1961 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![Elmer Gantry Burt Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elmer-gantry-richard-brooks-image.jpg)
Elmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
1961 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/inherit-the-wind-stanley-kramer-image.jpg)
Inherit the Wind
Spencer Tracy
![Sons and Lovers Trevor Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sons-and-lovers-jack-cardiff-image.jpg)
Sons and Lovers
Trevor Howard
![The Apartment Jack Lemmon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-apartment-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Apartment
Jack Lemmon
![The Entertainer Laurence Olivier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-entertainer-tony-richardson-image.jpg)