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