William Wyler’s Oscar Nominated Actors

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William Wyler

36 Acting Nominations

(s) supporting category

(*) Academy Award winner

William Wyler: Top Oscar Directors for Actors

 

1936

Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton in Dodsworth

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

Fay Bainter, Bette Davis in Jezebel

Bette Davis Jezebel *

Fay Bainter (s) Jezebel *

 

1939

Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights

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

Teresa Wright, Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver

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 in Roman Holiday

Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday *

Eddie Albert (s) Roman Holiday

 

1956

Anthony Perkins (s) Friendly Persuasion

 

1958

Burl Ives (s) The Big Country *

 

1959

Charlton Heston Ben-Hur *

Hugh Griffith (s) Ben-Hur *

 

1961

Fay Bainter (s) The Children’s Hour

 

1965

Samantha Eggar The Collector

 

1968

Omar Sharif and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, by William Wyler

Barbra Streisand (above, with Omar Sharif) Funny Girl * (tied with Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter)

Kay Medford (s) Funny Girl

 


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