In 1975, George Burns, won "Best Supporting Actor," for his role in "The Sunshine Boys."
George Burns won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1975 movie "The Sunshine Boys." This is also the film for which he is most well known.
George Burns (January 20, 1896 -- March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum andWalter Matthau (October 1, 1920 -- July 1, 2000), performed together in the 1975 movie, The Sunshine Boys, for which Burns earned an Oscar and Matthau earned a Globe Award for Best Actor. That was the only movie the two performed together in. Walter Matthau paired with Jack Lemmon in 10 movies.
George Burns (January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, won Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Sunshine Boys (1975) at the 1976 48th Academy Awards. Linda Blair and Ben Johnson presented the award. George Burns never hosted the Oscars.
Oscar Janson was born in 1975.
Oscar D'Agostino died on 1975-03-16.
George Burns (January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, was interviewed by Ed Bradley during a 60 Minutes(CBS) interview on November 6, 1988. Burns was 96 at the time. Some of the interview took place at his wife's tomb at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Burns talks about winning an Oscar for 1975's "The Sunshine Boys"; playing God in three movies; and demonstrates to Ed Bradley how to sing harmony. A video copy of this interview can be found at the following website: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4576331n
George Burns won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1975.
George Burns as Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys.
George Burns won the Best Supporting Actor award for 1975 for his role in the Neil Simon comedy.
On March 29, 1976, Burns won his only Oscar, the 1975 Best Supporting Actor award for "The Sunshine Boys," when he was 80 years and 69 days old.
George Burns (January 20, 1896 -- March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum andWalter Matthau (October 1, 1920 -- July 1, 2000), performed together in the 1975 movie, The Sunshine Boys, for which Burns earned an Oscar and Matthau earned a Globe Award for Best Actor. That was the only movie the two performed together in. Walter Matthau paired with Jack Lemmon in 10 movies.
George Burns (January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City, received his Academy award in 1976 for portraying an amiable, beloved and unusually active old comedian in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys. He was the oldest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards at that time (Jessica Tandy won an Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy in 1989 at the age of 81).
Jaws won the Oscar for Sound in 1975.
Barry Lyndon won the Oscar for Cinematography in 1975.
Dog Day Afternoon won the Oscar for Writing in 1975.
Jaws won the Oscar for Film Editing in 1975.
The Hindenburg won the Oscar for Sound Editing in 1975.
The Hindenburg won the Oscar for Visual Effects in 1975.