: Albert Finney - Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot Dustin Hoffman - Lenny as Lenny Bruce Jack Nicholson - Chinatown as Jake 'J.J.' Gittes Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II as Don Michael Corleone

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:41:27 GMT

1975 ~ Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy Nominees: Walter Matthau - The Sunshine Boys as Willy Clark Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon as Sonny Wortzik Maximilian Schell - The Man in the Glass Booth as Arthur Goldman James Whitmore - Give 'em Hell, Harry! as Harry Truman

Network

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:42:26 GMT

1976 ~ Peter Finch as Howard Beale (posthumous win) Nominees: Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver as Travis Bickle Giancarlo Giannini - Seven Beauties as Pasqualino Frafuso William Holden - Network as Max Schumacher Sylvester Stallone - Rocky as Rocky Balboa

The Goodbye Girl

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:43:21 GMT

1977 ~ Richard Dreyfuss as Elliot Garfield Nominees: Woody Allen - Annie Hall as Alvy Singer Richard Burton - Equus as Martin Dysart Marcello Mastroianni - A Special Day as Gabriele John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero