Friday, March 23, 2012

Best Actor: 1960s

1960: Jack Lemmon, The Apartment
Oscar winner: Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry
Was he nominated?: Yes


1961: Sidney Poitier, A Raisin in the Sun
Oscar winner: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
Was he nominated?: No

1962: Gunnar Bjornstrand, Winter Light
Oscar winner: Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Was he nominated?: No

1963: Marcello Mastroianni, 8 1/2
Oscar winner: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
Was he nominated?: No

1964: Richard Burton, The Night of the Iguana
Oscar winner: Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
Was he nominated?: No (nominated for Becket)

1965: Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Oscar winner: Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
Was he nominated?: Yes

1966: Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Oscar winner: Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons
Was he nominated?: Yes

1967: Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke
Oscar winner: Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night
Was he nominated?: Yes

1968: Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter
Oscar winner: Cliff Robertson, Charly
Was he nominated?: Yes

1969: Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy
Oscar winner: John Wayne, True Grit
Was he nominated?: Yes

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