Sunday 15 June 2014

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1958: Results

5. Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula - Lee is menacing with his vicious depiction of Dracula, but the film barely gives him anything to do. 

Best Scene: Dracula attacks.
4. Robert Donat in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness- The part is ripe for embarrassment but Donat avoids it by giving a likable and honest performance that avoids the pitfalls of such a part. 

Best Scene: The Mandarin's message to his people as the Japanese invade.
3. Richard Attenborough in Dunkirk- The film limits him too much but Attenborough still shines by giving humanity to the character of a man who profits from a war he does not support.

Best Scene: Holden helps his wife test out the infant gas mask.
2. Burl Ives in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Ives is fantastic as Big Daddy bringing the larger than life presence needed for such a character, but along with the genuine depth needed.

Best Scene: Big Daddy recounts the death of his own father.
1. Orson Welles in Touch of Evil - Good Predictions Kooo160, Mark, Michael Patison, RatedRStar, and Michael McCarthy. Technically I should give this to Ives if I was doing on who had the best year overall, and I also should do it if I rated it by Humphrey Bogart's measurement of acting which is rating two actors in the same role. Well Welles played a rip off of Big Daddy in a Long Hot Summer, and Ives wipes the floor with Welles if you compare those performances. I only go by the individual performances themselves though, and although it is close, the supporting performance that left the greatest impact on me was Welles's portrayal of Hank Quinlan. It's a great depiction of dirty cop, not just because he brings the menace and the decay of such a character, but also because he turns it into a tragic portrait of a potentially great man who has lost his way.

Best Scene: Quinlan visits Tanya
Overall Rank:
  1. Orson Welles in Touch of Evil
  2. Burl Ives in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  3. Burl Ives in The Big Country
  4. Anthony Quayle in Ice Cold in Alex
  5. Harry Andrews in Ice Cold in Alex
  6. Gunnar Björnstrand in The Magician 
  7. Richard Attenborough in Dunkirk
  8. Leslie French in Orders to Kill
  9. Lee J. Cobb in The Brothers Karamazov
  10. Gig Young in Teacher's Pet
  11. Richard Attenborough in The Man Upstairs
  12. Tulsi Lahiri in Jalsaghar
  13. Michel Simon in It Happened in Broad Daylight
  14. Philip Pine in Murder by Contract
  15. Herschel Bernardi in Murder By Contract
  16. Ganjirō Nakamura in Summer Clouds
  17. Trevor Howard in The Key
  18. Gérard Séty in Lovers of Montparnasse
  19. Tadeusz Fijewski in The Noose
  20. Myron McCormack in No Time For Sergeants
  21. Eddie Albert in Orders to Kill
  22. Lee Van Cleef in The Bravados
  23. Ernest Borgnine in The Vikings
  24. Stephen Boyd in The Bravados
  25. Lino Ventura in Lovers of Montparnasse
  26. Walter Matthau in King Creole
  27. Erich Maria Remarque in A Time to Love and A Time to Die
  28. Robert Donat in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
  29. Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula
  30. Klaus Kinski in A Time to Love and A Time To Die
  31. Ray Walston in Damn Yankees
  32. James Robertson Justice in Orders to Kill
  33. Joseph Calleia in Touch of Evil
  34. Lon Chaney Jr. in The Defiant Ones
  35. John Dehner in Man of the West
  36. Maximilian Schell in The Long Lions
  37. Murray Hamilton in No Time For Sergeants
  38. Robert Ryan in Lonelyhearts
  39. Dennis Weaver in Touch of Evil
  40. Leslie Nielsen in The Sheepman
  41. Thayer David in A Time to Love and a Time to Die
  42. Chishū Ryū in Equinox Flower
  43. Kieron Moore in The Key
  44. Richard Attenborough in Sea of Sand
  45. Gert Frobe in It Happened in Broad Daylight
  46. Robert Keith in The Lineup
  47. Harry Dean Stanton in The Proud Rebel
  48. Jean Desailly in Maigret Sets a Trap
  49. Paul Scofield in Carve Her Name With Pride
  50. Bengt Ekerot in The Magician
  51. Susumu Fujita in The Hidden Fortress
  52. Dean Jagger in The Proud Rebel
  53. Peter Sellers in Tom Thumb
  54. Terry Thomas in Tom Thumb
  55. Torin Thatcher in 7th Voyage of Sinbad
  56. Adam Pawlikowski in Ashes and Diamonds
  57. Ernest Thesiger in The Horse's Mouth
  58. Vic Morrow in King Creole
  59. Keenan Wynn in A Time to Love and a Time to Die
  60. Arthur O'Connell in Man of the West
  61. Ray Walston in South Pacific
  62. Akim Tamiroff in Touch of Evil
  63. Alan Young in Tom Thumb
  64. David Ladd in The Proud Rebel
  65. Richard Basehart in The Brothers Karamazov
  66. Akim Tamiroff in Me and the Colonel
  67. Kali Sarkar in Jalsagar
  68. Henry Silva in The Bravados
  69. Bernard Miles in Tom Thumb
  70. Jack Warner in Carve Her Name With Pride
  71. Jack Lord in Man of the West
  72. Albert Salmi in The Bravados
  73. Ernie Kovacs in Bell Book and Candle
  74. Valetin de Vargas in Touch of Evil
  75. Richard Jaeckel in The Lineup
  76. Jack Lemmon in Bell Book and Candle
  77. Royal Dano in Man of the West
  78. Tom Helmore in Vertigo
  79. Mike Morgan in The Horse's Mouth
  80. Robert Shafer in Damn Yankees
  81. Chuck Connors in The Big Country
  82. Takashi Shimura in The Hidden Fortress
  83. Lars Ekborg in The Magician
  84. Max von Sydow in The Brink of Life
  85. Vincent Price in The Fly
  86. Cecil Kellaway in The Proud Rebel
  87. Murray Hamilton in Houseboat
  88. Herbert Marshall in The Fly
  89. Nick Adams in No Time For Sergeants
  90. Dan O'Herilhy in Home Before Dark
  91. Lino Ventura in Elevator to the Gallows
  92. Theodore Bikel in The Defiant Ones
  93. Don Rickles in Run Silent Run Deep
  94. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Home Before Dark
  95. Rod Taylor in Separate Tables
  96. John Carradine in The Last Hurrah
  97. Jack Warden in Run Silent Run Deep
  98. James Donald in The Vikings
  99. Orson Welles in The Long, Hot Summer
  100. Albert Salmi in The Brothers Karamazov
  101. Michael Gough in The Horse's Mouth
  102. Charlton Heston in The Big Country
  103. Basil Rathbone in The Last Hurrah
  104. Michael Gough in Horror of Dracula
  105. Pat O'Brien in The Last Hurrah
  106. Stephen Chase in The Blob
  107. Brad Dexter in Run Silent Run Deep
  108. Robert Fields in The Blob
  109. Lee Van Cleef in The Long Lions
  110. Dean Martin in Some Came Running
  111. John Benson in The Blob
  112. Jack Carson in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  113. John Van Eyssen in Horror of Dracula
  114. Nick Adams in Teacher's Pet
  115. Ray Collins in Touch of Evil
  116. James Bonnet in The Blob
  117. Theodore Bikel in I Want to Live!
  118. Arthur Kennedy in Some Came Running 
  119. Earl Rowe in The Blob
  120. Maurice Chevalier in Gigi
  121. Jeffrey Hunter in The Last Hurrah
  122. Georges Poujouly in Elevators to the Gallows
  123. Charles McGraw in The Defiant Ones
  124. Harry Guardino in Houseboat
  125. Alfonso Bedoya in The Big Country
  126. Larry Gates in Some Came Running
  127. Curt Jurgens in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
  128. Charles Bickford in The Big Country
  129. Audie Murphy in The Quiet American
  130. Felipe Pazos Jr. in The Old Man and the Sea
  131. Keith Almoney in The Blob
  132. Anthony Franciosa in The Long, Hot Summer
Next Year:1979 lead

19 comments:

Robert MacFarlane said...

Alright, my winning request is... Billy Zane in Titanic. You said that you'd review bad performances if they're interesting. Well, this one certainly is interesting. As for 1979 contenders...

Graham Chapman in The Life of Brian
Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
Brad Dourif in Wise Blood

Matt Mustin said...

Suggestions for 79 lead:
Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre
Frank Langella in Dracula
Steve Martin in The Jerk
George C. Scott in Hardcore

RatedRStar said...

Klaus Kinski - Nosferatu The Vampyre
James Woods - The Onion Field
Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now
Graham Chapman - The Life of Brian
Brad Dourif in Wise Blood

So now I have two winning requests lol haha, I will let you know both of them soon Louis lol.

Anonymous said...

James Woods - The Onion Field

Luke Higham said...

Since I'll be going down to Cork, Ireland next Saturday, I'll suggest both lead & supporting.

Lead:
Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now
Klaus Kinski - Nosferatu
Graham Chapman - Life of Brian

Supporting:
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Fredric Forrest - Apocalypse Now
Dennis Hopper - Apocalypse Now
Ian Holm - Alien
John Hurt - Alien
Michael Palin - Life of Brian
Eric Idle - Life of Brian
Bruno Ganz - Nosferatu

Michael McCarthy said...

Martin Sheen-Apocalypse Now
Brad Dourif-Wise Blood
Mel Gibson-Mad Max
Ben Gazzara-Saint Jack
Michael Beck-Warriors

3 in a row! I'm gonna run out of picks haha, I guess I'll go with Montgomery Clift in Freud for 1962 Lead.

Luke Higham said...

RatedRStar: Your thoughts on
Uruguay - Costa Rica
England - Italy

RatedRStar said...

Uruguay were just plain bad, its proof that Edison Cavani cant carry a team on his own, the red card was just frustration, Costa Rica did well.

England started well but Italys Pirlo and Marchisio just dictated the midfield and Wayne Rooney and Leighton Baines were both poor.

Luke Higham said...

RatedRStar: Goal and Game of the Tournament so far.

RatedRStar said...

Van Persies header against Spain and Spain Vs Netherlands.


I am wondering which Hong Kong actors I will introduce to you all =D.

JackiBoyz said...

Happy Birthday Daniel =) x.

Luke Higham said...

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luke Higham said...

What a coincidence, I just had my 20th birthday today.

Happy Birthday RatedRStar

RatedRStar said...

Thank you =D =D, I am 22 lol.

markg said...

for 79 Lead Burt Reynolds in Starting Over,James Woods The Onion Field and Michel Serrault in La Cage Aux Folles.

Michael Patison said...

For 1979 Lead:
Graham Chapman in Life of Brian
Brad Dourif in Wise Blood
Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz
Mel Gibson in Mad Max
Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nick Nolte in North Dallas Forty
Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
James Woods in The Onion Field

For my request, Joseph Cotten in The Magnificent Ambersons for 1942 Supporting.

Michael Patison said...

What ratings would you give to Walston and Calleia?

Mark said...

I'm going for a trip down nostalgia lane. My request is 1990 Lead Actor- Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone

Louis Morgan said...

Michael Patison - I'd give Walston and Calleia a 3.5.