Alternate Best Actor 1947: Results

5. Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife- Grant never falters in his portrayal of a just about perfect character. He brings a great deal of charm, and wit to the role that makes it an absolutely winning performance.

Best Scene: Dudley first meets the Bishop.

4. Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past- Mitchum gives a strong commanding performance that perfectly fits his world weary on screen persona.

 Best Scene: Jeff finds out Kathie has come back to Whit.

3. Rex Harrison in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir- Harrison is terrific in his role bring both mysterious as well as quite humorous in the role of the titular entity.

Best Scene: The ghost complains about the cause of his death.

2. Charlie Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux- Chaplin finds just the right tone to brings the life his cynical but also humorous serial killer who treats his murders as just a normal job.

Best Scene:  Verdoux defends his murders.

1. Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock- There was no question here of who was the very best of year with Attenborough tremendous performance as a young thug. Attenborough gives a striking performance that never strives from the harsh truths of his character.

Best Scene: Pinky's hit goes wrong.

Overall Rank:

1. James Mason in Odd Man Out 
   
2. Pierre Fresnay in Monsieur Vincent
3. Ronald Colman in A Double Life
4. Tyrone Power in Nightmare Alley
5. Charlie Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux
6. Takashi Shimura in Snow Trail
7. Rex Harrison in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8. Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past
9. Isao Numasaki in One Wonderful Sunday
10. Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife
11. Claude Rains in The Unsuspected 
12. Bernard Blier in Quai des Orfèvres
13. Robert Montgomery in Ride The Pink Horse 
14. Cary Grant in The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
15. James Cagney in 13 Rue Madeleine
16. Robert Mitchum in Pursued
17. Edward G. Robinson in The Red House
18. Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street
19. David Niven in The Bishop's Wife
20. William Powell in Life With Father
21. Burt Lancaster in Brute Force
22. John Garfield in Body and Soul
23. Orson Welles in the Lady From Shanghai
24. John Payne in Miracle on 34th Street
25. Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passage 
26. William Powell in The Song of the Thin Man
27. Danny Kaye in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
28. Michael Redgrave in Mourning Becomes Electra  
29. Joseph Cotten in The Farmer's Daughter 
30. Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill
31. Dana Andrews in Boomerang! 
32. Fred MacMurray in The Egg and I
33. Victor Mature in Kiss of Death
34. Dick Powell in Johnny O'Clock
35. Robert Young in Crossfire 
36. Robert Ryan in The Woman on the Beach
37. Gregory Peck in The Paradine Case
38. Lon McCallister in The Red House
39. Gregory Peck in Gentleman's Agreement

Next Year: 1965