Alternate Best Actor 1955: Results

5. James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause- Despite his overacted first scene Dean gives an effective performance relying on his unique charisma.

Best Scene: Jim tries to save Plato.

4. Alec Guinness in The Prisoner- This a disjointed work, but Guinness gives a powerful turn nevertheless.

Best Scene: The Cardinal breaks down.

3. Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers- Guinness gives a very enjoyable performance in his peculiar creation. 

Best Scene: Professor Marcus double crosses Louie.

2. Toshiro Mifune in I live in Fear- Mifune, despite being quite miscast as a seventy year old, gives a powerful portrayal of a debilitating fear.

Best Scene: Nakajima looks on as another man states facts about nuclear fallout.

1. Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter- Good predictions Mark, Maciej, Kevin. Robert Mitchum gives perhaps his best performance. Mitchum gives a brilliantly stylistic turn in his creation of the charming, passionate and sadistic Harry Powell. The year overall came right down to the evil preacher and the good butcher. I'll give Mitchum the win for the moment, but a re-watch of Marty could possibly swing things Borgnine's way as they both give great performances.

Best Scene: Powell prepares for a murder.

Overall Rank:

1. Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter
2. Ernest Borgnine in Marty
3. Laurence Olivier in Richard III
4. Spencer Tracy in Bad Day At Black Rock
5. James Dean in East of Eden
6. Toshiro Mifune in I Live in Fear
7. Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers
8. Masayuki Mori in Floating Clouds
9. Jean Servais in Rififi
   
10. Alec Guinness in The Prisoner
11. Danny Kaye in the Court Jester
    
12. Fredric March in The Desperate Hours
13. James Stewart in The Man From Laramie
14. Dirk Bogarde in Cast a Dark Shadow
    
15. Toshiro Mifune in Samurai II 
16. Curd Jurgens in The Devil's General
    
17. Broderick Crawford in Il Bidone
    
18. Gunnar Björnstrand in Smiles of a Summer Night
19. Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch
    
20. Henry Fonda in Mister Roberts
21. James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
22. Dilip Kumar in Devdas 
23. Richard Basehart in Il Bidone
    
24. Henrik Malberg in Ordet
    
25. Richard Todd in The Dam Busters 
26. Jean Gabin in French Cancan
    
27. Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner
28. Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief 
29. Peter Ustinov in We're No Angels
    
30. Humphrey Bogart in We're No Angels
    
31. Humphrey Bogart in The Desperate Hours 
32. Michael Redgrave in The Dam Busters 
33. Cornel Wilde in The Big Combo
    
34. Glenn Ford in Blackboard Jungle
35. Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly
36. James Cagney in Love Me or Leave Me
37. Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma 
38. Rock Hudson in All That Heaven Allows
    
39. Glenn Ford in Trial
40. Edmund Gwenn in The Trouble With Harry
41. John Forsythe in The Trouble With Harry 
42. Larry Roberts in Lady and the Tramp
    
43. Subir Banerjee in Pather Panchali
    
44. Jack Palance in The Big Knife
45. Frank Sinatra in Guys and Dolls
    
46. Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls 
47. Jamie Smith in Killer's Kiss
    
48. William Holden in Picnic
49. Robert Arden in Mr. Arkadin
    
50. Frank Sinatra in The Man with the Golden Arm
51. Glenn Ford in Interrupted Melody
    
52. Jack Webb in Pete Kelly's Blues
    
53. William Holden in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
54. Aldo Ray in We're No Angels
55. Elroy Hirch in Unchained
    
56. Bela Lugosi in Bride of the Monster 
57. Billy Chapin in The Night of the Hunter 
58. Josef Lukáš in Journey to the Beginning of Time
    
59. Petr Herrmann in Journey to the Beginning of Time
60. Zdeněk Husták in Journey to the Beginning of Time
61. Vladimír Bejval in Journey to the Beginning of Time
62. Tony McCoy in Bride of the Monster

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