Best Actors Who Won The Oscar in the '50s

The Top Ten
1 Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years.
2 David Niven - Separate Tables
3 Alec Guinness - The Bridge On the River Kwai Sir Alec Guinness was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters.
4 Yul Brynner - The King and I
5 Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American screen actor whose performances in iconic 1940s films noir such as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep earned him status as a cultural icon.
6 Ernest Borgnine - Marty
7 Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American actor, film director, and activist. He is credited with bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is often cited as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time. He died on July 1, 2004 at the age of 80.
8 José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
9 Gary Cooper - High Noon Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-five years, from 1925 to 1960, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He ...read more.
10 William Holden - Stalag 17
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