Best Scene: General Bogan speaks with his Russian counterpart.
4. Nigel Green in Zulu- Green gives a strong performance as a career soldier who has the utmost conviction in his code.
Best Scene: Sergeant Bourne calls out the roster.
3. Fredric March in Seven Days in May- March gives possibly the best performance of his career in his assured and remarkable depiction of the President of the United States who must prevent a coup.
Best Scene: President Lyman confronts General Scott.
2. George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove- Scott's performance is pure comedic gold as an off the wall General who he appropriately plays in an off the wall fashion. Scott's whole performance is one great risk that completely pays off.
Best Scene: Turgidson gives his own thoughts on what they should do.
1. Sterling Hayden in Dr. Strangelove - Sterling Hayden gives a hilarious performance where he does not exactly play it straight nor does he play it funny, but whatever he does do it's perfect. My win is Hayden as I enjoyed his performance the most on this watch although if I watched it again I might switch over to Scott.
Best Scene: Ripper asks Mandrake about being tortured.
Overall Rank:
- Sterling Hayden in Dr. Strangelove
- George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove
- Fredric March in Seven Days in May
- Christopher Plummer in The Fall of the Roman Empire
- David Tomlinson in Mary Poppins
- Alan Bates in The Caretaker
- Shailen Mukherjee in Charulata
- Nigel Green in Zulu
- Frank Overton in Fail-Safe
- Keenan Wynn in Dr. Strangelove
- Karl Malden in Dead Ringer
- Gian Maria Volonté in A Fistful of Dollars
- Jack Hawkins in Zulu
- Burt Lancaster in Seven Days in May
- Dan O'Herlihy in Fail-Safe
- Patrick Magee in Zulu
- Wilfrid Brambell in A Hard Day's Night
- John Gielgud in Becket
- Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady
- Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove
- James Booth in Zulu
- Walter Matthau in Fail-Safe
- Lee Tracy in The Best Man
- Edmond O'Brien in Seven Days in May
- Peter Finch in The Girl with Green Eyes
- Umberto Spadaro in Seduced and Abandoned
- James Mason in The Fall of the Roman Empire
- Kei Satō in Onibaba
- James Stewart in Cheyenne Autumn
- John Mills in The Chalk Garden
- Tatsuya Nakadai in Kwaidan
- Anthony Franciosa in Rio Conchos
- Gert Fröbe in Goldfinger
- Robert Morley in Topkapi
- Robert Earl Jones in One Potato, Two Potato
- Larry Hagman in Fail-Safe
- Peter Bull in Dr. Strangelove
- Martin Balsam in Seven Days in May
- Trevor Howard in Father Goose
- Paul Scofield in The Train
- Aldo Puglisi in Seduced and Abandoned
- Ed Wynn in Mary Poppins
- Leo McKern in King & Country
- Gert van den Bergh in Zulu
- Dick Van Dyke in What a Way to Go
- James Coburn in The Americanization of Emily
- Alec Guinness in The Fall of the Roman Empire
- Lando Buzzanca in Seduced and Abandoned
- Percy Herbert in Guns at Batasi
- Cecil Kellaway in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Herbert Lom in A Shot in the Dark
- John Junkin in A Hard Day's Night
- José Calvo in A Fistful of Dollars
- Jack Hawkins in Guns at Batasi
- Errol John in Guns at Batasi
- John Houseman in Seven Days in May
- Melvyn Douglas in The Americanization of Emily
- Arthur O'Connell in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
- Robert Mitchum in What a Way to Go
- Yaphet Kotto Nothing But a Man
- John Leyton in Guns at Batasi
- Norman Rossington in A Hard Day's Night
- Victor Buono in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Ivor Emmanuel in Zulu
- Rentarō Mikuni in Kwaidan
- Gene Kelly in What a Way to Go
- Stanley Green in Nothing but a Man
- Donald Wolfit in Becket
- Andrew Duggan in Seven Days in May
- Akim Tamiroff in Topkapi
- Glynn Edwards in Zulu
- Dean Martin in What a Way to Go
- Peter Lawford in Dead Ringer
- Desmond Llewelyn in Goldfinger
- Patrick Magee in Seance on a Wet Afternoon
- Yuri Tolubeyev in Hamlet
- Dom Deluise in Fail-Safe
- Takashi Shimura in Kwaidan
- James Mason in The Pumpkin Eater
- Felix Aylmer in The Chalk Garden
- Eli Wallach in Kisses for My President
- James Earl Jones in Dr. Strangelove
- Mikhail Nazvanov in Hamlet
- Joseph Cotten in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Edmond O'Brien in Rio Conchos
- George Sanders in A Shot in the Dark
- George Macready in Dead Ringers
- Sotiris Moustakas in Zorba the Greek
- Kevin McCarthy in The Best Man
- David Kernan in Zulu
- Richard Attenborough in The Third Secret
- Katsuo Nakamura in Kwaidan
- James Ward in The Night of the Iguana
- Jack Weston in The Incredible Mr. Limpet
- Shelley Berman in The Best Man
- Bernard Lee in Goldfinger
- Martin Gabel in Marnie
- David Weston in Becket
- Bruce Dern in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Richard Mulligan in One Potato, Two Potato
- Mark Eden in Seance on a Wet Afternoon
- Jean Servais in That Man From Rio
- Bruce Dern in Marnie
- Arthur Kennedy in Cheyenne Autumn
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart in The Last Man on Earth
- John Henry Falk in The Best Man
- Harold Sakata in Goldfinger
- Stuart Whitman in Rio Conchos
- Wilfrid Hyde-White in My Fair Lady
- Paul Newman in What a Way to Go
- Leon Ames in The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
- Joseph Egger in A Fistful of Dollars
- Hugh Marlowe in Seven Days in May
- Anthony Eisley in The Naked Kiss
- Norm Grabowski in The Misadventure of Merlin Jones
- Matthew Garber in Mary Poppins
- Fritz Weaver in Fail-Safe
- Paolo Stoppa in Becket
- Jeremy Brett in My Fair Lady
- Vincent Beck in Santa Clause Conquers the Martians
- Bill McCutcheon in Santa Clause Conquers the Martians
- Carl Don in Santa Clause Conquers the Martians
16 comments:
1955...
Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter
James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
Henry Fonda in Mr. Roberts
Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch
Toshiro Mifune in I Live in Fear
Robert Mitchum - Night Of The Hunter
Henry Fonda - Mister Roberts
James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause
Alec Guinness - The Ladykillers
Toshiro Mifune - I Live In Fear
Wow! Didn't expect Hayden to beat Scott.
For 1955:
James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
Henry Fonda in Mister Roberts
Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers
Toshiro Mifune in I Live in Fear
Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter
Also possible:
Ernesto Alonso in The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls
Glenn Ford in Blackboard Jungle
Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief
Alec Guinness in The Prisoner
Rock Hudson in All That Heaven Allows
Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly
Toshiro Mifune in Samurai III
GAHHHHH WHY DIDN"T I JUST PICK HAYDEN???
Anyway...
Robert Mitchum-The Night of the Hunter
James Dean-Rebel Without a Cause
Toshiro Mifune-I Live in Fear
Paul Meurisse-Diabolique
Alec Guinness-The Ladykillers
Robert Mitchum - Night Of The Hunter
Henry Fonda - Mister Roberts
James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause
Alec Guinness - The Ladykillers
Toshiro Mifune - I Live In Fear
Would Ustinov have kept his win if you had kept him in Supporting, Louis?
Ah... of course you didn't see James Mason in THE PUMPKIN EATER then. Another great role of his.
Oh, you did! And Finch is in your leading line-up now.
Louis, what did you think of Daniel Bruhl in Rush
Mark: I suppose would have, but there is nothing supporting about his character.
Anonymous: I have not watched Rush yet.
What did you make to The Train?
I thought it was a pretty good action film with a very solid lead performance by Burt Lancaster.
What sort of rating would you give to everybody else in your Top 10?
Also, you accidentally linked the results, Green, Scott, and Overton to Best Actor instead of Best Supporting Actor.
Michael: 4.5 for one scene wonder Wynn. 4 for the rest (although Volonté could probably get an upgrade if I ever see the Italian version of Fistful).
When I do my lists of the actual Oscar and Golden Globe nominees, I usually check out to compare with your list. I notice you didn't rank Cyril Delevanti in "The Night of the Iguana". Why is that?
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