Monday 2 December 2013

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1981: Results

5. John Lithgow in Blow Out- Lithgow gives an interesting turn as a hired killer who accomplishes his dirty job by pretending to be a murderous psychopath.

Best Scene: Burke explains his actions to his superior.
4. Paul Freeman in Raiders of the Lost Ark- Freeman gives an effective performance that makes Belloc the shadow to Indiana Jones.

Best Scene: "This, this is history"
3. Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice- Brimley steals his whole film through his assured performance that basically wraps up the plot for his film.

Best Scene: His scene.
2. Bill Hunter in Gallipoli- Hunter gives a strong performance giving humanity to a man who continues with a futile and fatal charge because it is his order to do so.

Best Scene: Major Barton proceeds with the final charge.
1. Robert Prosky in Thief- Prosky gives my favorite supporting performance of 1981, apologies once again to my seemingly perpetual number 2 Jack Nicholson, by delivering a fantastic performance as a warm genial older man which hides the vicious gangster beneath.  

Best Scene: Leo threatens Frank.
Overall Rank:
  1. Nicol Williamson in Excalibur
  2. Robert Prosky in Thief
  3. Jack Nicholson in Reds
  4. John Gielgud in Arthur
  5. Ian Holm in Chariots of Fire
  6. Howard Rollins in Ragtime
  7. Bill Hunter in Gallipoli 
  8. Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice
  9. Griffin Dunne in An American Werewolf in London
  10. Dennis Hopper in Out of the Blue
  11. David Warner in Time Bandits
  12. Paul Freeman in Raiders of the Lost Ark 
  13. Lee Van Cleef in Escape From New York
  14. Mickey Rourke in Body Heat 
  15. Sean Connery in Time Bandits 
  16. Willie Nelson in Thief
  17. John Gielgud in Chariots of Fire 
  18. John Lithgow in Blow Out
  19. Gianfrancesco Guarnieri in They Don't Wear Black Tie
  20. Rutger Hauer in Nighthawks
  21. James Woods in Eyewitness
  22. Jerry Orbach in Prince of the City
  23. Michael Ironside in Scanners
  24. Brad Dourif in Ragtime
  25. Michael Palin in Time Bandits 
  26. Nigel Havers in Chariots of Fire
  27. Kjell Nilsson in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 
  28. Harry Dean Stanton in Escape From New York  
  29. Bruce Spence in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  30. Christopher Walken in Pennies From Heaven
  31. Burgess Meredith in Clash of the Titans 
  32. Herbert Grönemeyer in Das Boot
  33. Patrick McGoohan in Scanners
  34. Bill Kerr in Gallipoli
  35. Donald Pleasence in Escape From New York
  36. Kenny Baker in Time Bandits 
  37. Nicholas Farrell in Chariots of Fire 
  38. Robert Grubb in Gallipoli
  39. Lindsay Anderson in Chariots of Fire
  40. John Cleese in Time Bandits
  41. Warren Oates in Stripes
  42. Nigel Davenport in Chariots of Fire
  43. Bob Balaban in Absence of Malice 
  44. Ralph Richardson in Time Bandits
  45. Sean Penn in Taps
  46. James Coco in Only When I Laugh
  47. Michael Lerner in The Postman Always Rings Twice
  48. Max von Sydow in Victory
  49. John Rhys Davies in Raiders of the Lost Ark
  50. Tom Cruise in Taps
  51. Brion James in Southern Comfort
  52. Patrick Magee in Chariots of Fire
  53. Vernel Bagneris in Pennies From Heaven
  54. Paul Geoffrey in Excalibur
  55. Christopher Plummer in Eyewitness
  56. Topol in For Your Eyes Only
  57. John Woodvine in An American Werewolf in London
  58. Michael Preston in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  59. Fred Ward in Southern Comfort
  60. Ralph Richardson in Dragonslayer
  61. Ernest Borgnine in Escape From New York 
  62. David Rappaport in Time Bandits
  63. Kenneth McMillan in Whose Life Is It Anyways?
  64. James Cagney in Ragtime
  65. Alan Bates in Quartet
  66. Burgess Meredith in True Confessions
  67. Struan Rodger in Chariots of Fire 
  68. Pierce Brosnan in The Long Good Friday
  69. Ian Holm in Time Bandits
  70. John Colicos in The Postman Always Rings Twice
  71. Kenneth McMillan in True Confessions
  72. Ronald Lacey in Raiders of the Lost Ark
  73. David Argue in Gallipoli 
  74. Peter Egan in Chariots of Fire 
  75. Don Gordon in Out of the Blue
  76. Isaac Hayes in Escape From New York
  77. Barney Martin in Arthur
  78. David Yelland in Chariots of Fire
  79. Gene Hackman in Reds 
  80. Milton Gonçalves in They Don't Wear Black Tie
  81. Alfred Molina in Raiders of the Lost Ark
  82. Charles Durning in True Confessions
  83. James Olson in Ragtime
  84. Julian Glover in For Your Eyes Only
  85. Bob Balaban in Whose Life Is It Anyways?
  86. Dabney Coleman in On Golden Pond
  87. Ted Danson in Body Heat
  88. Everett McGill in Quest for Fire
  89. Ron Pearlman in Quest for Fire
  90. James Belushi in Thief
  91. John Cassavetes in Whose Life Is It Anyways?
  92. John Candy in Stripes
  93. Nicholas Clay in Excalibur
  94. Dennis Farina in Thief
  95. Denholm Elliot in Raiders of the Lost Ark 
  96. Cyril Cusack in True Confessions
  97. J.A. Preston in Body Heat
  98. Paul Sorvino in Reds
  99. Gregory Hines in History of the World Part I
  100. Robert Addie in Excalibur
  101. Dennis Franz in Blow Out 
  102. Brad Davis in Chariots of Fire
  103. Laurence Olivier in Clash of the Titans
  104. Vernon Wells in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  105. Dennis Christopher in Chariots of Fire
  106. Liam Neeson in Excalibur
  107. Stephen Elliot in Arthur
  108. Tom Signorelli in Thief
  109. Michael Caine in Victory
  110. Kenneth McMillian in Heartbeeps
  111. Randy Quaid in Heartbeeps
  112. John Larroquette in Stripes
  113. Gabriel Byrne in Excalibur
  114. Patrick Stewart in Excalibur
  115. Doug McKeon in On Golden Pond 
  116. Pele in Victory
  117. Edward Hermann in Reds
  118. Don Hood in Absence of Malice
  119. Orson Welles in Butterfly
  120. Harry Goz in Mommie Dearest
  121. Michael Edwards in Mommie Dearest
Next Year: 1964 lead

13 comments:

RatedRStar said...

Richard Burton - Night Of The Iguana
Peter Sellers - A Shot In The Dark
Dirk Bogarde - King and Country
Tony Randall - The 7 Faces Of Dr Lao
Michael Caine - Zulu

JackiBoyz said...

Peter Sellers - A Shot In The Dark
Tom Courtenay - King and Country
Dirk Bogarde - King and Country
Michael Caine - Zulu
Sean Connery - Marnie

Michael Patison said...

Richard Attenborough in Guns at Batasi
Dirk Bogarde in King and Country
Michael Caine in Zulu
Tom Courtenay in King and Country
Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars
Tony Randall in The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Maciej said...

1.Clint Eastwood - A Fistful of Dollars
2.Richard Burton - The Night of the Iguana
3.Alan Bates - Zorba the Greek
4.Dick van Dyke - Mary Poppins
5.Cliff Robertson - The Best Man

Mark said...

Well, the way I like to award Oscars is by ranking all of the performances together, not going by year. So, in my fantasy world, you still give Jack Nicholson Oscars for OFOTCN, Five Easy Pieces, Reds, etc...

RatedRStar said...

In my fantasy universe its quite different. heres how it goes.

George Clooney never existed and died at birth.
Jonah Hill never received an Oscar nomination.
Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier had a punch-up in a bar.
Clifton Webb and John Gielgud were a couple.
Louis Morgan had a giant white beard and wore an orange robe.
Claude Rains beat Harold Russell.
I won a boxing match against Joaquin Phoenix.
Benedict Cumberbatch used his face to cut down trees.
Michael Fassbender received an Oscar nomination every single year just for sneezing into a cup.


RatedRStar said...

oh and I got married to Ben Whishaw =D.

Michael McCarthy said...

Jack ;'( it's just not fair.

Michael McCarthy said...

Also, how could George Clooney have died at birth if he never existed?

RatedRStar said...

I thought Jack losing was fair lol and basically George died when he came out the womb, so he might as well have never existed =).

Grady Tripp said...

Didn't you like Erwin Leder's performance in DAS BOOT? He's my favorite supporting actor in the film (I have Grönemeyer as co-lead).

Louis Morgan said...

I thought he was fine, but he did not leave that much of an impression on me.

BRAZINTERMA said...

Nicol Williamson - Excalibur
Alan Bates - Quartet
James Woods - Eyewitness
Rod Steiger - The Chosen
Griffin Dunne - An American Werewolf in London