r/Oscars • u/EveryoneTalks • 1d ago
My (probably controversial?) choices for Best Supporting Actor, 1950 to 1969
1950: François Périer in Orpheus
1951: Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis
1952: Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man
1953: Robert Ryan in The Naked Spur
1954: Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny
1955: Raymond Massey in East of Eden
1956: James Dean in Giant
1957: Gunnar Björnstrand in The Seventh Seal
1958: Burl Ives in The Big Country
1959: Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur
1960: Peter Ustinov in Spartacus
1961: Montgomery Clift in Judgment at Nurmeberg
1962: Jose Ferrer in Lawrence of Arabia
1963: Tsutomu Yamazaki in High and Low
1964: Fredric March in Seven Days in May
1965: Ossie Davis in The Hill
1966: Murray Hamilton in Seconds
1967: Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark
1968: Timothy Dalton in The Lion in Winter
1969: Gig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
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u/Budget-Poem-2052 23h ago
I'm genuinely confused why you'd pick Jose Ferrer for Lawrence of Arabia, when there are at least three more memorable supporting performances from that same movie?
To be completely honest, that's one of my five favorite movies of all time, yet I had to look up the cast to remind myself which character Ferrer even played in it.
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u/EveryoneTalks 23h ago
Ferrer’s brief role is to me the prime example of No Small Parts. He manages to do so much with silences and gestures that cuts such a terrifying figure in the Bey. It’s five minutes of screentime, but it’s my favorite five minutes in the film.
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u/Budget-Poem-2052 23h ago
Fair enough. If nothing else, your post kind of makes me want to watch the movie again and pay extra attention to him. At any rate, I give you points for some unconventional picks.
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u/TheActiveCartridge 1d ago
Some real heavy hitters on here but no Frank Overton in To Kill a Mockingbird feels like a crime. Burl Ives pick is bulletproof though.