Alternate Best Actor 1948: Results

5. Orson Welles in Macbeth- Although there may be a little more to be desired from his vocal portrayal, Welles's silent portrayal of Macbeth is good.

Best Scene: Macbeth finally understands the prophecy. 

4. Lamberto Maggiorani in Bicycle Thieves- Maggiorani gives a simple but effective performance that serves the purpose of his film well.

Best Scene: Antonio becomes a thief himself. 

3. Ralph Richardson in The Fallen Idol-Richardson gives a strong performance showing both the idol a child would see, but as well the lonely sad man an adult would see.

Best Scene: Baines tells Phillipe about his African adventure. 

2. Toshiro Mifune in Drunken Angel- Mifune gives a great early performance by accentuating the foolishness in pride but as well suggesting the underlying possibility of redemption.

Best Scene: Matsunaga finds out about the real "honor" of the Yakuza.

1. Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre- Good Prediction Psifonian feel free to name a year and a performance. Bogart in this film gives his very best performance powerfully and believably portraying the slow descent of a somewhat decent drifter to a pathetic gold obsessed mad man.

Best Scene: Dobbs tries to find Curtin.

Overall Rank:

1. Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock
2. Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
4. Toshiro Mifune in Drunken Angel
5. Takashi Shimura in Drunken Angel
6. Ralph Richardson in The Fallen Idol
7. Ray Milland in The Big Clock
8. James Stewart in Call Northside 777 
9. Rex Harrison in Unfaithfully Yours
10. Joseph Cotten in Portrait of Jennie 
11. Robert Mitchum in Blood on the Moon
12. Lamberto Maggiorani in Bicycle Thieves
13. Montgomery Clift in The Search
14. John Wayne in 3 Godfathers 
15. Gregory Peck in Yellow Sky
16. Richard Attenborough in London Belongs to Me
17. Orson Welles in Macbeth
18. John Wayne in Red River
19. Montgomery Clift in Red River
20. Barry Fitzgerald in The Naked City
21. Anton Walbrook in The Red Shoes 
22. Jean Marais in Les Parents Terribles
23. Tim Holt in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 
24. Henry Fonda in Fort Apache  
25. John Garfield in Force of Evil
26. Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty
27. Ivan Jandl in The Search 
28. Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda
29. Richard Conte in Cry of the City 
30. Cary Grant in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
31. Richard Attenborough in The Guinea Pig 
32. Dean Stockwell in The Boy with the Green Hair
33. John Wayne in Fort Apache 
34. Edmund Moeschke in Germany Year Zero
35. Humphrey Bogart in Key Largo
36. Tyrone Power in Luck of the Irish
37. John Dall in Rope
38. Farley Granger in Rope
39. Bobby Henrey in The Fallen Idol
40. John Howard Davies in Oliver Twist
41. Don Taylor in The Naked City
42. Bud Abbott in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
43. Robert Young in Sitting Pretty
44. Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles At Me
45. Bob Hope in The Paleface 
46. John Lund in A Foreign Affair
47. Mark Stevens in The Street With No Name
48. Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

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