Best actor/actress that never won an Oscar.

[maveric]

Peter O'Toole

Richard Burton

[medeak]

1. Peter O'Toole nominated 7 times n/t

[maveric]

2. How many times was Burton nominated?

Should have won it for "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf".
He was stellar in that role.

[bertha katzenengel]

17. Seven -- here's the list

1952 (25th) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- My Cousin Rachel {"Philip Ashley"}
1953 (26th) ACTOR -- The Robe {"Marcellus Gallio"}
1964 (37th) ACTOR -- Becket {"Thomas Becket"}
1965 (38th) ACTOR -- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold {"Alec Leamas"}
1966 (39th) ACTOR -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? {"George"}
1969 (42nd) ACTOR -- Anne of the Thousand Days {"King Henry VIII"}
1977 (50th) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Equus {"Dr. Martin Dysart"}

[MissMillie]

31. I love Peter O'Toole

just love him!

[CubsFan1982]

3. I thought O'Toole was great in King Ralph.

:P

Seriously, he was AWESOME in Becket and the Lion in Winter. I haven't seen a lot of his other films, but I just wonder to what kind of performances did O'Toole lose to when he was nominated for those movies?

[Sydnie]

9. My favorite O'Toole movie is High Spirits

with Beverly DeAngelo, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenburg, and Liam Nielson. Fake haunted castle in Ireland that turns out to be a real haunted castle. Very campy but lots of fun.

[ReadTomPaine]

27. Also tremendous fun in "My Favorite Year"

[BOSSHOG]

4. Paul Newman

He made it look too easy.

[medeak]

7. was given honorary oscar for body of work n/t

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. I thought he won for "the Color of Money". On edit: he did in 1986

http://www.filmsite.org/aa86.html

[BOSSHOG]

15. Thankyou Kathy, I stand corrected

However, in my humble opinion he is the least recognized Actor with the greatest talent ever to grace the silver screen. And his Salad dressing is quite nice.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

20. I agree. And he's quite easy on the eyes-even at 80 years old.

I like his salad dressings too. His line now includes organic pet foods made with Bell & Evans Chicken.

[BOSSHOG]

22. And the proceeds go to charity

Cool Hand Luke
Hud
The Verdict
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (make Liz Taylor look good)

The guy is awesome.

Actually I'd rather he not gotten that Oscar so I could whine louder.

He and Jack Nicholson are the best pure actors ever. (in my oh so humble opinion.)

[maveric]

14. He won it for "The Color of Money".

[medeak]

5. most obscure

Philip Seymour Hoffman..what has he been in lately? love the guy

[BattyDem]

6. He's better known in the UK, than in the US ... but he still gets my vote

Terence Stamp

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/03/16/terrence_stamp,0.jpg

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Myrna Loy, Glenn Close

[bertha katzenengel]

19. Fortunately, Glenn's got a lot of roles yet to play.

Plus, I smell an Emmy for her work in "The Shield."

[medeak]

11. sweet jesusss.. how could I forget how upset I was this year!

Paul Giamatti in Sideways

[Sandpiper]

12. Cary Grant

Twice Nominated, never a winner. Given the notorious "lifetime achievement award" in 1970.

[Floogeldy]

13. Gotta be Brando

The man was born to act.

B-)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

16. Brando won

He just sent a bogus "Native American" lady to tell the Academy to stuff it. Sasheen Littlefeather, I think she called herself. It was for his role in "The Godfather."

He was so cool. And so damaged.

I met him once. He was beyond sweet.

Personally, I can't believe Madonna didn't even get nominated for "Evita."

[maveric]

18. Brando won two.

"On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather".

[chaumont58]

26. I don't think anything will ever match his performance in On the ....

Waterfront.
I was thinking about Elia Kazan when reading another thread about directors. He was the director of On the Waterfront. For years, I didn't understand the movie. Why did the longshoremen want to be D and D? Only in recent years, have I come to understand it was about Kazan's experience in the blacklist years.
Also when reading about the directors, I thought of Steven Spielberg. Like most of the world's population, I have seen many Steven Spielberg movies. But, I have never seen one that had any real punch to it. Even Schendler's List didn't seem that biting. My late wife was Jewish, so I had a reason to be empathetic to anti-Semitic themes. Maybe life has been too easy for Spielberg.

[Burma Jones]

21. Johnny Depp and John Turturro - but there's still a lot of time.......

[maveric]

23. Those two, Steve Buscemi and Phillip Seymour Hoffman...

are overdue.

[Burma Jones]

24. True True

[nytemare]

25. Did William H. Macy at least get a nod for "Fargo"?

He was excellent in that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Dean Stockwell

[swag]

29. No kidding.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. Seriously, how many years do you have to work in that town to get some

recognition? *sigh*

Bet you he'll get a lifetime achievement award, but not until he's gone.

[Shell Beau]

32. Not an actor, but I still can't believe Martin Scorcese (sp?)

hasn't won one!! :wtf: