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David Niven - Separate Tables as Major Angus Pollock

  • Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones as John 'Joker' Jackson
  • Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick Pollitt
  • Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen
  • Spencer Tracy - The Old Man and the Sea as The Old Man/Narrator

Tony Curtis, The Defiant Ones Paul Newman, Cat on a Hat Tin Roof * David Niven, Separate Tables Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones Spencer Tracy, The Old Man and the Sea
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The nominees were: Warren Beatty for "Heaven Can Wait"; Gary Busey for "The Buddy Holly Story"; Robert De Niro for "The Deer Hunter"; Sir Laurence Olivier for "The Boys from Brazil"; and Jon Voight for "Coming Home." The Best Actor Oscar went to Voight.

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