1972 Academy Awards – Actor in a Supporting Role Winner
![The Last Picture Show Ben Johnson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-picture-show-peter-bogdanovich-image.jpg)
The Last Picture Show
Ben Johnson
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
1972 Academy Awards – Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees
![Fiddler on the Roof Leonard Frey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fiddler-on-the-roof-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
Fiddler on the Roof
Leonard Frey
![Sometimes a Great Notion Richard Jaeckel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sometimes-a-great-notion-paul-newman-image.jpg)
Sometimes a Great Notion
Richard Jaeckel
![The French Connection Roy Scheider](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-french-connection-william-friedkin-image.jpg)
The French Connection
Roy Scheider
![The Last Picture Show Jeff Bridges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-picture-show-peter-bogdanovich-image.jpg)