Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1954: Results

5. Clifton Webb in Three Coins in a Fountain- Webb is a bit wasted in his film, but he does well to create a warmer take on his most frequent role as a snobbish intellectual.

Best Scene: Shadwell confesses both his love and the fact that he is dying. 

4. Raymond Burr in Rear Window- Burr certainly gets help from his director, but in very key moments his performance as well amplifies power of his character within the film.

Best Scene: Thorwald notices Jeff.

3. Fred MacMurray in The Caine Mutiny- MacMurray makes for an excellent villain playing the part with such charm that he tricks you into thinking that he is not even the villain.

Best Scene: Keefer suggests the officers mutiny. 

2. Peter Lorre in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- Lorre is a very likable and lends some very nice lighthearted relief in his film as the endearing sidekick Conseil.

Best Scene: Any scene between Conseil and Ned Land.

1. Van Johnson in The Caine Mutiny-Johnson gives the best performance not nominated for an Oscar this year through his moving down to earth portrayal of a man who tries to do the right thing despite tremendous pressures all around him.

Best Scene: Maryk takes the stand in his court martial. 

Overall Rank:

1. Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai 
2. Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny
3. Rod Steiger in On the Waterfront
4. Lee J. Cobb in On the Waterfront
5. Karl Malden in On The Waterfront
6. Alastair Sim in An Inspector Calls
7. Fredric March in Executive Suite
   
8. Peter Finch in The Detective
9. Van Johnson in The Caine Mutiny
10. Peter Lorre in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
11. Kuroemon Onoe in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
12. Richard Basehart in La Strada
13. Fred MacMurray in The Caine Mutiny
14. Raymond Burr in Rear Window
15. Van Johnson in Brigadoon 
16. Geoffrey Keen in Carrington V.C
17. John Williams in Dial M For Murder  
18. Eitaro Shindo in The Crucified Lovers
19. Jose Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny 
20. Geoffrey Keen in Doctor in the House
21. Louis Calhern in Executive Suite
22. Clifton Webb in Three Coins in a Fountain
23. Edmund Gwenn in Them!
24. Rene Dary in  Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
25. John Williams in Sabrina 
26. Allen Cuthbertson in Carrington V.C
27. Brian Worth in An Inspector Calls
28. Robert Cummings in Dial M For Murder
29. Minoru Chiaki in Seven Samurai
30. Bryan Forbes in An Inspector Calls
31. Isao Kimura in Seven Samurai  
32. Lee Marvin in The Raid
33. Emile Meyer in Riot in Cell Block 11
34. Broderick Crawford in Human Desire
35. John Hamilton in On the Waterfront 
36. Paul Fix in The High and the Mighty
37. Walter Pidgeon in Executive Suite 
38. Otto Kruger in Magnificent Obsession
39. Seiji Miyaguchi in Seven Samurai
40. Pat Henning in On the Waterfront 
41. Alexander Knox in The Divided Heart
42. Yoshio Inaba in Seven Samurai 
43. Lino Ventura in Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
44. Robert Newton in The High and the Mighty 
45. Geoffrey Keen in The Divided Heart
46. James Robertson Justice in Doctor in the House
47. Walter Brennan in The Far Country
48. Paul Douglas in Executive Suite
49. Rentaro Mikuni in Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
50. Richard Widmark in Broken Lance
51. Ernest Borgnine in Johnny Guitar
52. Donald Houston in Doctor in the House
53. Arthur Young in An Inspector Calls
54. Walter Hampden in Sabrina
55. Dean Jagger in Executive Suite 
56. Edmond O'Brien in The Barefoot Contessa
57. Wendell Corey in Rear Window 
58. Brock Peters in Carmen Jones
59. Harry Morgan in The Glenn Miller Story 
60. Charles Bronson in Vera Cruz
61. Ernest Borgnine in Vera Cruz 
62. Robert Stack in The High and the Mighty
63. Paul Muller in Journey to Italy
64. John McIntire in The Far Country
65. William Holden in The Country Girl 
66. Cesar Romero in Vera Cruz 
67. Jack Carson in Phffft
68. Dean Jagger in White Christmas
69. Charles Bickford in A Star is Born 
70. Cecil Parker in The Detective 
71. E.G. Marshall in Broken Lance
72. Russ Tamblyn in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
73. Noah Beery Jr. in The Black Dakotas
74. Rory Calhoun in River of No Return
75. Tom Tully in The Caine Mutiny
76. Sidney Blackmer in The High and the Mighty
77. Louis Jordan in Three Coins in a Fountain
78. Jack Carson in A Star is Born 
79. John Broomfield in The Black Dakotas
80. Rossano Brazzi in Three Coins in a Fountain

Next Year:  1993 supporting