Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
The French Connection
8 nominations, 5 wins
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Nominations
Buddy Russo
44th ceremony (1971)
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Winner