1956 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![Marty Ernest Borgnine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
Ernest Borgnine
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
1956 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![Bad Day at Black Rock Spencer Tracy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bad-day-at-black-rock-john-sturges-image.jpg)
Bad Day at Black Rock
Spencer Tracy
![East of Eden James Dean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/east-of-eden-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
East of Eden
James Dean
![Love Me or Leave Me James Cagney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/love-me-or-leave-me-charles-vidor-image.jpg)
Love Me or Leave Me
James Cagney
![The Man with the Golden Arm Frank Sinatra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-man-with-the-golden-arm-otto-preminger-image.jpg)