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The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1942 went to

  • James Cagney in the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy" for his role as George M. Cohan. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were:
  • Ronald Colman in the movie "Random Harvest" as Charles Rainier,
  • Gary Cooper in the movie "The Pride of the Yankees" as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig,
  • Walter Pidgeon in the movie "Mrs. Miniver" as Clem Miniver, and
  • Monty Woolley in the movie "The Pied Piper" as Howard. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1942 went to "Mrs. Miniver"
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Gary Cooper - Sergeant York as Alvin C. York

Cary Grant - Penny Serenade as Roger Adams

Walter Huston - The Devil and Daniel Webster as Mr. Scratch

Robert Montgomery - Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Joe Pendleton

Orson Welles - Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane

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* Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen

Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire

Montgomery Clift, A Place in the Sun

Arthur Kennedy, Bright Victory

Frederick March, Death of a Salesman

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