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18th ceremony (1945)

The Bells of St. Mary's

  • Bing Crosby

Father O'Malley

18th ceremony (1945)

Anchors Aweigh

  • Gene Kelly

Joseph Brady

18th ceremony (1945)

The Lost Weekend

Winner
  • Ray Milland

Don Birnam

18th ceremony (1945)

The Keys of the Kingdom

  • Gregory Peck

Father Francis Chisholm

18th ceremony (1945)

A Song to Remember

  • Cornel Wilde

Frederick Chopin

17th ceremony (1944)

Gaslight

  • Charles Boyer

Gregory Anton

17th ceremony (1944)

Going My Way

Winner
  • Bing Crosby

Father O'Malley

17th ceremony (1944)

Going My Way

  • Barry Fitzgerald

Father Fitzgibbon

17th ceremony (1944)

None but the Lonely Heart

  • Cary Grant

Ernie Mott

17th ceremony (1944)

Wilson

  • Alexander Knox

Woodrow Wilson

16th ceremony (1943)

Casablanca

  • Humphrey Bogart

Rick Blane

16th ceremony (1943)

For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • Gary Cooper

Robert Jordan

16th ceremony (1943)

Watch on the Rhine

Winner
  • Paul Lukas

Kurt Muller

16th ceremony (1943)

Madame Curie

  • Walter Pidgeon

Pierre Curie

16th ceremony (1943)

The Human Comedy

  • Mickey Rooney

Homer Macauley

15th ceremony (1942)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Winner
  • James Cagney

George M. Cohan

15th ceremony (1942)

Random Harvest

  • Ronald Colman

Charles Ranier

15th ceremony (1942)

The Pride of the Yankees

  • Gary Cooper

Lou Gehrig

15th ceremony (1942)

Mrs. Miniver

  • Walter Pidgeon

Clem Miniver

15th ceremony (1942)

The Pied Piper

  • Monty Woolley

Howard

14th ceremony (1941)

Sergeant York

Winner
  • Gary Cooper

Alvin C. York

14th ceremony (1941)

Penny Serenade

  • Cary Grant

Roger Adams

14th ceremony (1941)

All That Money Can Buy

  • Walter Huston

Mr. Scratch

14th ceremony (1941)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

  • Robert Montgomery

Joe Pendleton

14th ceremony (1941)

Citizen Kane

  • Orson Welles

Charles Foster Kane

13th ceremony (1940)

The Great Dictator

  • Charles Chaplin

Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania

13th ceremony (1940)

The Grapes of Wrath

  • Henry Fonda

Tom Joad

13th ceremony (1940)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  • Raymond Massey

Abraham Lincoln

13th ceremony (1940)

Rebecca

  • Laurence Olivier

Maxim de Winter

13th ceremony (1940)

The Philadelphia Story

Winner
  • James Stewart

Mike Connor

12th ceremony (1939)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Winner
  • Robert Donat

Mr. Chips

12th ceremony (1939)

Gone with the Wind

  • Clark Gable

Rhett Butler

12th ceremony (1939)

Wuthering Heights

  • Laurence Olivier

Heathcliff

12th ceremony (1939)

Babes in Arms

  • Mickey Rooney

Mickey Moran

12th ceremony (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  • James Stewart

Jefferson Smith

11th ceremony (1938)

Algiers

  • Charles Boyer

Pepe Le Moko

11th ceremony (1938)

Angels with Dirty Faces

  • James Cagney

Rocky Sullivan

11th ceremony (1938)

The Citadel

  • Robert Donat

Andrew Mason

11th ceremony (1938)

Pygmalion

  • Leslie Howard

Professor Henry Higgins

11th ceremony (1938)

Boys Town

Winner
  • Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

10th ceremony (1937)

Conquest

  • Charles Boyer

Napoleon Bonaparte

10th ceremony (1937)

A Star Is Born

  • Fredric March

Norman Maine (Alfred Hinkel)

10th ceremony (1937)

Night Must Fall

  • Robert Montgomery

Danny

10th ceremony (1937)

The Life of Emile Zola

  • Paul Muni

Emile Zola

10th ceremony (1937)

Captains Courageous

Winner
  • Spencer Tracy

Manuel

9th ceremony (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  • Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

9th ceremony (1936)

Dodsworth

  • Walter Huston

Sam Dodsworth

9th ceremony (1936)

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Winner
  • Paul Muni

Louis Pasteur

9th ceremony (1936)

My Man Godfrey

  • William Powell

Godfrey Parks

9th ceremony (1936)

San Francisco

  • Spencer Tracy

Father Tim Mullen

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