Want to know the best Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners? How about the worst Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners? Curious about Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners box office grosses or which Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which one got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place because we have all of that information.
Drivel Part: (That is what my wife calls this part of the page). A few years ago, we wrote three movie pages on Oscar winners: Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress. Originally we had intended on doing more Oscar winners pages….we sadly dropped the ball on that thought process. Well with the calendar turning to November, and our favorite time of the year officially starting….”Movie Award Season” we figured we would finally revisit these movie subjects. Our favorite Best Supporting Actor trivia? Michael Caine is one of 7 different actors to win more than one Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Those 7 actors are Walter Brennan (3 wins), Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Jason Robards, Christoph Waltz and Caine
Since 1936, there have been over 80 Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners. This page will rank Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winning movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. If you use the sort and search buttons the massive table becomes very interactive.
Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners Can Be Ranked 5 Ways In The Table Below
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) AA Best Picture Win |
Robert DeNiro | 47.5 | 274.1 | 541.00 | 9 | 94 | 11 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | All About Eve (1950) AA Best Picture Win |
George Sanders | 8.9 | 198.9 | 282.30 | 9 | 92 | 14 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Ben-Hur (1959) AA Best Picture Win |
Hugh Griffith | 58.8 | 1,056.7 | 2,725.00 | 1 | 91 | 12 / 11 | 100.0 | |
| 4 | Unforgiven (1992) AA Best Picture Win |
Gene Hackman | 101.2 | 262.8 | 413.40 | 11 | 92 | 09 / 04 | 100.0 | |
| 5 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) AA Best Picture Win |
Harold Russell | 19.3 | 595.2 | 965.60 | 1 | 90 | 08 / 07 | 99.9 | |
| 6 | Oppenheimer (2023) AA Best Picture Win |
Robert Downey Jr. | 329.9 | 329.9 | 975.80 | 5 | 88 | 13 / 07 | 99.9 | |
| 7 | The Deer Hunter (1978) AA Best Picture Win |
Christopher Walken | 49.0 | 225.6 | 225.60 | 9 | 87 | 09 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 8 | Terms of Endearment (1983) AA Best Picture Win |
Jack Nicholson | 108.4 | 371.0 | 371.00 | 2 | 83 | 11 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 10 | How Green Was My Valley (1941) AA Best Picture Win |
Donald Crisp | 9.7 | 372.6 | 372.60 | 3 | 81 | 10 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 9 | From Here to Eternity (1953) AA Best Picture Win |
Frank Sinatra | 30.9 | 555.3 | 555.30 | 2 | 81 | 13 / 08 | 99.9 | |
| 11 | West Side Story (1961) AA Best Picture Win |
George Chakiris | 41.3 | 602.1 | 1,188.90 | 2 | 80 | 11 / 10 | 99.8 | |
| 12 | Ordinary People (1980) AA Best Picture Win |
Timothy Hutton | 54.8 | 227.1 | 227.10 | 12 | 82 | 06 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 13 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) AA Best Picture Win |
Morgan Freeman | 100.5 | 174.4 | 376.30 | 24 | 90 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 14 | Going My Way (1944) AA Best Picture Win |
Barry Fitzgerald | 17.1 | 575.9 | 575.90 | 1 | 75 | 10 / 07 | 99.8 | |
| 15 | The Life of Emile Zola (1937) AA Best Picture Win |
Joseph Schildkraut | 7.7 | 319.8 | 660.20 | 7 | 72 | 10 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 16 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Heath Ledger | 533.3 | 800.8 | 1,506.00 | 1 | 95 | 08 / 02 | 99.7 | |
| 17 | Cabaret (1972) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joel Grey | 61.4 | 389.1 | 389.10 | 5 | 85 | 10 / 08 | 99.7 | |
| 18 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
Karl Malden | 13.7 | 295.7 | 295.70 | 4 | 85 | 12 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 19 | The Fugitive (1993) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tommy Lee Jones | 183.9 | 478.8 | 960.50 | 3 | 90 | 07 / 01 | 99.6 | |
| 21 | No Country for Old Men (2007) AA Best Picture Win |
Javier Bardem | 74.3 | 116.4 | 268.90 | 36 | 92 | 08 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 20 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ben Johnson | 39.7 | 259.6 | 259.60 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 22 | Sayonara (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
Red Buttons | 24.6 | 473.0 | 706.90 | 3 | 83 | 10 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 23 | Spartacus (1960) | Peter Ustinov | 31.7 | 495.5 | 495.50 | 2 | 91 | 06 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 24 | All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jason Robards | 90.9 | 460.1 | 460.10 | 4 | 83 | 08 / 04 | 99.5 | |
| 25 | Django Unchained (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christoph Waltz | 162.8 | 220.5 | 572.60 | 15 | 88 | 05 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 26 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Edmund Gwenn | 7.2 | 208.7 | 208.70 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 27 | Good Will Hunting (1997) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robin Williams | 138.4 | 325.1 | 530.60 | 7 | 83 | 09 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 28 | Twelve O'Clock High (1949) AA Best Picture Nom |
Dean Jagger | 9.2 | 229.8 | 229.80 | 13 | 86 | 04 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 29 | Mister Roberts (1955) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jack Lemmon | 21.4 | 444.2 | 499.60 | 4 | 88 | 03 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 30 | Traffic (2000) AA Best Picture Nom |
Benicio Del Toro | 124.1 | 248.2 | 415.00 | 15 | 81 | 05 / 04 | 99.2 | |
| 32 | Stagecoach (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
Thomas Mitchell | 5.0 | 191.3 | 298.80 | 30 | 83 | 07 / 02 | 99.2 | |
| 31 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cuba Gooding Jr. | 154.0 | 375.5 | 667.20 | 4 | 82 | 05 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 33 | Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) AA Best Picture Win |
Ke Huy Quan | 76.9 | 78.7 | 113.50 | 25 | 91 | 11 / 07 | 99.1 | |
| 34 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston | 6.1 | 163.1 | 290.40 | 45 | 90 | 04 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 36 | The More the Merrier (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
Charles Coburn | 5.1 | 184.8 | 271.60 | 57 | 82 | 06 / 01 | 98.8 | |
| 37 | The Big Country (1958) | Burl Ives | 10.6 | 191.2 | 191.20 | 11 | 89 | 02 / 01 | 98.8 | |
| 35 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) | James Dunn | 8.3 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 28 | 86 | 02 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 39 | Mystic River (2003) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tim Robbins | 90.1 | 161.1 | 280.40 | 33 | 87 | 06 / 02 | 98.5 | |
| 38 | The Untouchables (1987) | Sean Connery | 76.3 | 210.3 | 513.60 | 6 | 83 | 04 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 41 | Green Book (2018) AA Best Picture Win |
Mahershala Ali | 85.1 | 100.7 | 376.40 | 36 | 83 | 05 / 03 | 98.4 | |
| 40 | An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) | Louis Gossett Jr. | 128.5 | 471.0 | 471.00 | 3 | 78 | 06 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 42 | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Brad Pitt | 142.5 | 167.7 | 437.80 | 20 | 79 | 10 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 43 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | George Kennedy | 18.2 | 162.6 | 162.60 | 15 | 93 | 04 / 01 | 98.4 | |
| 44 | Arthur (1981) | John Gielgud | 107.7 | 417.6 | 417.60 | 3 | 78 | 04 / 02 | 98.2 | |
| 45 | Hud (1963) | Melvyn Douglas | 14.3 | 179.1 | 179.10 | 18 | 79 | 07 / 03 | 97.8 | |
| 46 | Goodfellas (1990) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joe Pesci | 46.8 | 119.4 | 119.40 | 26 | 95 | 06 / 01 | 97.7 | |
| 47 | The Barefoot Contessa (1954) | Edmond O'Brien | 9.4 | 221.0 | 221.00 | 28 | 77 | 02 / 01 | 97.4 | |
| 48 | Julia (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jason Robards | 35.3 | 170.6 | 170.60 | 26 | 71 | 11 / 03 | 97.4 | |
| 49 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale | 93.6 | 127.8 | 176.40 | 35 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 97.1 | |
| 51 | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | Kevin Kline | 62.5 | 163.9 | 163.90 | 12 | 86 | 03 / 01 | 96.9 | |
| 50 | Cocoon (1985) | Don Ameche | 76.1 | 231.1 | 259.10 | 6 | 73 | 02 / 02 | 96.8 | |
| 53 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom |
Michael Caine | 35.4 | 102.8 | 102.80 | 30 | 90 | 07 / 03 | 96.1 | |
| 52 | Johnny Eager (1941) | Van Heflin | 6.4 | 247.9 | 370.80 | 12 | 72 | 01 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 54 | The Killing Fields (1984) AA Best Picture Nom |
Haing S. Ngor | 34.7 | 111.3 | 111.30 | 26 | 85 | 07 / 03 | 95.8 | |
| 56 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Christoph Waltz | 120.5 | 173.3 | 462.00 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 55 | City Slickers (1991) | Jack Palance | 124.0 | 317.6 | 458.40 | 5 | 69 | 01 / 01 | 95.4 | |
| 57 | Ryan's Daughter (1970) | John Mills | 44.4 | 308.6 | 308.60 | 7 | 62 | 04 / 02 | 94.5 | |
| 58 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) AA Best Picture Nom |
Alan Arkin | 59.9 | 98.1 | 164.70 | 51 | 88 | 04 / 02 | 94.5 | |
| 59 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) | Gig Young | 16.9 | 128.0 | 128.00 | 20 | 81 | 09 / 01 | 94.4 | |
| 60 | Being There (1979) | Melvyn Douglas | 29.0 | 124.5 | 124.50 | 32 | 88 | 02 / 01 | 94.3 | |
| 61 | Bridge of Spies (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
Mark Rylance | 72.3 | 92.5 | 211.60 | 39 | 88 | 06 / 01 | 94.1 | |
| 62 | Kentucky (1938) | Walter Brennan | 7.0 | 279.5 | 279.50 | 12 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.9 | |
| 63 | The Cider House Rules (1999) AA Best Picture Nom |
Michael Caine | 57.5 | 122.6 | 188.60 | 41 | 76 | 07 / 02 | 93.8 | |
| 64 | Moonlight (2016) AA Best Picture Win |
Mahershala Ali | 27.9 | 34.7 | 81.10 | 96 | 80 | 08 / 03 | 93.6 | |
| 65 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sam Rockwell | 54.5 | 65.5 | 189.30 | 52 | 90 | 07 / 02 | 93.0 | |
| 66 | The Westerner (1940) | Walter Brennan | 3.5 | 134.2 | 134.20 | 41 | 79 | 03 / 01 | 92.9 | |
| 67 | Come and Get It (1936) | Walter Brennan | 2.9 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 65 | 79 | 02 / 01 | 91.8 | |
| 68 | CODA (2021) AA Best Picture Win |
Troy Kotsur | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.40 | 193 | 87 | 03 / 03 | 91.3 | |
| 69 | The Sunshine Boys (1975) | George Burns | 21.8 | 114.7 | 114.70 | 31 | 76 | 04 / 01 | 90.3 | |
| 70 | Glory (1989) | Denzel Washington | 26.8 | 72.8 | 72.80 | 43 | 86 | 05 / 03 | 90.1 | |
| 71 | Lust for Life (1956) | Anthony Quinn | 4.6 | 89.3 | 150.90 | 67 | 83 | 04 / 01 | 89.8 | |
| 72 | Dallas Buyers Club (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jared Leto | 27.3 | 36.2 | 73.20 | 95 | 87 | 06 / 03 | 89.1 | |
| 74 | Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) | Ed Begley | 7.7 | 110.9 | 110.90 | 31 | 74 | 03 / 01 | 88.9 | |
| 73 | Whiplash (2014) AA Best Picture Nom |
J.K. Simmons | 13.1 | 17.3 | 64.60 | 133 | 93 | 05 / 03 | 88.9 | |
| 75 | Viva Zapata! (1952) | Anthony Quinn | 5.3 | 103.4 | 103.40 | 60 | 73 | 05 / 01 | 88.1 | |
| 76 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | Kevin Spacey | 23.3 | 57.8 | 85.40 | 76 | 87 | 02 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 77 | Topkapi (1964) | Peter Ustinov | 7.0 | 80.3 | 80.30 | 43 | 80 | 01 / 01 | 86.8 | |
| 79 | Syriana (2005) | George Clooney | 50.8 | 85.6 | 158.30 | 56 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 78 | Adaptation. (2002) | Chris Cooper | 22.5 | 41.8 | 61.00 | 102 | 88 | 04 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 80 | The Paper Chase (1973) | John Houseman | 12.1 | 73.8 | 73.80 | 30 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 86.1 | |
| 81 | A Thousand Clowns (1965) AA Best Picture Nom |
Martin Balsam | 6.5 | 68.6 | 68.60 | 46 | 72 | 04 / 01 | 85.7 | |
| 82 | Judas and the Black Messiah (2020) AA Best Picture Nom |
Daniel Kaluuya | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.30 | 39 | 83 | 06 / 02 | 83.0 | |
| 83 | The Fortune Cookie (1966) | Walter Matthau | 4.2 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 61 | 79 | 04 / 01 | 82.0 | |
| 84 | Ed Wood (1994) | Martin Landau | 5.9 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 139 | 84 | 02 / 02 | 79.6 | |
| 85 | Iris (2001) | Jim Broadbent | 5.6 | 10.7 | 30.80 | 146 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 78.8 | |
| 86 | The Subject Was Roses (1968) | Jack Albertson | 3.9 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 77 | 78 | 02 / 01 | 78.7 | |
| 87 | Affliction (1997) | James Coburn | 6.3 | 14.9 | 14.90 | 134 | 82 | 02 / 01 | 77.3 | |
| 88 | Beginners (2010) | Christopher Plummer | 5.8 | 7.9 | 19.60 | 139 | 83 | 01 / 01 | 75.4 |
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I was actually trying to comment on your Best Actress page but there was not a comment box. But then I saw this one. Lots of great movies on this page. Glad to see Jack N. so highly ranked. I have not seen Cabaret but I think I have seen countless clips of Joel Gray in that one. Maybe it is time to check that one out.
Hey Timlin33. Thanks for the heads up. That issue has been fixed. I think Nicholson as the former astronaut is one of his best roles in Terms of Endearment. Joel Grey is good in Cabaret….but I actually thought he was much better in Remo Williams. Thanks for stopping by.
Love this page. I will say Jack Palance is wat too low in the rankings.
Hey S & S. City Slickers hit the Top 25. But I agree his Curly is a great movie role. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi
Whoever wins best supporting actor, I hope its from a film that people have seen. J K Simmons was fantastic but Whiplash hardly made a dime. There’s so many outstanding performances over the years, among my favourites would be: George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke, Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter, Burl Ives in The Big Country and George Sanders in All About Eve.
I can never understand why Timothy Hutton won in Ordinary People when he was actually the lead. But again Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor when it was really a supporting role in Silence of the Lambs. And what about David Nivens in Separate Tables, surely it was a supporting role..
Anyway you mentioned Michael Cain n a film, Youth. It sounds very interesting, Michael Keaton is also being mentioned for the movie Spotlight. It’s been a great page to read, hope to see Best Supporting Actress soon!
Hey Chris…thanks for stopping by and glad you liked this movie page. I think Oscar voters are allegoric to movies that are successful at the box office. I think there logic is….that if the movie going public likes a movie then that movie must not be worthy of Oscar love….with a few exceptions (Ledger, Jones, Waltz from blockbusters)…..it seems that the Best Supporting Winner is a career Oscar win (Coburn, Arkin, Plummer, Gielgud, Connery) or from a little scene movie (Simmons, Cooper, Leto)…movies that critics love but audiences avoided.
I like your favorites…..Kennedy is awesome in Cool Hand Luke….and he is still around as we close in on the 50th anniversary of that classic movie….Walken, Ives and Sanders all created great characters in great movies…The Big Country is one of my all time favorites.
I think the studios place the performers in categories that make it most likely they can win….Clark Gable was very upset when Spencer Tracy got a Best Actor nomination for San Francisco….because he thought Tracy was a supporting character in that one…..so I guess I am just saying…that has been an issue for years…and it probably will be an issue in 50 years.
I really hope Caine gets acknowledged….he does not have to win….but another nomination would make some great press for the Oscars. I have read good things about Spotlight….I wonder if Keaton can have another great year…just like he did last year. Thanks for the comment….and I will be sure to get the Best Supporting Actress done soon.
Hi, Bruce.
I have watched quite a number of movies from a variety of genres and eras because of Oscar nominations and wins where otherwise I may not watch them. Not living in Vancouver, often most of the movies that are nominated for Oscars don’t come to where I live at all until after awards are handed out (not travelling that far in the winter!!!!) Particularly more for nominations than wins (since often some voters simply vote based on things that don’t have to do with performance) I do try to watch movies even if normally I wouldn’t choose them otherwise.
Using the ranking method you’ve listed, the highest rated film performance I’ve seen is Gene Hackman in The Unforgiven at number 1.
The lowest rated film performance I have seen is James Coburn in Affliction at 78.
The highest rated film performance I have not seen is Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight at number 2.
Using groups of ten in the rankings:
I have seen 7 of the top 10. I’ve not seen 2, 3, and 10.
I have seen 15 of the top 20.
I have seen 22 of the top 30
I have seen 30 of the top 40.
I have seen 36 of the top 50
I have seen 41 of the top 60
I have seen 48 of the top 70
I have seen 53 overall.
A few of the more recent movies I got to see on the big screen.
Cheers,
Flora
Hey Flora
1. As always…thanks for your awesome comments.
2. I am right there with you….when it comes to watching certain movies that get nominations and wins….my stats: Best Picture Oscar Winners I have seen 87 of 88 winners, Best Actor 87 of 88 winners, Best Actress 82 of 88 winners, Best Supp. Actor 75 of 79 winners, Best Supp. Actress 78 of 79 winners, and Best Director 85 of 88 winners. That leaves Oscar winning movies left to watch.
3. When I was looking up the stats…..I realize I inflated my tally count….my tally is 75…not 78 which I previously commented.
4. Speaking of tally counts….Me 75, Steve 54 and Flora 53…that is very close between you and Steve.
5. I do not think you would enjoy the Dark Knight….but Heath Ledger’s performance is not overrated….it is truly one of the greatest movie performances that I have ever seen.
6. Your %….75%, 73.3%, back up to 75%, 72%, 68.3% and 68.5%….I always find that interesting….probably the numbers person in me…..love numbers….lol.
7. Glad you have gotten to see some of these movies on the big screen.
Thanks as always for stopping by and talking movies.
An interesting concept ranking all the Oscar winners Bruce, nicely done amigo.
The only two names here I’m not familiar with are James Dunn and Harold Russell. Of the 79 films you’ve listed here I’ve seen 54. 18 from the moviescore top 20. 18 from the critics 20 and 20 from the unadjusted box office 20.
I still have not seen The Best Years of Our Lives or Whiplash. I am surprised to see your favorite Brit Michael Caine ranked lower than some of these guys, lower than James Dunn, who he? 🙂
Good to see Ben-Hur in the top 10. Supporting Actresses next? Voted up.
Harold Russell was the man who is the only person who has one two Oscars for one performance. He won the award and was given a special Oscar. He was a Canadian in WWII who lost his hands and played a veteran in the film who had lost his hands. He died a few years ago.
Flora
Hey Flora….I could not have written about Mr. Russell any better….sadly his last years were not happy years….but he lives forever with his performance in The Best Years of Our Lives.
Thank you Flora. I have a copy of The Best Years of Our Lives here but have not got round to watching it yet.
I think it is about time to watch one of the greatest movies ever made….Best Picture Oscar winner….for years it only trailed Gone With The Wind as one of the biggest hits of all-time….and you get Myrna Loy. Plus it is sitting in your house. I hear it begging all the way across the Atlantic to be watched….lol.
Hey Steve….yep it is now November….bring on the Oscar buzz. So I figured I would knock out the last three Oscar pages that I have been meaning to do since….OMG 2011. Where does the time go. Well….with this one done…..that leaves Best Director and Best Supporting Actress to do….pretty sure I will have those two done by the end of the month….or 2019…lol.
My tally count is 78….a few years ago I tried to watch all the major Oscar winning movies….I think there are only about 17 movies left for me to track down. Kentucky (Walter’s 2nd Oscar) is the only one that I have not seen.
You have done very well when it comes to the movies near the top of the selected charts. Harold Russell was a WW2 vet who lost both of his hands in the war…..he pretty much played a version of himself in Best Years of Our Lives…..he got the Oscar and a special Oscar for his performance. Best Years is a well done movie…..probably one of the first movies to look at how soldiers were dealing with life after going through a horrific war.
As for James Dunn…..he was a character actor who pretty much got one great movie…gave a great performance as a drunk who lets his family down…..sadly Dunn had off screen issues too. He has over 100 IMDb credits…but his Oscar winning role was easily the highlight of his career.
I agree it is sad that Sir Michael is so far down the list…this is probably your best proof that my UMR movie score has flaws…..lol. I figured you would be glad that Hugh cracked the Top 10. Winning an Oscar in the movie that wins the Best Picture Oscar really helps out the score. I like Huge in Ben-Hur but I like other supporting characters better….Jack Hawkins for one. As always thanks for stopping by.
Hey Steve….sadly I was mistaken….I over inflated my tally count…..I thought I was only missing Kentucky…but under further review I realize that I have not seen Jack Albertson in The Subject Was Roses, Van Heflin in Johnny Eager and Anthony Quinn in Viva Zapata. So my tally count is 75…please accept my humble apologies.
That’s still a lot more than I managed Bruce. I’ve seen Viva Zapata, Marlon Brando, good film. As for Ben-Hur I would have liked a nomination for Stephen Boyd who was very good as Judah’s former friend turned worst enemy. Thanks for all the info.
Hey Steve….when I was responding to Flora’s comment…I had to go to my master Oscar excel spreadsheet…..turns out the 4 I am missing in the Best Supporting Actor list is almost my worst category….as I am missing 6 Best Actress movies. Of the 510 main Oscar winners I have seen 494 of them. Somehow….I have managed not to see last year’s Best Actress winner, Julianne Moore in Still Alice. That will leave 15 when I finally track that one down…but then in a few months that number could gain 6 more winners that I have seen when the 2016 Oscar show happens.
Boyd was good in Ben-Hur too….just when I watch that movie…I always like Hawkins the best….he is one cool dude in that movie….granted…so is your boy Heston.