1949 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![Hamlet Laurence Olivier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hamlet-laurence-olivier-image.jpg)
Hamlet
Laurence Olivier
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former King.
1949 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![Johnny Belinda Lew Ayres](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/johnny-belinda-jean-negulesco-image.jpg)
Johnny Belinda
Lew Ayres
![Sitting Pretty Clifton Webb](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sitting-pretty-walter-lang-image.jpg)
Sitting Pretty
Clifton Webb
![The Search Montgomery Clift](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-search-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
The Search
Montgomery Clift
![When My Baby Smiles at Me Dan Dailey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/when-my-baby-smiles-at-me-walter-lang-image.jpg)