William Wyler
36 Acting Nominations
(s), supporting category
(*) Academy Award winner
William Wyler: Record-Setting Oscar Director for Actors
1936
Walter Huston (above, with Ruth Chatterton), Dodsworth
* Walter Brennan (s), Come and Get It (Wyler replaced Howard Hawks, who received co-directing credit)
Bonita Granville (s), These Three
Maria Ouspenskaya (s), Dodsworth
1937
Claire Trevor (s), Dead End
1938
* Bette Davis, Jezebel
* Fay Bainter (s), Jezebel
1939
Laurence Olivier (above, with Merle Oberon), Wuthering Heights
Geraldine Fitzgerald (s), Wuthering Heights
1940
Bette Davis, The Letter
* Walter Brennan (s), The Westerner
James Stephenson (s), The Letter
1941
Bette Davis, The Little Foxes
Patricia Collinge (s), The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright (s), The Little Foxes
1942
Walter Pidgeon, Mrs. Miniver
* Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
Henry Travers (s), Mrs. Miniver
* Teresa Wright (s), Mrs. Miniver
Dame May Whitty (s), Mrs. Miniver
1946
* Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives
* Harold Russell (s), The Best Years of Our Lives
1949
* Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
Ralph Richardson (s), The Heiress
1951
Eleanor Parker, Detective Story
Lee Grant (s), Detective Story
1953
* Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Eddie Albert (s), Roman Holiday
1956
Anthony Perkins (s), Friendly Persuasion
1958
* Burl Ives (s), The Big Country
1959
* Hugh Griffith (s), Ben-Hur
1961
Fay Bainter (s), The Children's Hour
1965
Samantha Eggar, The Collector
1968
* Barbra Streisand (above, with Omar Sharif), Funny Girl (tied with Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter)
Kay Medford (s), Funny Girl