Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1971: Results

5. Bruce Dern in Drive, He Said- Dern does not have much of a part but he does make himself the best part of his film through his energetic performance.

Best Scene: The Coach reorganizes his team at half time.

4. Jack Albertson in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory- Albertson gives a nice warm supportive turn even if he is overshadowed by Gene Wilder for a large chunk of the film.

Best Scene: Grandpa Joe surprises Charlie with a Wonka bar.

3. Fernando Rey in The French Connection- Rey's is a minimalistic performance that realizes his French crime lord as an effective villain.

Best Scene: Frog one waves Popeye goodbye.

2. Andy Robinson in Dirty Harry- Robinson is a great villain by being both incredibly pathetic and exceptionally threatening.

Best Scene: Harry tortures Scorpio.

1. John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place- Good Predictions Mark, Moviefilm, and Michael McCarthy. This was a landslide victory for John Hurt as I did not have to think twice to give the win to him for his absolutely devastating performance as man who faces one tragedy after another that perfectly complements the terrifying lead performance by Richard Attenborough. I can sort of understand the academy's oversight of Attenborough because of their timidness for completely despicable characters, but there was no excuse for ignoring Hurt especially with the filler nominations given to Leonard Frey and Richard Jaeckel.

Best Scene: Timothy finds his wife after the murder.

Overall Rank:

1. John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place 
2. Donald Pleasence in Wake in Fright
3. Andy Robinson in Dirty Harry
4. Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show
5. Alain Delon in Red Sun
6. Eddie Axberg in The Emigrants 
7. Ian McShane in Villain
8. Fernando Rey in The French Connection
9. Jack Albertson in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 
10. Jeff Bridges in The Last Picture Show
11. Roy Scheider in The French Connection
12. Tom Baker in Nicholas and Alexandra
13. John Huston in Man in the Wilderness
14. Max von Sydow in The Touch
15. Bruce Dern in Drive, He Said
16. Donald Pleasence in THX 1138
17. Roy Kinnear in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 
18. Jack MacGowran in King Lear
19. Ian Hendry in Get Carter 
20. Edward Fox in The Go-Between
21. Hugh Millais in McCabe & Mrs. Miller
22. Laurence Olivier in Nicholas and Alexandra
23. Cyril Cusack in King Lear
24. Patrick McGoohan in Mary, Queen of Scots
25. Patrick Magee in A Clockwork Orange
26. John Osborne in Get Carter
27. Patrick Magee in King Lear 
28. Percy Herbert in Man in the Wilderness
29. Trevor Howard in Mary, Queen of Scots
30. Michael Gothard in The Devils
31. David Battley in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 
32. Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection
33. David Warner in Straw Dogs   
34. David Gulpilil in Walkabout
35. Ian Holm in Nicholas and Alexandra
36. Nigel Davenport in Mary, Queen of Scots
37. Murray Melvin in The Devils 
38. Nigel Davenport in Villain 
39. Michael Redgrave in The Go-Between
40. David Warbeck in Duck, You Sucker!
41. Reni Santoni in Dirty Harry 
42. Alan Bates in The Go-Between
43. Paul Mann in Fiddler on the Roof 
44. Eddie Egan in The French Connection
45. Chips Rafferty in Wake in Fright
46. Bryan Mosley in Get Carter 
47. Graham Armitage in The Devils
48. Godfrey Quigley in A Clockwork Orange 
49. Pierre Lindstedt in The Emigrants
50. Bill Hickman in The French Connection
51. John Vernon in Dirty Harry
52. Aubrey Woods in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 
53. John Stride in Macbeth
54. Tony Lo Bianco in The French Connection
55. Jack Thompson in Wake in Fright
56. Charles Cioffi in Shaft
57. Roy Scheider in Klute
58. Peter Vaughan in Straw Dogs 
59. Raul Julia in The Panic in Needle Park
60. John McEnery in Nicholas and Alexandra 
61. Timothy Dalton in Mary, Queen of Scots
62. Frederic de Pasquale in The French Connection 
63. Art Garfunkel in Carnal Knowledge
64. Anthony Sharp in A Clockwork Orange  
65. Jack Hawkins in Nicholas and Alexandra
66. Richard Bright in The Panic in Needle Park 
67. Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever
68. John Larch in Dirty Harry 
69. Michael Bates in A Clockwork Orange
70. Charles Cioffi in Klute 
71. Leonard Frey in Fiddler on the Roof
72. Martin Shaw in Macbeth
73. John Mitchum in Play Misty For Me 
74. John Meillon in Wake in Fright
75. Philip Stone in A Clockwork Orange
76. John Mitchum in Dirty Harry
77. Gunter Meisner in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
78. T.P. McKenna in Straw Dogs
79. Robert Towne in Drive, He Said  
80. Harry Guardino in Dirty Harry
81. Rene Auberjonois in McCabe & Mrs. Miller 
82. Moses Gunn in Shaft
83. Romolo Valli in Duck, You Sucker!
84. Paul Glaser in Fiddler on the Roof
85. Clu Gulager in The Last Picture Show 
86. Dudley Sutton in The Devils 
87. Alan Vint in The Panic in Needle Park 
88. David Prowse in A Clockwork Orange
89. Paris Themmen in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
90. Warren Clarke in A Clockwork Orange
91. Leonard Stone in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
92. Randy Quaid in The Last Picture Show
93. Michael Bollner in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
94. Timothy West in Nicholas and Alexandra
95. Charles Tyner in Harold and Maude
96. Harry Andrews in Nicholas and Alexandra
97. Barnard Hughes in The Hospital 
98. Terence Bayler in Macbeth 
99. Roderic Noble in Nicholas and Alexandra
100. Murray Head in Sunday Bloody Sunday
101. Charles Aidman in Kotch
102. Josef Summer in Dirty Harry
103. Michael Margotta in Drive, He Said
104. Elliot Gould in The Touch

Next Year: 1999 lead