Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1966: Results

5. Richard Crenna in The Sand Pebbles- Crenna gives a solid performance that seems to create a more complex character then the film even wanted.

Best Scene: The captain tries to prevent a mutiny.

4. Orson Welles in A Man For All Seasons- Welles in one scene gives complex portrait of Cardinal Wolsey that is worthy of the complex man.

Best Scene: Wolsey tries to persuade More to support the King's divorce.

3. Richard Attenborough in The Sand Pebbles- Attenborough gives a moving performance that effectively conveys his character story almost entirely in his physical performance.

Best Scene: Frenchy talks to Maily for the last time.

2. John Hurt in A Man For All Seasons- John Hurt is the perfect weasel informant here by showing the motivation of what makes such a man.

Best Scene: Richard Rich testifies against Thomas More.

1. Lee Van Cleef in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly- Good Prediction Mark feel free to name a year and a performance. This year came down to the comedic and almost leading work of Walter Matthau against Lee Van Cleef's classic villainous turn. Like Wallach against Nakadai this was not an easy choice but I have to choose one so I am going Van Cleef's chilling performance as the titular Bad.

Best Scene: Angel Eyes has Tuco tortured.

Overall Rank:

1. Lee Van Cleef in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2. Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie
3. John Hurt in A Man For All Seasons
4. George Segal in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
5. Robert Shaw in A Man For All Seasons
6. Richard Attenborough in The Sand Pebbles
7. Orson Welles in A Man For All Seasons
8. Toshiro Mifune in The Sword of Doom 
9. Richard Crenna in The Sand Pebbles
10. Frank Gorshin in Batman 
11. Aldo Giuffrè in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 
12. Burgess Meredith in Batman 
13. James Mason in Georgy Girl
14. Harry Andrews in The Deadly Affair
15. Leo McKern in A Man For All Seasons
16. Maximilian Schell in The Deadly Affair
17. Jack Palance in The Professionals
18. Michael Hordern in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 
19. Denholm Elliot in Alfie
20. Ralph Bellamy in The Professionals
21. Eiji Okada in The Face of Another
22. Eli Wallach in How to Steal A Million
23. Nigel Davenport in A Man For All Seasons
24. Cesar Romero in Batman
25. Hugh Griffith in How To Steal A Million
26. Robert Ryan in The Professionals
27. Cliff Osmond in The Fortune Cookie 
28. Yuzo Kayama in The Sword of Doom
29. Antonio Molino Rojo in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
30. Ichiro Nakatani in The Sword of Doom
31. Woody Strode in The Professionals
32. Luigi Pistilli in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
33. Corin Redgrave in A Man For All Seasons 
34. Antonio Casas in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
35. Mako in The Sand Pebbles
36. Laurence Olivier in Khartoum
37. Phil Silvers in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 
38. Mario Brega in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
39. Cyril Cusack in Fahrenheit 451  
40. Jack Gilford in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
41. Ned Glass in The Fortune Cookie
42. Buster Keaton in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 
43. Ralph Richardson in Khartoum
44. Alfie Bass in Alfie
45. Roy Kinnear in The Deadly Affair
46. Alan Bates in Georgy Girl 
47. Simon Oakland in The Sand Pebbles
48. Michael Crawford in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 
49. Neil Hamilton in Batman
50. James Hong in The Sand Pebbles 
51. Colin Blakeley in A Man For All Seasons
52. Reginald Denny in Batman
53. Peter Bowles in Blow-Up
54. Charles Boyer in How to Steal A Million
55. Alan Napier in Batman
56. Bill Owen in Georgy Girl
57. Stafford Repp in Batman
58. Richard Johnson in Khartoum
59. Cyril Luckham in A Man For All Seasons
60. Graham Stark in Alfie
61. Ron Rich in The Fortune Cookie
62. Charles Robinson in The Sand Pebbles

Next Year: 1987 lead