Who won an Oscar the only time he was nominated?

Answer 1

Limiting only to actors, it's a very long list: Emil Jannings, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Joseph Schildkraut, Donald Crisp, Van Heflin, Paul Lukas, Ray Milland, James Dunn, Harold Russell, Broderick Crawford, Dean Jagger, George Sanders, Ernest Borgnine, Yul Brynner, Red Buttons, David Niven, Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, George Chakiris, Ed Begley, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, George Kennedy, Cliff Robertson, Jack Albertson, John Mills, Ben Johnson, Joel Grey, John Houseman, Art Carney, George Burns, Timothy Hutton, Louis Gossett Jr., F. Murray Abraham, Haing S. Ngor, Don Ameche, Michael Douglas*, Sean Connery, Kevin Kline, Jeremy Irons, Cuba Gooding Jr., Roberto Benigni*, James Coburn, Jim Broadbent, Adrien Brody, Chris Cooper, Tim Robbins*, Forest Whitaker. (* indicates he was nominated as an actor only once [and won], and has additional nominations as writer, director or producer).

Answer 2

Songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II won Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from "Lady Be Good" (1941) with composer Jerome Kern, and "It Might As Well Be Spring" from "State Fair" (1945) with composer Richard Rodgers.

Answer 3

The versatile George Clooneyhas been nominated for eight Academy Awards in six different categories. He has won twice -- for Best Supporting Actor of 2005 in "Syriana" and co-producing "Argo," which was named Best Picture of 2012.

He also has been nominated once for directing (2005's"Good Night and Good Luck"), once for Best Original Screeplay("Good Night and Good Luck") and once for Best Adapted Screenplay (2011's "The Ides of March").

Clooney has been nominated three times in the Best Actor category (for performances in 2007's "Michael Clayton," 2009's "Up in the Air" and 2011's "The Descendants").

Answer 4

Oscar Hammerstein II who won two Oscars for Best Song.

Answer 5

Oscar Hammerstein II won Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from "Lady Be Good" (1941) and "It Might As Well Be Spring" from "State Fair" (1945).

Answer 6

Faye Dunaway, who won the 1976 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "Network." She later portrayed Oscar-winner Joan Crawford in "Mommie Dearest."

Answer 7

Since Oscar is a nickname for an Academy Award, everyone who has won one has won the other!

Answer 8

Oscar Hammerstein II won Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "The Last Time I Saw Paris" from "Lady Be Good" (1941) and "It Might As Well Be Spring" from "State Fair" (1945).