Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1944: Results

5. Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios- Greenstreet does his master of exposition quite well here and does explore the little depth in his character well.

Best Scene: Mr. Peters searches Cornelius's room.

4. William Demarest in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek- Demarest gives a hilarious portrayal as the reactive face of exasperation at the absurd events during the film.

Best Scene: The constable tries to get Norval to escape from the jail.

3. Peter Lorre in Arsenic and Old Lace- Lorre gives a very funny comedic turn that steals his film in almost a weasel like fashion.

Best Scene: Dr. Einstein tries to warn Mortimer.

2. William Bendix in Lifeboat-William Bendix gives a heartbreaking portrayal of the degradation of his character in both body and soul.

Best Scene: Gus prepares for his amputation.

1. Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity- Good prediction Psifonian, Mark and koook160. Well this year was no contest for me and I love William Bendix's and Barry Fitzgerald's performances as well really like plenty of other performances this year too. There is just no question for me that Edward G. Robinson gives the best supporting performance of 1944. He is on every second he is on screen giving an extremely entertaining and even rather moving portrayal of a claims adjuster who can see everything except what is directly in front of him.

Best Scene: All of his scenes.

Overall Rank:

1. Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity
2. Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way
3. William Bendix in Lifeboat
4. Peter Lorre in Arsenic and Old Lace
5. Clifton Webb in Laura
6. William Demarest in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
7. Hume Cronyn in The Seventh Cross
8. Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios
9. Walter Slezak in Lifeboat
10. Vincent Price in Laura
11. William Demarest in Hail the Conquering Hero
12. Henry Hull in Lifeboat 
13. Monty Woolley in Since You Went Away
14. Dan Duryea in Ministry of Fear
15. Walter Brennan in To Have and Have Not
16. Barry Fitzgerald in None but the Lonely Heart 
17. Thomas Mitchell in The Keys to the Kingdom
18. Raymond Massey in Arsenic and Old Lace
19. Donald Crisp in The Uninvited
20. Dan Duryea in The Woman in the Window 
21. Dan Seymour in To Have and Have Not
22. Frank McHugh in Going My Way
23. Joseph Cotten in Gaslight 
24. Thomas Mitchell in Wilson
25. Hume Cronyn in Lifeboat
26. Robert Mitchum in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
27. John Hodiak in Lifeboat  
28. John Alexander in Arsenic and Old Lace 
29. Canada Lee in Lifeboat
30. Edward Everett Horton in Arsenic and Old Lace
31. Charles Coburn in Wilson 
32. Robert Walker in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
33. Alan Napier in The Uninvited
34. Spencer Tracy in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
35. Robert Walker in Since You Went Away 
36. Erskine Sanford in Ministry of Sandford
37. Porter Hall in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 
38. Ray Collins in The Seventh Cross
39. William Frawley in Going My Way 
40. Joseph Cotten in Since You Went Away
41. Raymond Massey in The Woman in the Window
42. James Gleason in Arsenic and Old Lace
43. Alan Napier in Ministry of Fear
44. Vincent Price in The Keys to the Kingdom
45. Gene Lockhart in Going My Way
46. Felix Alymer in Henry V
47. Vincent Price in Wilson
48. Porter Hall in Double Indemnity
49. Stanley Clements in Going My Way
50. Cedric Hardwicke in The Lodger
51. Porter Hall in Going My Way
52. Jack Carson in Arsenic and Old Lace
53. Hoagy Carmichael in To Have and Have Not
54. Walter Abel in Mr. Skeffington 
55. Tom Powers in Double Indemnity
56. James Brown in Going My Way
57. Bill Edwards in Hail the Conquering Hero
58. Bryon Barr in Double Indemnity
59. Richard Waring in Mr. Skeffington

Next Year: 1971 Supporting