Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1961: Results

5. Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone - Quinn gives a solid performance that overcomes his technical miscasting far more effectively than his co-stars. 

Best Scene: His introduction.

4. Burt Lancaster in Judgment in Nuremberg - Lancaster might not give the best performance in the film, but he still gives a powerful portrayal of a man consumed by despair.

Best Scene: Janning's speech.

3. Eli Wallach in The Misfits - Wallach technically has probably the most thankless role out of the main cast, but is quite remarkable by giving such a honest portrayal of his character.

Best Scene: Guido tells Roslyn about his wife.

2.  Karl Malden in One-Eyed Jacks - Malden is easily the highlight of his film giving a striking performance where he cleverly subverts his usual unassuming screen presence.

Best Scene: Dad and his men confront Rio.

1. Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo - Good Prediction Michael McCarthy. Nakadai gives a great and so brilliantly smug villainous turn that perfectly complements Toshiro Mifune's heroic turn.

Best Scene: The Final Duel.

Overall Rank:

1. Montgomery Clift in Judgment At Nuremberg
2. Maximilian Schell in Judgment At Nuremberg
3. Martin Stephens in The Innocents
4. Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo 
5. Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
6. George C. Scott in The Hustler
7. Murray Melvin in A Taste of Honey
8. Karl Malden in One-Eyed Jacks
9. Nakamura Ganjirō II in The End of Summer 
10. Eli Wallach in The Misfits
11. Burt Lancaster in Judgment At Nuremberg
12. Montgomery Clift in The Misfits
13. Leo McKern in The Day the Earth Caught Fire
14. Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone
15. Alan Bates in Whistle Down the Wind
16. Soumitra Chatterjee in Teen Kanya
17. Max von Sydow in Through the Glass Darkly
18. Rod Steiger in The Mark
19. Anil Chatterjee in Teen Kanya
20. Hans Lothar in One, Two, Three
21. Myron McCormick in The Hustler
22. Sacha Pitoeff in Last Year At Marienbad
23. David Niven in The Guns of Navarone
24. Francisco Rabal in Viridiana
25. Tony Randall in Lover Come Back
26. Tatsuya Nakadai in The Other Woman
27. Gunnar Björnstrand in Through the Glass Darkly
28. Frank Thring in King of Kings
29. Bernard Lee in Whistle Down the Wind
30. Eijirō Tōno in Yojimbo
31. Brian Keith in The Parent Trap
32. Ron Randell in King of Kings
33. Keiji Sada in Immortal Love
34. Robert Stephens in A Taste of Honey
35. Pat Hingle in Splendor in the Grass
36. Keiju Kobayashi in The End of Summer
37. J. Pat O'Malley in 101 Dalmatians
38. Fernando Rey in Viridiana   
39. Chishū Ryū in The End of Summer
40. Hisaya Morishige in The End of Summer
41. Ikio Sawamura in Yojimbo
42. Donald Houston in The Mark
43. Richard Widmark in Judgment At Nuremberg
44. Murray Hamilton in The Hustler
45. Robert Ryan in King of Kings
46. Anthony Carbone in The Pit and the Pendulum
47. John Wengraf in Judgment At Nuremberg
48. Derren Nesbitt in Victim
49. Bernhad Wicki in La Notte
50. Hurd Hatfield in King of Kings
51. Lars Passgard in Through the Glass Darkly
52. Norman Bird in Victim
53. Robert Blake in Town Without Pity
54. Daisuke Katō in The End of Summer
55. Benson Fong in Flower Drum Song
56. Stanley Holloway in No Love For Johnnie
57. Donald Pleasence in No Love For Johnnie
58. Mervyn Johns in No Love For Johnnie
    
59. Geoffrey Keen in No Love For Johnnie
    
60. Dennis Price in no Love For Johnnie
61. James Shigeta in Flower Drum Song
62. David Frankham in 101 Dalmatians
63. Peter McEnery in Victim
    
64. Jack Soo in Flower Drum Song
65. Anthony Quayle in The Guns of Navarone
66. Seizaburo Kawazu in Yojimbo
67. Kali Banerjee in Teen Kanya
68. Ned Glass in West Side Story
69. Takashi Shimura in Yojimbo
70. Peter Falk in Pocketful of Miracles
71. Michael Redgrave in The Innocents
72. James Garner in The Children's Hour
73. Donald Wolfit in The Mark
74. Christopher Lee in taste of Fear
75. Thurl Ravenscroft in 101 Dalmatians
76. Keenan Wynn in The Absent-Minded Professor
77. Dennis Price in Victim
78. Ronald Lewis in Taste of Fear
79. Edward Everett Horton in Pocketful of Miracles
80. Stanley Adams in Breakfast At Tiffany's
81. Ben Wright in 101 Dalmatians 
82. John Fiedler in A Raisin in the Sun
83. Tommy Kirk in The Absent-Minded Professor
84. Thomas Mitchell in Pocketful of Miracles 
85. Russ Tamblyn in West Side Story 
86. Richard Harris in The Guns of Navarone
87. Martin Balsam in Breakfast At Tiffany's
88. Peter Wyngarde in The Innocents
89. Kevin McCarthy in The Misfits
90. Charles Boyer in Fanny
91. Buddy Epsen in Breakfast At Tiffany's
92. Alan Scott in Lola
93. Ben Johnson in One-Eyed Jacks
94. Simon Oakland in West Side Story
95. William Shatner in Judgement At Nuremberg
96. Stanley Baker in The Guns of Navarone
97. Arthur O'Connell in Pocketful of Miracles
98. Slim Pickens in One-Eyed Jacks
99. George Chakiris in West Side Story
100. Leon Ames in The Absent-Minded Professor
101. Tucker Smith in West Side Story
102. Horst Buchholz in One, Two, Three
103. Maurice Chevalier in Fanny
104. Mickey Rooney in Breakfast At Tiffany's

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