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On the Waterfront was a critical and commercial success and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. It received twelve Academy Award nominations and won eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, and Best Director for Kazan.
Edmond O'Brien – The Barefoot Contessa as Oscar Muldoon‡ Lee J. Cobb – On the Waterfront as Michael J. Skelly aka "Johnny Friendly" Karl Malden – On the Waterfront as Father Barry; Rod Steiger – On the Waterfront as Charley "the Gent" Malloy; Tom Tully – The Caine Mutiny as Lieutenant Commander William H. De Vriess
He would next receive Oscar nominations for portraying Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952); [5] Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953); [6] and finally, Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he garnered his first Academy Award and Golden Globe victory. [7] He also won the Cannes Best Actor prize for Viva Zapata!.
On the Waterfront. After all these years, On the Waterfront is one of the most iconic winners in Academy Awards history. Marlon Brando stars as a dockworker determined to dismantle the corruption ...
Eight-time Oscar nominee Brando influenced a generation of actors with his revolutionary approaches to method, winning Hollywood’s biggest prize twice in the process - for On the Waterfront ...
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi , which won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight set by Gone with the Wind and tied by From Here to Eternity and On the Waterfront .
Only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a real Oscar winner Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for portraying Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004). NOTE: Renée Zellweger won Best Actress for portraying Judy Garland in Judy (2019).
Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile, and crazed characters. Over his distinguished career he received three Academy Award nominations for his performances as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in On the Waterfront (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker (1964), and as police chief Bill ...