Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1963: Results

5. Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther- Sellers is by far the best part of his film giving a hilarious turn that steals every scene he is in.

Best Scene: Clouseau takes the witness stand. 

4. Donald Pleasence in The Great Escape- Pleasence adds a lot in his little turn giving one poignant portrait of a man who wants to escape a prison escape even when his eye sight begins to fade.

Best Scene: Blythe thanks Hendley. 

3. Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love- Shaw is a great Bond villain. He is great as the silent menace, but he is something really special when he finally opens his mouth.

Best Scene: Colonel Nash reveals himself to be Red Grant. 

2. Brandon De Wilde in Hud- De Wilde is essential to his film being the man in the middle and creates a powerful reactionary performance by showing both how he deals with the men around him and as well how they change him.

Best Scene: Lon reacts to Hud and Homer's fight. 

1. Tsutomu Yamazaki in High and Low- My win for the supporting this year also goes to the great film High and Low. Yamazaki's performance as a kidnapper is one that only gets better the more I think about it. Despite the limitations for most of his film he creates a great complex villain, but as well in his last scene somehow manages to be heartbreaking in his portrayal of a desperate man.

Best Scene: King Gondo meets with Ginjirô Takeuchi.

Overall Rank:

1. Tsutomu Yamazaki in High and Low
2. Melvyn Douglas in Hud
3. Brandon De Wilde in Hud
4. Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love
5. Donald Pleasence in The Great Escape
6. Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther
7. James Garner in The Great Escape
8. Tatsuya Nakadai in High and Low 
9. Claude Rains in Twilight Of Honor
10. Kenjiro Ishiyama in High and Low
11. Phil Silvers in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
12. Walter Matthau in Charade
13. Dick Shawn in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
14. James Donald in The Great Escape
15. Isao Kimura in High and Low
16. Spencer Tracy in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
17. Bobby Darin in Captain Newman M.D.
18. Pedro Armendáriz in From Russia With Love
19. Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
20. Stanley Adams in Lilies of the Field 
21. David Warner in Tom Jones
22. Johnathan Winters in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
23. Hugh Griffith in Tom Jones
24. John Huston in The Cardinal 
25. Nigel Green in Jason and the Argonauts 
26. Roddy McDowall in Cleopatra
27. Paul Lynde in Bye Bye Birdie
28. Robert Duvall in Captain Newman M.D.
29. Buddy Hackett in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 
30. Mickey Rooney in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
31. Charles Bronson in The Great Escape
32. John Leyton in The Great Escape
33. James Coburn in Charade 
34. Jesse Pearson in Bye Bye Birdie 
35. Peter Falk in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 
36. Eddie Anderson in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World   
37. Tatsuya Mihasi in High and Low  
38. Jim Backus in  It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 
39. Angus Lennie in The Great Escape
40. Tony Curtis in Captain Newman M.D.
41. Jimmy Durante in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World  
42. Sid Caesar in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
43. Gordon Jackson in The Great Escape
44. George Kennedy in Charade
45. Milton Berle in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 
46. Ned Glass in Charade
47. Nick Adams in Twilight of Honor
48. Ossie Davis in The Cardinal
49. Dan Frazer in Lilies of the Field
50. Heinz Weiss in The Great Escape
51. Peter Bull in Tom Jones
52. Jacques Marin in Charade 
53. George Devine in Tom Jones
54. Ralph Nelson in Lilies of the Field
55. James Coburn in The Great Escape
56. Cecil Kellaway in The Cardinal
57. Eddie Albert in Captain Newman, M.D.
58. Bobby Rydell in Bye Bye Birdie
59. Martin Landau Cleopatra
60. Hume Cronyn in Cleopatra
61. George Cole Cleopatra
62. Robert Wagner in The Pink Panther
63. Richard O'Sullivan in Cleopatra

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