Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman, Annie Hall Neil Simon, The Goodbye Girl George Lucas, Star Wars Robert Benton, The Late Show Arthur Laurents, The Turning Point Best Adapted Screenplay: Alvin Sargent, Julia Peter Shaffer, Equus Louise Bonnell & Jean-Claude Carriere, That Obscure Object of Desire Larry Gelbart, Oh, God! Gavin Lambert & Lewis John Carlino, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
The nominees were: Robert De Niro for "Taxi Driver"; Peter Finch for "Network"; Giancarlo Giannini for "Seven Beauties"; William Holden for "Network"; and Sylvester Stallone for "Rocky." The Oscar was won by Finch posthumously. He died two months before the awards presentation.
Designing Woman won the Oscar for Writing in 1957.
The nominees for Best Actor of 2005 were: Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Capote," Terrence Howard for "Hustle & Flow," Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain," Joaquin Phoenix for "Walk the Line" and David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" The Oscar went to Hoffman.
The nominees were: Marlon Brando for "Julius Caesar" (the actor's third of four consecutive Best Actor nominations); Richard Burton for "The Robe"; Montgomery Clift for "From Here to Eternity"; William Holden for "Stalag 17"; and Burt Lancaster for "From Here to Eternity." The Oscar went to Holden.
The nominees for Best Actor of 1956 were Yul Brynner for "The King and I"; James Dean (posthumously) for "Giant"; Kirk Douglas for "Lust for Life"; Rock Hudson for "Giant"; and Sir Laurence Olivier for "Richard III." The Oscar went to Brynner.
The film was called Network.
Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1998The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1998 went to Roberto Benigni in the movie "Life Is Beautiful" for his role as Guido Orefice. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were: Tom Hanks in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" as Captain John Miller, Ian McKellen in the movie "Gods and Monsters" as James Whale, Nick Nolte in the movie "Affliction" as Wade Whitehouse, and Edward Norton in the movie "American History X" as Derek Vinyard. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1998 went to "Shakespeare in Love"
Peter Finch won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1976.
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Yes, Peter Finch posthumously won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1976 movie "Network".
He is the only actor to win an Oscar posthumously (after his death).
The nominees for Best Actor of 2005 were: Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Capote," Terrence Howard for "Hustle & Flow," Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain," Joaquin Phoenix for "Walk the Line" and David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" The Oscar went to Hoffman.
The nominees were: James Cagney for "Yankee Doodle Dandy"; Ronald Colman for "Random Harvest"; Gary Cooper for "The Pride of the Yankees"; Walter Pidgeon for "Mrs. Miniver"; and Monty Wooley for "The Pied Piper." The Oscar went to Cagney.
Cliff Robertson won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1968 film Charly. The other nominees that year were Alan Arkin (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), Alan Bates (The Fixer), Ron Moody (Oliver!) and Peter O'Toole (The Lion in Winter).
Jason Robards for All the Presidents Men.
The nominees were: Marlon Brando for "Julius Caesar" (the actor's third of four consecutive Best Actor nominations); Richard Burton for "The Robe"; Montgomery Clift for "From Here to Eternity"; William Holden for "Stalag 17"; and Burt Lancaster for "From Here to Eternity." The Oscar went to Holden.
The nominees for Best Actor of 1956 were Yul Brynner for "The King and I"; James Dean (posthumously) for "Giant"; Kirk Douglas for "Lust for Life"; Rock Hudson for "Giant"; and Sir Laurence Olivier for "Richard III." The Oscar went to Brynner.
Stallone received a nomination in 1976 for Rocky, but he has never won an Oscar for Best Actor.
Peter Finch won a posthumous Oscar in 1976 for Network.