“Topol- the smoker’s tooth polish.” Sorry I couldn’t resist. Not sure if you are old enough to remember that TV commercial, but I still think about it whenever I hear Topol’s name mentioned. 😊
James Caan - The Godfather Frederic Forrest - The Rose Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - The Color of Money Rachel Roberts - This Sporting Life Tony Curtis - The Defiant Ones Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields Martha Hyer - Some Came Running Mary Ure - Sons and Lovers Omar Sharif - Lawrence of Arabia Jackie Gleason - The Hustler Mariel Hemingway - Manhattan Robert Shaw - A Man for All Seasons Burt Young - Rocky Denholm Elliott - A Room with a View Anouk Aimee - A Man and a Woman Genevieve Bujold - Anne of the Thousand Days
I’m glad you mentioned haim topol.. fiddler on the roof is one of my favorite musicals.. it’s also a great example of casting the right person for the role and not having a big name take over a stage role
Birthday 🎉 Wishes today to 1x nominee Clive Owen for his acting in Closer; 1x winner for his Original Screenplay for Moonstruck, John Patrick Shanley; 🍰 Alicia Vikander, a 1x winner for her acting in The Danish Girl & 4x nominee for his work in Dune, Dune 2 & Arrival Denis Villeneuve.🥳 Heavenly 😇 wishes to Leo McCary, a 3x winner for The Awful Truth & Going My Way.🎁
Great video Michael! This is a great subject and I feel like you’re probably going to need a part 2 because there are many that fall into this category. The one & dones that came to my mind were; Jaye Davidson, Ruby Dee, Terrace Stamp, Elliott Gould, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Jean Arthur, Harrison Ford, Tony Curtis. I know some of these are still with us and there’s still time for a nomination, but I was still surprised by the single nomination. ….and, yes, I know Sam Jackson won an Honorary Oscar but we’re talking nominations. 😊
If we're limiting the list to actors who are deceased, I might include Dennis Hopper (he was double-nominated at the GGs in 1986, and gave a short but memorable performance in Apocalypse Now) and Robert Shaw (I loved his work in Jaws and The Sting, although some people think he overacted at times).
Steve "King of Cool" McQueen was exceptional as boat engineer Jake Holman in The Sand Pebbles (1966), earning a Best Actor nomination for the war film and delivering what was arguably his best performance among his earlier starring roles. However, I feel he should have been nominated again for his historically portrayal of prisoner Henri Charrière in Papillon (1973). The way his character managed to survive two years of solitary confinement in an island prison, enduring such brutal conditions and starvation, was the pivotal climax of the film through McQueen’s outstanding performance. As moody, erratic, and difficult as McQueen could be on and offscreen, his antihero persona, highlighted during the height of 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw throughout his career from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s.