Monday 17 May 2010

Best Actor 1964

 And the Nominees Were:

Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady

Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek

Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove

Peter O'Toole in Becket

Richard Burton in Becket

Who do you Predict? Who do you Pick?

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really like Anthony Quinn's performance....I think he'd be my pick.

joe burns said...

Interesting year to me! But I've only seen Harrison.

Fritz said...

I really love Rex! Can't wait to see what you think of him!

Louis Morgan said...

Joe Burns: You really should see the other nominees Joe. The films are great.

Fritz: Is he your pick?

Malcolm said...

I have only seen Harrison and Sellers. Harrison didn't impress me, but he was so fun to watch.

Anyway, I'm predicting it's gonna be either Sellers or O' Toole.

augie6 said...

I've seen all these performances many times--it was a great year for acting. I'll have to go with Sexy Rexy(as he was called in those days)--a combination of singing(even though he talks his songs, he does it superbly) and acting-he creates a true English professor with much more than what was in the script.

Tom said...

I agree, this was an amazing year. I can't imagine anyone else in this role but Rex Harrison. Then again, the other performances were all perfect as well. Fritz, I don't envy you - this is a tough year to pick just one winner. I don't think I could do it!

Tom said...

Sorry, I meant Louis!! lol

Unknown said...

In ur opinion wat wud u say r the top ten best acting performances of the 1960s

Louis Morgan said...

1. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia
2. Laurence Olivier - The Entertainer
3. Eli Wallach - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
4. Tatsuya Nakadai - The Sword of Doom
5. Tsutomu Yamazaki - High and Low
6. Toshiro Mifune - High and Low
7. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
8. Jason Robards - Once Upon a Time in The West
9. Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo
10. Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in The West

Unknown said...

Wat about anthony perkins in psycho

Louis Morgan said...

He would be in the top 20.

Unknown said...

Wat wud be ur 11-20

Louis Morgan said...

11. Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter
12. Sterling Hayden - Dr. Strangelove
13. George C. Scott - Dr. Strangelove
14. Anthony Perkins - Psycho
15. Montgomery Clift - Judgment At Nuremberg
16. Lee Van Cleef - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
17. Richard Attenborough - Guns at Batsi
18. Paul Newman - Hud
19. Terence Stamp - The Collector
20. Peter Ustinov - Topkapi