Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1961: Results

5. Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone - Quinn gives a solid performance that overcomes his technical miscasting far more effectively than his co-stars. 

Best Scene: His introduction.

4. Burt Lancaster in Judgment in Nuremberg - Lancaster might not give the best performance in the film, but he still gives a powerful portrayal of a man consumed by despair.

Best Scene: Janning's speech.

3. Eli Wallach in The Misfits - Wallach technically has probably the most thankless role out of the main cast, but is quite remarkable by giving such a honest portrayal of his character.

Best Scene: Guido tells Roslyn about his wife.

2.  Karl Malden in One-Eyed Jacks - Malden is easily the highlight of his film giving a striking performance where he cleverly subverts his usual unassuming screen presence.

Best Scene: Dad and his men confront Rio.

1. Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo - Good Prediction Michael McCarthy. Nakadai gives a great and so brilliantly smug villainous turn that perfectly complements Toshiro Mifune's heroic turn.

Best Scene: The Final Duel.

Overall Rank:

1. Montgomery Clift in Judgment At Nuremberg
2. Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo 
3. Jackie Gleason in The Hustler
4. George C. Scott in The Hustler
5. Maximilian Schell in Judgment At Nuremberg
6. Karl Malden in One-Eyed Jacks
7. Martin Stephens in The Innocents
8. Eli Wallach in The Misfits
9. Burt Lancaster in Judgment At Nuremberg
10. Montgomery Clift in The Misfits
11. Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone
12. Max von Sydow in Through the Glass Darkly
13. Rod Steiger in The Mark
14. Hans Lothar in One, Two, Three
15. Myron McCormick in The Hustler
16. David Niven in The Guns of Navarone
17. Gunnar Björnstrand in Through the Glass Darkly
18. Eijirō Tōno in Yojimbo
19. Pat Hingle in Splendor in the Grass
20. J. Pat O'Malley in 101 Dalmatians  
21. Ikio Sawamura in Yojimbo
22. Donald Houston in The Mark
23. Richard Widmark in Judgment At Nuremberg
24. Murray Hamilton in The Hustler
25. John Wengraf in Judgment At Nuremberg
26. Derren Nesbitt in Victim
27. Bernhad Wicki in La Notte
28. Lars Passgard in Through the Glass Darkly
29. Norman Bird in Victim
30. David Frankham in 101 Dalmatians
31. Peter McEnery in Victim
32. Anthony Quayle in The Guns of Navarone
33. Seizaburo Kawazu in Yojimbo
34. Ned Glass in West Side Story
35. Takashi Shimura in Yojimbo
36. Peter Falk in Pocketful of Miracles
37. Michael Redgrave in The Innocents
38. James Garner in The Children's Hour
39. Donald Wolfit in The Mark
40. Thurl Ravenscroft in 101 Dalmatians
41. Keenan Wynn in The Absent-Minded Professor
42. Dennis Price in Victim
43. Edward Everett Horton in Pocketful of Miracles
44. Stanley Adams in Breakfast At Tiffany's
45. Ben Wright in 101 Dalmatians 
46. John Fiedler in A Raisin in the Sun
47. Tommy Kirk in The Absent-Minded Professor
48. Thomas Mitchell in Pocketful of Miracles 
49. Russ Tamblyn in West Side Story 
50. Richard Harris in The Guns of Navarone
51. Martin Balsam in Breakfast At Tiffany's
52. Peter Wyngarde in The Innocents
53. Kevin McCarthy in The Misfits
54. Charles Boyer in Fanny
55. Buddy Epsen in Breakfast At Tiffany's
56. Ben Johnson in One-Eyed Jacks
57. Simon Oakland in West Side Story
58. William Shatner in Judgement At Nuremberg
59. Stanley Baker in The Guns of Navarone
60. Arthur O'Connell in Pocketful of Miracles
61. Slim Pickens in One-Eyed Jacks
62. George Chakiris in West Side Story
63. Leon Ames in The Absent-Minded Professor
64. Tucker Smith in West Side Story
65. Horst Buchholz in One, Two, Three
66. Maurice Chevalier in Fanny
67. Mickey Rooney in Breakfast At Tiffany's

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