Name Dropping #49: Best Actor Oscars (1951-1960)

Complete the name of each actor by evaluating the hints and selecting the actor’s surname from among the choices provided. The principle hint is the actor’s forename(s). The additional hint contains a designation of whether the Oscar Award earned was for Best Actor (BA) or Best Supporting Actor (BSA), the year of the awards ceremony and the title of the film for which the performance was recognized.

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Red

BSA, 1957, Sayonara

Burl

BSA, 1958, The Big Country

Charlton

BA, 1959, Ben-Hur

Yul

BA, 1956, The King and I

Alec

BA, 1957, The Bridge on the River Kwai

Burt

BA, 1960, Elmer Gantry

William

BA, 1953, Stalag 17

Gary

BA, 1952, High Noon

David

BA, 1958, Separate Tables

Anthony

BSA, 1956, Lust for Life

Frank

BSA, 1953, From Here to Eternity

Ernest

BA, 1955, Marty

Edmond

BSA, 1954, The Barefoot Contessa

Hugh

BSA, 1959, Ben-Hur

Peter

BSA, 1960, Spartacus

Marlon

BA, 1954, On the Waterfront

Humphrey

BA, 1951, The African Queen

Karl

BSA, 1951, A Streetcar Named Desire

Jack

BSA, 1955, Mister Roberts

Anthony

BSA, 1952, Viva Zapata!

Bogart

Borgnine

Brando

Brynner

Buttons

Cooper

Griffith

Guinness

Heston

Holden

Ives

Lancaster

Lemmon

Malden

Niven

O’Brien

Quinn

Sinatra

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