Actors who have been in the most "Best Picture" Academy Award Winning Films
Actors who have been in the most "Best Picture" Academy Award Winning Films
#1Actors who have been in the most "Best Picture" Academy Award Winning Films
Posted: 3/12/08 at 1:48am
So Far I have can think of several that are tied for 3
Dustin Hoffman
Shirley MacLaine
Jack Nicholson
Morgan Freeman
Talia Shire
Meryl Streep
Diane Keaton
Does anyone appear in 4 or more?
#2re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 6:21am
If you want to peek:
Wikipedia will tell you
#2re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 9:30am
I love that the answer is basically "three unknown character actors."
God bless 'em!
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#3re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 9:34am
Ah, Bess Flowers. Who can forget her immortal line:
"I'm so happy for you, Eve!"
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#4re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 9:59amYou knew it had to go back to the studio contract days. Some of those character actors would work in a different film every few weeks. They had to have the top counts.
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mamie4 5/14/03
#5re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:41pm
WOW! Thanks for looking that up! I didn't know wikipedia would have it
Also, Sofia Coppola was in the first two Godfathers? I'm assuming as a baby or something.
#6re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:46pm
Okay, now THIS is amazing!
John Cazale
The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Deer Hunter (1978 )
Note: Before his death in 1978, John Cazale appeared in only five feature films, all of which were nominated for Best Picture. In addition to the three films listed above, he also appeared in The Conversation (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
And then his article mentions that he was in Godfather Part III using stock footage, so he was in six films for his entire career, all of which were nominated for Best Picture. A 100% success rate! That's so awesome.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#7re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:50pmHad Cazale lived it would have been interesting to see what kind of acting couple he and Meryl Streep would have made.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#8re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:51pmEven when I was a child, I always watched old movies and paid more attention to character actors and contract players than stars. You gotta love the likes of Eugene Pallette, Roscoe Karns and Ned Sparks.
#9re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:08pm
Love 'em all! And Guy Kibbee, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, so many others...
I also saw a while back that from the AFI top 100 film of all-time, Ward Bond (yay, Ward!) had appeared in more of their chosen films than any other actor. Something like eight.
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touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#10re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/12/08 at 6:54pm
Only six actors have been in films that won in three different decades:
Jack Nicholson
Shirley MacLaine
Dustin Hoffman
Bernard Hill
Morgan Freeman
Franklyn Farnum
If Hoffman or MacClaine is in an Oscar-winner this decade, they'll have spanned 4 decades (a record).
#11re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/13/08 at 10:02amIts MacLaine, btw touchme...
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/13/08 at 11:54am
And there's the great John Cazale, who appeared in five films before his untimely death, all of which were Best Picture nominees and three of which were winners.
What a loss. One of the finest actors in films.
#13re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/13/08 at 12:07pm
Ha! I assume, Roscoe, that you didn't actually read the thread. 
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: Actors who have been in the most 'Best Picture' Academy Award Winning F
Posted: 3/13/08 at 12:20pm
Oh, I hadn't noticed that somebody posted on Cazale, and actually got the facts right.
Cazale still rocks, though.
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