1961 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerElmer GantryBurt LancasterA fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.Amazon1961 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesInherit the WindSpencer TracyAmazonSons and LoversTrevor HowardAmazonThe ApartmentJack LemmonAmazonThe EntertainerLaurence OlivierAmazon

1960 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerBen-HurCharlton HestonWhen a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Amazon1960 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAnatomy of a MurderJames StewartAmazonRoom at the TopLaurence HarveyAmazonSome Like It HotJack LemmonAmazonThe Last Angry ManPaul MuniAmazon

1959 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerSeparate TablesDavid NivenThe stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."Amazon1959 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCat on a Hot Tin RoofPaul NewmanAmazonThe Defiant OnesSidney PoitierAmazonThe Defiant OnesTony CurtisAmazonThe Old Man and the SeaSpencer TracyAmazon

1958 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Bridge on the River KwaiAlec GuinnessBritish POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it.Amazon1958 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Hatful of RainAnthony FranciosaAmazonSayonaraMarlon BrandoAmazonWild Is the WindAnthony QuinnAmazonWitness for the ProsecutionCharles LaughtonAmazon

1957 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe King and IYul BrynnerA widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.Amazon1957 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesGiantJames DeanAmazonGiantRock HudsonAmazonLust for LifeKirk DouglasAmazonRichard IIILaurence OlivierAmazon

1956 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerMartyErnest BorgnineA 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.Amazon1956 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBad Day at Black RockSpencer TracyAmazonEast of EdenJames DeanAmazonLove Me or Leave MeJames CagneyAmazonThe Man with the Golden ArmFrank SinatraAmazon

1955 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerOn the WaterfrontMarlon BrandoAn ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.Amazon1955 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Star Is BornJames MasonAmazonRobinson CrusoeDan O'HerlihyAmazonThe Caine MutinyHumphrey BogartAmazonThe Country GirlBing CrosbyAmazon

1954 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerStalag 17William HoldenWhen two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.Amazon1954 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFrom Here to EternityBurt LancasterAmazonFrom Here to EternityMontgomery CliftAmazonJulius CaesarMarlon BrandoAmazonThe RobeRichard BurtonAmazon

1953 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerHigh NoonGary CooperA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.Amazon1953 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesMoulin RougeJosé FerrerAmazonThe Bad and the BeautifulKirk DouglasAmazonThe Lavender Hill MobAlec GuinnessAmazonViva Zapata!Marlon BrandoAmazon

1952 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe African QueenHumphrey BogartIn WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.Amazon1952 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Place in the SunMontgomery CliftAmazonA Streetcar Named DesireMarlon BrandoAmazonBright VictoryArthur KennedyAmazonDeath of a SalesmanFredric MarchAmazon