| Awards/Nominations for
1961 Best Actor 
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Win:
 
Maximilian Schell,
  Judgment at Nuremberg   (Best Actor - Drama)
Win:
 
Glenn Ford,
  Pocketful of Miracles   (Best Actor - Musical or Comedy)
Runner-Up:
 
Warren Beatty,
  Splendor in the Grass   (Best Actor - Drama)
Runner-Up:
 
Maurice Chevalier,
  Fanny   (Best Actor - Drama)
Runner-Up:
 
Sidney Poitier,
  A Raisin in the Sun   (Best Actor - Drama)
Runner-Up:
 
Paul Newman,
  The Hustler   (Best Actor - Drama)
Runner-Up:
 
Fred Astaire,
  The Pleasure of His Company   (Best Actor - Musical or Comedy)
Runner-Up:
 
Bob Hope,
  Bachelor In Paradise   (Best Actor - Musical or Comedy)
Runner-Up:
 
Richard Beymer,
  West Side Story   (Best Actor - Musical or Comedy)
Runner-Up:
 
Fred MacMurray,
  The Absent-Minded Professor   (Best Actor - Musical or Comedy)
 
 
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