Alternate Best Actor 1945: Results

5. Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter- Although overshadowed by Celia Johnson Howard still fulfills his part well through his considerable charm and honest chemistry with her.

Best Scene: Alec and Laura declare their love for one another.

4. Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven- Best his actual nominated work in every way through his adequate work for most of the film and his powerful performance at the end.

Best Scene: His courtroom testimony.

3. James Mason in The Seventh Veil- Although his role is very limited Mason still steals it through his ability to make his character's bitterness something truly palatable.

Best Scene: Nicholas ignores Francesca's marriage plans.

2. Edward G. Robinson in Scarlet Street-Robinson gives a moving depiction of a meek man abused to the point of insanity.

Best Scene: Christopher is haunted in his room.

1. Jean-Louis Barrault in Children of Paradise- Barrault gives a wonderful portrayal of both his character's stage portrayal of a romantic mime, but as well the subtle differences found in the equally romantic and charming but much more flawed real man off the stage.

Best Scene: Baptiste recreates a mugging through a pantomime.

Overall Rank:

1. Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend
2. Laird Cregar in Hangover Square
   
3. Pierre Brasseur in Children of Paradise 
   
4. Jean-Louis Barrault in Children of Paradise 
5. Claude Rains in Caesar and Cleopatra
6. Edward G. Robinson in Scarlet Street
7. James Mason in The Seventh Veil
8. Roger Livesey in I Know Where I'm Going
   
9. Aldo Fabrizi in Rome, Open City  
10. Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter
    
11. Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven
12. Errol Flynn in Objective, Burma!
13. Robert Donat in Vacation From Marriage
    
14. Basil Rathbone in The House of Fear
    
15. Edward G. Robinson in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
16. Rex Harrison in Blithe Spirit
17. Georg Rydeberg in Two People
    
18. Denjuro Okochi in The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
19. Marcello Pagliero in Rome, Open City
20. Robert Walker in The Clock 
21. Joseph Cotton in Love Letters 
22. Mervyn Johns in Pink String and Ceiling Wax
    
23. Henry Danielle in The Body Snatcher
    
24. James Cagney in Blood on the Sun
    
25. Susumu Fujita in Sanshiro Sugata Part II
26. Nigel Bruce in The House of Fear
27. Burgess Meredith in The Story of G.I. Joe 
28. Danny Kaye in Wonder Man
    
29. Robert Montgomery in They Were Expendable
30. John Wayne in They Were Expendable
31. Humphrey Bogart in Conflict  
32. Raymond Rouleau in Paris Frills
33. Paul Bernard in Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
    
34. Zachary Scott in The Southerner 
35. Robert Young in The Enchanted Cottage
    
36. Robert Walker in What's Next Corporal Hargrove?
37. Dana Andrews in Fallen Angel
    
38. Dick Haymes in State Fair
39. Paul Muni in A Song to Remember 
    
40. Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh
41. Gregory Peck in The Valley of Decision
    
42. Stanley Clements in Salty O'Rourke
    
43. Alan Ladd in Salty O'Rourke
    
44. Tom Neal in Detour 
45. John Garfield in Pride of the Marines
    
46. Lawrence Tierney in Dillinger
    
47. Bing Crosby in The Bells of Saint Mary's 
48. Lloyd Nolan in The House on 92nd Street
    
49. Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember
50. Dennis Morgan in Christmas in Connecticut
51. Arturo de Cordova in A Medal for Benny 
    
52. Gregory Peck in Spellbound
53. Russell Wade in The Body Snatcher
    
54. Hurt Hatfield in The Picture of Dorian Gray
    
55. William Eythe in The House on 92nd Street
    

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