Don Vito Corleone
NOTE: Mr. Brando refused the award.
The Godfather
11 nominations, 3 wins
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Nominations
Sonny Corleone
Tom Hagen
Michael Corleone
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. The Godfather score, composed by Nino Rota, was originally announced as one of the five official nominees. It was later pointed out that portions of the score and the main theme were composed by Rota for his score to the 1958 Italian film, Fortunella. The Music Branch was given this information and re-balloted to determine the fifth nomination. The list of six films they were to choose from were the remaining five of the top ten preliminary listings, plus The Godfather score. The results of the re-balloting was that the fifth nomination became Sleuth, composed by John Addison.