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Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1939The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1939 went to Robert Donat in the movie "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" for his role as Mr. Chips. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were: Clark Gable in the movie "Gone with the Wind" as Rhett Butler, Laurence Olivier in the movie "Wuthering Heights" as Heathcliff, Mickey Rooney in the movie "Babes in Arms" as Mickey Moran, and James Stewart in the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" as Jefferson Smith. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1939 went to "Gone with the Wind"
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The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1939 went to British actor Robert Donat for his performance as the title character in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips." He won in a category that included fellow nominees Clark Gable ("Gone With the Wind"), Mickey Rooney ("Babes in Arms"), James Stewart ("Mr. Smith Goes to Washington") and Sir Laurence Olivier (Wuthering Heights").

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Robert Donat won the 1939 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."

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Charles Laughton for The Private Life of Henry VIII.

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Lionel Barrymore for A Free Soul.

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Robert Donat won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1939.

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George Arliss won the Best Actor Oscar in 1929 for his work in Disraeli.

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