Who deserved an Oscar most but never received one?

[jpgray]

(remove honorary statues from consideration)

Peter O'Toole is one I've never understood.

[bigwillq]

1. Marty Scorsese (nt)

[fishwax]

23. agreed

[Kat45]

25. Scorsese, absolutely!

Major injustice there.

[KitchenWitch]

41. Definitely!

[enigmatic]

57. you got it

A travesty..

[maveric]

2. Richard Burton.

Should have won for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".
That role was epic! I cant beleive that he never won one.

[Punkingal]

4. Right!

I can't belive it, either. He was awesome in Virginia Woolf....and so many others, too.

[Darth_Kitten]

5. definitely.......

:(

his daughter is a pretty darn good actor as well. :)

[terrya]

3. II'll add another name....Richard Burton

"Equus"?? "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"? Both were great performances that should have been recognized.

[Darth_Kitten]

6. I'm thinking Richard Burton deserves his own thread here...

so we can talk about his acting achievements. ;)

[LostinVA]

7. Kate Winslet

[Darth_Kitten]

13. I disagree....just because....

I've never really liked her. :shrug:

[susanna]

31. I think so too...

...and I'm not talking about Titanic. I have thought her amazing in so many things.

[dancingme]

8. Ed Harris

[Arkham House]

9. Alfred Hitchcock

[El Supremo]

36. He got an honorary - I think. n/t

[pokerfan]

10. Peter O'Toole

Barbara Stanwyck

[DainBramaged]

11. Jim Carrey

[otohara]

12. Donald Sutherland

He's done so many movies, loved him in Six Degrees of Separation

[Darth_Kitten]

14. he's one of my favourite actors....

he's just such a natural actor. His performance in Ordinary People was pretty awesome.

[misanthrope]

15. Samuel L. Jackson...

...at least deserved a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Gator in "Jungle Fever."

[timber84]

35. "Take out the wallet the one that says.....

badmutherfucker"

[misanthrope]

51. Different role...

...that blows away his work in "Pulp Fiction."

[northzax]

16. Rob Schneider

that Duece Bigalow II was some fabulous work, you know?

[NYCGirl]

17. My favorite actor, Robert Mitchum

http://www.movie-gazette.com/directory/img/robert+mitchum.jpg

[Zynx]

38. He was an underrated actor.

[NYCGirl]

45. Totally. He was only nominated once, for "The Story of G.I. Joe". Might

have been his cavalier attitude (he refused to pontificate about acting) or his serving time for marijuana possession that killed his chances.

[samplegirl]

18. Morgan Freeman

or Tim Robbins for Shawshank Redemption.
Jodi Foster got it that year for the Movie Nell.

[maveric]

20. Freeman won one last year and Robbins the year before.

But the Shawshank snub was criminal.

[swag]

19. Edith Massey.

[maveric]

21. "Goodfellas" instead of "Dances with Wolves".

What was up with that?

[Kat45]

24. No shit! That still pisses me off.

[wallwriter]

26. Costner is the worst actor ever...

[bigwillq]

43. Yes, Goodfellas

What a great movie.

[AussieDave]

22. Cary Grant and Irene Dunne - for Penny Serenade

Two fine actors nominated (Grant twice and Dunne five times) but never won.

And I agree about Peter O'Toole - also Angela Lansbury, Mary Tyler Moore, and Thelma Ritter.

[k_jerome]

27. that guy from bosom buddies. nt.

[derby378]

28. Morgan Spurlock for SUPER SIZE ME

Since Fahrenheit 9/11 took itself out of the running and The Corporation didn't get nominated, I would have loved to see Morgan take the Oscar last year for Best Documentary Feature.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese.

[mitchum]

30. Alfred Hitchcock

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

32. Ralph Fiennes for "Schindler's List"

He wuz ROBBED!

[The Straight Story]

33. Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story and others)

The most he got was a memorial tribute after he passed on.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002070/

[Common Sense Party]

56. As a former Iowan, I loved "Straight Story."

I didn't think anyone else had ever seen it. I watched it on a cross-country flight once.

I need to find it on DVD.

[susanna]

34. Johnny Depp.

Now, I know folks think he's a lightweight, but "Finding Neverland" just about killed me. Seriously. I thought he was amazing.

[Olney Blue]

37. I don't think Johnny is a lightweight. He is magnificent!

[susanna]

40. Obviously, I do too.

That said, Hollywood treats him as a lightweight pretty boy, which pisses me off. ;-)

[Zynx]

39. Peter O'Toole is a great actor and I don't understand why he hasn't won.

In "The Lion in Winter" he was superb as Henry II.

[cemaphonic]

42. barbara stanwyck

[Renew Deal]

44. Weird Al Yankovich

[Dem2theMax]

46. Adrian.

From Wikipedia:

Adrian Adolph Greenberg (March 3, 1903 – September 13, 1959) was a Hollywood costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. On occasion, he was credited in his film work as Gilbert Adrian, (a combination of his father's forename and his own), or simply as Adrian.

An example of his work:



You didn't say it had to be an actor.

[Matilda]

48. The first Award for Costume Design was made in 1949.

That was for films made in 1948, and the winners were:

For Best Costume Design (Colour): Joan of Arc (Dorothy Jeakins/Barbara Karinska)

Best Costume Design (Black & White): Hamlet (Roger Furse)

What a pity they didn't have them in earlier years, because Adrian was surely the greatest ever.

[Matilda]

47. Orson Welles.

I believe pressure from Hearst made sure he didn't win for Citizen Kane.

Alfred Hitchcock - Honorary Awards don't count - they really mean "you should have won, but somehow
we forgot."

Cary Grant
Leslie Howard
Richard Burton
and Paul Newman should have a long time before he finally did.

Deborah Kerr
Agnes Moorehead

Akira Kurosawa
Ingmar Bergman (can't believe it!)
Richard Brooks

[leftofthedial]

49. Moe Howard

[slybacon9]

50. Shawshank Redemption

.

[Ravenseye]

52. Mark Hamill

He's Luke Skywalker Beeeaaaatch!

[SeattleGirl]

53. Butterfly McQueen for her role as Prissy in Gone With the Wind

Not that Hattie McDaniel didn't deserve an oscar, but Butterfly was fabulous as Prissy.

[eggman67]

54. Cary Grant n/t

[Katherine Brengle]

55. Scorsese, yet again, lol.