Tuesday 22 October 2013

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1944: Results

5. Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios- Greenstreet does his master of exposition quite well here and does explore the little depth in his character well.

Best Scene: Mr. Peters searches Cornelius's room.
4. William Demarest in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek- Demarest gives a hilarious portrayal as the reactive face of exasperation at the absurd events during the film.

Best Scene: The constable tries to get Norval to escape from the jail.
3. Peter Lorre in Arsenic and Old Lace- Lorre gives a very funny comedic turn that steals his film in almost a weasel like fashion.

Best Scene: Dr. Einstein tries to warn Mortimer.
2. William Bendix in Lifeboat-William Bendix gives a heartbreaking portrayal of the degradation of his character in both body and soul.

Best Scene: Gus prepares for his amputation.
1. Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity- Good prediction Psifonian, Mark and koook160. Well this year was no contest for me and I love William Bendix's and Barry Fitzgerald's performances as well really like plenty of other performances this year too. There is just no question for me that Edward G. Robinson gives the best supporting performance of 1944. He is on every second he is on screen giving an extremely entertaining and even rather moving portrayal of a claims adjuster who can see everything except what is directly in front of him.

Best Scene: All of his scenes.
Overall Rank:
  1. Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity
  2. Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way
  3. William Bendix in Lifeboat
  4. Peter Lorre in Arsenic and Old Lace
  5. Clifton Webb in Laura
  6. Hume Cronyn in The Seventh Cross
  7. Heinrich Gretler in Marie-Louise
  8. Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios
  9. Walter Slezak in Lifeboat
  10. Vincent Price in Laura
  11. William Demarest in Hail the Conquering Hero
  12. Henry Hull in Lifeboat 
  13. Monty Woolley in Since You Went Away
  14. Stig Jarrel in Torment 
  15. Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady
  16. Eric Portman in A Canterbury Tale
  17. Charles Laughton in The Canterville Ghost
  18. Dan Duryea in Ministry of Fear
  19. Walter Brennan in To Have and Have Not
  20. Barry Fitzgerald in None but the Lonely Heart 
  21. Thomas Mitchell in The Keys to the Kingdom 
  22. Walter Slezak in Till We Meet Again 
  23. Raymond Massey in Arsenic and Old Lace 
  24. Harry Davenport in Meet Me in St. Louis 
  25. Thomas Gomez in Phantom Lady
  26. Donald Crisp in National Velvet
  27. Otto Kruger in Murder, My Sweet
  28. Donald Crisp in The Uninvited 
  29. Emilio Cigoli in The Children Are Watching Us
  30. Henry Travers in None Shall Escape
  31. Dan Duryea in The Woman in the Window  
  32. Mike Mazurki in Murder, My Sweet
  33. Dan Seymour in To Have and Have Not
  34. Frank McHugh in Going My Way
  35. Joseph Cotten in Gaslight  
  36. Leon Ames in Meet Me In St. Louis
  37. Thomas Mitchell in Wilson
  38. Hume Cronyn in Lifeboat
  39. Robert Mitchum in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
  40. John Hodiak in Lifeboat  
  41. John Alexander in Arsenic and Old Lace 
  42. Canada Lee in Lifeboat 
  43. John Mills in This Happy Breed
  44. Edward Everett Horton in Arsenic and Old Lace
  45. Charles Coburn in Wilson 
  46. Robert Walker in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
  47. Alan Napier in The Uninvited
  48. Spencer Tracy in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
  49. Robert Walker in Since You Went Away 
  50. Erskine Sanford in Ministry of Fear
  51. Porter Hall in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 
  52. Ray Collins in The Seventh Cross
  53. William Frawley in Going My Way 
  54. Joseph Cotten in Since You Went Away
  55. Raymond Massey in The Woman in the Window
  56. James Gleason in Arsenic and Old Lace
  57. Alan Napier in Ministry of Fear
  58. Vincent Price in The Keys to the Kingdom
  59. Gene Lockhart in Going My Way
  60. Felix Alymer in Henry V
  61. Vincent Price in Wilson 
  62. Elisha Cook Jr. in Phantom Lady
  63. Porter Hall in Double Indemnity
  64. Stanley Clements in Going My Way
  65. Cedric Hardwicke in The Lodger
  66. Porter Hall in Going My Way
  67. Jack Carson in Arsenic and Old Lace
  68. Hoagy Carmichael in To Have and Have Not 
  69. Allan Curtis in Phantom Lady
  70. Takashi Shimura in The Most Beautiful
  71. Walter Abel in Mr. Skeffington 
  72. Tom Powers in Double Indemnity
  73. James Brown in Going My Way
  74. Bill Edwards in Hail the Conquering Hero
  75. Bryon Barr in Double Indemnity
  76. Richard Waring in Mr. Skeffington
Next Year: 1971 Supporting

10 comments:

RatedRStar said...

Fernando Rey - The French Connection
Andrew Robinson - Dirty Harry
Jack Albertson - Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
Ian Hendry - Get Carter
John Hurt - 10 Rillington Place

Michael Patison said...

Jack Albertson in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Bernard Cribbins in The Railway Children
Bruce Dern in Drive, He Said
John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place
Fernando Rey in The French Connection
Andy Robinson in Dirty Harry

Mark said...

Hey, I made a correct prediction as well.

Louis Morgan said...

Sorry about that, the post has been corrected.

Mark said...

Thank you. 1995 Supporting- Kevin Spacey in Seven. After you do 1999.

JamDenTel said...

Jack Albertson - Willy Wonka
Fernando Rey - French Connection
Murray Head - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Andy Robinson - Dirty Harry
Donald Pleasance - Wake In Fright

Also worth mention: David Gulpilil in Walkabout, Art Garfunkel in Carnal Knowledge, and Moses Gunn in Shaft. Honestly, though, this was kind of a weak year for this category.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Alright, my request is for a performance I haven't even seen yet. I request Ken Ogata in The Ballad of Narayama for 1983 Best Actor. I have a friend who swears by this performance.

Michael McCarthy said...

John Hurt-10 Rillington Place
Andrew Robinson-Dirty Harry
Fernando Rey-The French Connection
Jack Albertson-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Idk who else...

Michael McCarthy said...

Ohhhh maybe someone from McCabe & Mrs. Miller! Even if you don't wanna review anyone from that you should still give it a look, it's fantastic.

Psifonian said...

1. John Hurt, 10 Rillington Place (already claimed it!)
2. Bruce Dern, Drive, He Said
3. David Culpilil, Walkabout
4. Andy Robinson, Dirty Harry
5. Jack Albertson, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory