1938 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![Captains Courageous Spencer Tracy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/captains-courageous-victor-fleming-image.jpg)
Captains Courageous
Spencer Tracy
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he’s made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
1938 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![A Star Is Born Fredric March](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-star-is-born-william-a.-wellman-jack-conway-image.jpg)
A Star Is Born
Fredric March
![Conquest Charles Boyer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/conquest-clarence-brown-gustav-machaty-image.jpg)
Conquest
Charles Boyer
![Night Must Fall Robert Montgomery](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/night-must-fall-richard-thorpe-image.jpg)
Night Must Fall
Robert Montgomery
![The Life of Emile Zola Paul Muni](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-life-of-emile-zola-william-dieterle-image.jpg)