Friday 23 May 2014

Alternate Best Actor 1961: Results

5. Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun- Poitier tends go a little more theatrical at times than he needs to but for the most part Poitier gives an effective performance as a character that is far from the heroic roles he usually played.

Best Scene: The opening scene.
4. Clark Gable in The Misfits- Gable gives a moving portrayal of a individualistic cowboy past his prime that is worthy of being his swan song.

Best Scene: Gay goes to recapture the horses.
3. Dirk Bogarde in Victim- Although I do wish the film let Borgarde explore his character a little more, Bogarde still gives a powerful portrayal of a repressed homosexual.

Best Scene: Melville Farr reveals the truth to his wife.
2. James Cagney in One, Two, Three- James Cagney gives a very entertaining and incredibly energetic performance that could not be a better fit for the screwball comedy he leads.

Best Scene: MacNamara tries to solve all his problems in a few hours.
1. Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo - Well I did not even need to have a second to think of my favorite performance by a leading actor from 1961. This is one of the very best performances from Toshiro Mifune creating one of the most memorable heroes in cinema.

Best Scene: The Final Duel.
Overall Rank:
  1. Tatsuya Nakadai - The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
  2. Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo
  3. Stuart Whitman in The Mark
  4. Paul Newman in The Hustler
  5. Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce, Italian Style 
  6. James Cagney in One, Two, Three
  7. Dirk Bogarde in Victim
  8. Clark Gable in The Misfits
  9. Peter Cushing in Cash on Demand
  10. Alberto Sordi in A Difficult Life
  11. Vincent Price in The Pit and Pendulum
  12. Jean-Paul Belmondo in Leon Morin, Priest
  13. Anthony Quinn in Barabbas
  14. Marcello Mastroianni in La Notte
  15. Andre Morell in Cash on Demand
  16. Keiju Kobayashi Happiness of Us Alone
  17. Kirk Douglas in Town Without Pity
  18. Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
  19. Spencer Tracy in Judgment At Nuremberg
  20. Alberto Sordi in The Best of Enemies
  21. David Niven in The Best of Enemies
  22. Masayuki Mori in The Other Woman
  23. Rock Hudson in Lover Come Back
  24. Tatsuya Nakadai in Immortal Love
  25. Peter Finch in No Love For Johnnie
  26. Franco Citti in Accattone
  27. Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone
  28. Anthony Perkins in Goodbye Again
  29. Toshiro Mifune in The Important Man
  30. Ebbe Rode in Harry and the Butler
  31. Marc Michel in Lola
  32. Loredana Detto in Il Posto
  33. Osvald Helmuth in Harry and the Butler
  34. Edward Judd in The Day the Earth Caught Fire
  35. Giorgio Albertazzi in Last Year in Marienbad
  36. Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass
  37. Yves Montand in Goodbye Again
  38. Marlon Brando in One Eyed Jacks
  39. Rod Taylor in 101 Dalmatians
  40. Burt Lancaster in The Young Savages
  41. Richard Widmark in Two Rode Together
  42. Alec Guinness in A Majority of One
  43. Cliff Robertson in Underworld USA
  44. Fred MacMurray in The Absent Minded Professor
  45. Charlton Heston in El Cid
  46. James Stewart in Two Rode Together
  47. Jeffrey Hunter in King of Kings
  48. George Peppard in Breakfast At Tiffany's
  49. Richard Beymer in West Side Story
  50. John Kerr in The Pit and Pendulum
  51. Hiroyuki Nagato in Pigs & Battleships
  52. Glenn Ford in Pocketful of Miracles
  53. Horst Buchholz in Fanny
  54. Warren Beatty in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Next Year: 1961 Supporting

13 comments:

John Smith said...

What will next year be?

Maciej said...

Suggestions:

Burt Lancaster - Judgement at Nuremberg
Eli Wallach - The Misfits
Montgomery Clift - The Misfits

I'd also love to see you destroy Mickey Rooney's blatantly racialy insensitive work in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Luke Higham said...

Tatsuya Nakadai - Yojimbo
Takashi Shimura - Yojimbo
Eli Wallach - The Misfits
Rod Steiger - The Mark
Anthony Quinn - Guns of Navarone

Luke Higham said...

Also
Burt Lancaster in Judgment at Nuremberg

RatedRStar said...

I dont care that Rooney passed away, I think he is a shit actor and a complete twat as well and his performance in Breakfast At Tiffanys cemented that status


Burt Lancaster - Judgement At Nuremburg
Tatsuya Nakadai - Yojimbo
Eli Wallach - The Misfits
Lawrence Naismith - Greyfriars Bobby
Anthony Quinn - Guns Of Navarone

Robert MacFarlane said...

Burt Lancaster in Judgement At Nuremburg
Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo
Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's (I too want to see this annihilated)
Eli Wallach in The Misfits
Anthony Quinn in Guns of Navarone

Anonymous said...

Maybe consider Russ Tamblyn in West Side Story - or maybe someone from Breakfast At Tiffany's?

Michael McCarthy said...

What were your rating and thoughts on Mastroianni in La Notte? And I have no new suggestions for supporting.

Anonymous said...

Louis what are your thoughts on Goodbye Again and One Eyed Jacks?

Anonymous said...

Louis can you please review Karl Malden's performance from One Eyed Jacks for 62 supporting. His performance is similar to Hackman's in Unforgiven. Both characters are similar.

Louis Morgan said...

Michael: Mastroianni - 4(Often it seems like he is the ideal director's actor and that certainly is the case here. He does not stand out in the way he does in his best performance, that I have seen, Divorce Italian Style but he really fulfills his role completely and works in tandem with the direction of the film)

Anonymous:

Goodbye again is a perfectly fine film. The story is fine the acting is fine, the look of it is all fine. It does not really distinguish itself in anyway, but it's completely fine.

One Eyed Jacks is notable as Marlon Brando's only directorial effort but he's no Charles Laughton. Although I think would put him above Jack Nicholson. There is some intelligence behind the camera evident and Brando does bring a certain style to the proceedings. The story could be stronger though and its pace is far too ponderous.

Michael Patison said...

For 1961 Supporting:
Burt Lancaster in Judgment at Nuremberg
Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo
David Niven or Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone
Max von Sydow in Through a Glass Darkly
Eli Wallach in The Misfits

Vincent said...

Loredana Detto is an actress.