Most Best Pictures

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Found even more ...


* 5 Pictures *
Willis Clark - It Happened One Night / Mutiny on the Bounty / The Great Ziegfield / You Can't Take It With You / Gone with the Wind

* 4 Pictures *
Edwin Maxwell - All Quiet on the Western Front / Grand Hotel / The Great Ziegfield / You Can't Take It with You

* 3 Pictures *
Harry Allen - Cavalcade / Mutiny on the Bounty / Mrs. Miniver
Irving Bacon / Ward Bond / Eddy Chandler - It Happened One Night / You Can't Take It With You / Gone with the Wind
Billy Bevan - Cavalcade / Rebecca / Mrs. Miniver
Gino Corrado - Gone with the Wind / Rebecca / Casablanca
Donald Crisp - Mutiny on the Bounty / The Life of Emile Zola / How Green Was My Valley
Billy Engle - It Happened One Night / Mrs. Miniver / The Best Years of Our Lives
Herbert Evans - Grand Hotel / How Green Was My Valley / Mrs. Miniver
Pat Flaherty - Mutiny on the Bounty / You Can't Take It with You / The Best Years of Our Lives
Kit Guard - It Happened One Night / You Can't Take It with You / Around the World in 80 Days
Paul Irving: The Great Ziegfield / The Life of Emile Zola / You Can't Take It with You
Eddie Kane - The Broadway Melody / It Happened One Night / You Can't Take It with You
James Millican - You Can't Take It With You / Gone with the Wind / The Lost Weekend
William H. O'Brien - Rebecca / The Best Years of Our Lives / Around the World in 80 Days
Lee Phelps - Grand Hotel / You Can't Take It with You / Gone with the Wind
Suzanne Ridgeway - Gone with the Wind / The Best Years of Our LIves / Around the World in 80 Days
Bodil Rosing - All Quiet on the Western Front / Grand Hotel / You Can't Take It with You
Ian Wolfe - Mutiny on the Bounty / You Can't Take It with You / Mrs. Miniver


Appeared in Best Pictures in 3 + 2 consecutive years:
Willis Clark:
- 3 years: It Happened One Night; Mutiny on the Bounty; The Great Ziegfield
- another 2 years: You Can't Take It With You; Gone witht he Wind

Appeared in Best Pictures in three consecutive years:
Paul Irving: The Great Ziegfield; The Life of Emile Zola; You Can't Take It with You

Appeared in Best Pictures in two consecutive years:
Robert McWade - Cimarron; Grand Hotel
Lawrence Grant - Grand Hotel; Cavalcade
Byron Russell / Eric Wilton - Mutiny on the Bounty; The Great Ziegfield
Pierre Watkin / Clarence Wilson - The Life of Emile Zola; You Can't Take it with You
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson / Irving Bacon / Ward Bond / Eddy Chandler / Lee Phelps - You Can't Take It with You; Gone with the Wind
Gino Corrado - Gone with the Wind; Rebecca
Herbert Evans / Walter Pidgeon / Rhys Williams / Tudor Williams - How Green Was My Valley; Mrs. Miniver
Helmut Dantine / Gerald Oliver Smith - Mrs. Miniver; Casablanca
Margin Garralaga - Casablanca; Going My way
Anita Sharp-Bolster - Going My Way; The Lost Weekend
William Newell - The Lost Weekend; The Best Years of Our Lives

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Updated after 85th Oscar

New additions:
Ben Affleck - Shakespeare in Love / Argo
Victor Garber - Titanic / Argo
John Goodman - The Artist / Argo


5 Pictures
Franklyn Farnum - The Life of Emile Zola / The Lost Weekend / Gentleman's Agreement / All About Eve / Around the World in 80 Days
Bess Flowers - It Happend One Night / You Can't Take It with You / All About Eve / The Greatest Show on Earth / Around the World in 80 Days

4 BEST PICTURES
Frank Baker - How Green Was My Valley, Mrs. Miniver, Around the World in 80 Days, My Fair Lady
Sam Harris - You Can't Take It with You, Around the World in 80 Days, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music
Robert Karnes - The Best Years of Our Lives / Gentleman's Agreement / All the King's Men / From Here to Eternity
Harold Miller - The Best Years of Our Lives / All the King's Men / All About Eve / Around the World in 80 Days

3 BEST PICTURES
Ward Bond - It Happened One Night, You Can't Take It With You, Gone With the Wind
John Cazale - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Deer Hunter
James Conaty - The Lost Weekend / The Best Years of Our Lives / All About Eve
Heinie Conklin - All Quiet on the Western Front / Cimarron / The Best Years of Our Lives
Donald Crisp - Mutiny on the Bounty, The Life of Emile Zola, How Green Was My Valley
Harry Davenport - The Life of Emile Zola, You Can't Take It With You, Gone With the Wind
Lester Dorr - You Can't Take It With You / Gone with the Wind / The Greatest Show on Earth
Mary Field - How Green Was My Valley / Mrs. Miniver / The Greatest Show on Earth
Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby
Clark Gable - It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone With the Wind
John Gielgud - Around the World in 80 Days, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi
Beth Grant - Rain Man, No Country for Old Men, The Artist
Hugh Griffith - Ben Hur, Tom Jones, Oliver!
Jack Gwillim - Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons, Patton
Jack Hawkins - The Bridge on the River Kwai, Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia
Bernard Hill - Gandhi, Titanic, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy, Kramer v. Kramer, Rain Man
Diane Keaton - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Annie Hall
Joe Lo Grippo - The French Connection, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II
Shirley MacLaine - Around the World in 80 Days, The Apartment, Terms of Endearment
Talia Shire - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Rocky
Joe Spinell - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Rocky
Meryl Streep - The Deer Hunter, Kramer v. Kramer, Out of Africa
Frank Wilcox - Gentleman's Agreement / All the King's Men / The Greatest Show on Earth
Mary Young - The Lost Weekend / An American in Paris / Around the World in 80 Days


2 Pictures
Ben Affleck - Shakespeare in Love / Argo
Ernest Borgnine - From Here to Eternity (1953), Marty (1955)
Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972)
Richard Bright - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
James Caan - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Simon Callow - Amadeus (1984), Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Leslie Caron - An American in Paris (1951), Gigi (1958)
Sofia Coppola - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Bing Crosby - Going My Way (1944), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Gladys Cooper - Rebecca (1940), My Fair Lady (1964)
Russell Crowe - Gladiator (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Willem Dafoe - Platoon (1986), The English Patient (1996)
Keith David - Platoon (1986), Crash (2005)
Robert De Niro - The Godfather, Part II (1974), The Deer Hunter (1978)
Danny DeVito - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983)
Robert Duvall - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Frances Fisher - Unforgiven (1992), Titanic (1997)
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996)
Colin Firth - The English Patient (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Tommy Flanagan - Braveheart (1995), Gladiator (2000)
Victor Garber - Titanic / Argo
Michael V. Gazzo - On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
John Goodman - The Artist / Argo
Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Gene Hackman - The French Connection (1971), Unforgiven (1992)
Richard Harris - Unforgiven (1992), Gladiator (2000)
Charlton Heston - The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Ben-Hur (1959)
Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People (1980), A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Basil Hoffman - Ordinary Man, The Artist
Celeste Holm - Gentlemen's Agreement (1947), All About Eve (1950)
Ian Holm - Chariots of Fire (1981), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Morgana King - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982), Schindler's List (1993)
Myrna Loy - The Great Ziegfeld (1936), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Karl Malden - On the Waterfront (1954), Patton (1970)
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983)
Laurence Olivier - Rebecca (1940), Hamlet (1948)
Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Last Emperor (1987)
Al Pacino - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974)
Michael Pena - Million Dollar Baby (2004), Crash (2005)
Christopher Plummer - The Sound of Music (1965), A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Claude Rains - Casablanca (1942), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Oliver Reed - Oliver! (1968), Gladiator (2000)
George Reeves - Gone with the Wind (1939), From Here to Eternity (1953)
Robert Redford - The Sting (1973), Out of Africa (1985)
George Sanders - Rebecca (1940), All About Eve (1950)
Vincent Schiavelli - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984)
Robert Shaw - A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Sting (1973)
Frank Sinatra - From Here to Eternity (1953), Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
James Stewart - You Can't Take it With You (1938), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Abe Vigoda - The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974)

[MovieWes]

I'm glad you guys are posting this. For the past two months or so, I've been compiling a list of actors who have appeared in multiple best picture winners over on Wikipedia (I've added all but four entries). I'm adding the ones that I don't have on the list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki....winners

Inky, Michael Pena has appeared in 2 consecutive Best Picture winners.

By the way, Harry Davenport is the only actor to have appeared in 3 consecutive winners (1937, '38, and '39). You only have him listed as appearing in 2. Michael Pena has a shot at joining him this year.

[FilmFan720]

I edited the bottom post to incorporate all the other people found.

[Jim20]

Must have been the lateness of the hour, but thanks for noticing that.

[FilmFan720]

Jim, he was on my original list at the bottom of the thread because he was in three (also Gandhi)



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[Jim20]

One addition:

Bernard Hill ("Titanic"; "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King")

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Found more,

4 BEST PICTURES (both of them were kind of "professional extras")
Frank Baker - How Green Was My Valley; Mrs. Miniver; Around the World in 80 Days; My Fair Lady
Sam Harris - You Can't Take It with You; Around the World in 80 Days; My Fair Lady; The Sound of Music

3 BEST PICTURES
Jack Gwillim - Lawrence of Arabia; A Man for All Seasons; Patton
Joe Lo Grippo - The French Connection; The Godfather; The Godfather Part II

It seems that this is quite a distinctive club. What about those who have already appeared in two and are still active in the industry, i.e., those "two down, one to go" actors? I consider those surviving actors who have never appeared in any film in the last five years as inactive ones.

James Caan - The Godfather; The Godfather Part II
Simon Callow - Amadeus; Shakespeare in Love
Leslie Caron - An American in Paris; Gigi
Sofia Coppola - The Godfather; The Godfather Part II
Russell Crowe - Gladiator; A Beautiful Mind
Willem Dafoe - Platoon; The English Patient
Keith David - Platoon; Crash
Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II; The Deer Hunter
Danny DeVito - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Terms of Endearment
Brad Dourif - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended version)
Robert DuVall - The Godfather; The Godfather Part II
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven; Million Dollar Baby
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List; The English Patient
Colin Firth - The English Patient; Shakespeare in Love
Frances Fisher - Unforgiven; Titanic
David Gant - Gandhi; Braveheart
Richard Griffiths - Chariots of Fire; Gandhi
Gene Hackman - The French Connection; Unforgiven
Charlton Heston - The Greatest Show on Earth; Ben-Hur
Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People; A Beautiful Mind
Ian Holm - Chariots of Fire; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Anthony James - In the Heat of the Night; Unforgiven
Larry Joshua - Dances with Wolves; Unforgiven
Ben Kingsley - Gandhi; Schindler's List
Sean Lawlor - Braveheart; Titanic
Roger Morlidge - The English patient; Shakespeare in Love (He has a realistic chance to join the club this year due to his appearance in The Departed.)
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Terms of Endearment
Robert Redford - The Sting; Out of Africa
Gianni Russo - The Godfather; The Godfather Part II
Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia; The Last Emperor
Al Pacino - The Godfather; The Godfather Part II
Michael Peña - Million Dollar Baby; Crash (He has a realistic chance to join the club this year due to his appearance in Babel.)
Liisa Repo-Martell - Unforgiven; The English Patient
Shane Rimmer - Gandhi; Out of Africa
Gregor Truter - The English Patient; Shakespeare in Love
Abe Vigoda - The Godfather; The Godfather Part II
M. Emmet Walsh - Midnight Cowboy; Ordinary People
Christopher Walken - Annie Hall; The Deer Hunter
Tracy Walter - Annie Hall; The Silence of the Lambs
David Warner - Tom Jones; Titanic
Benny Young - Chariots of Fire; Out of Africa
Susannah York - Tom Jones; A Man for All Seasons

Also discovered a stuntman (later became a stunt coordinator) who served for five Best Pictures: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons, Oliver!

On the other hand, which actors have appeared in Oscar Best Pictures in two consecutive years? This is probably a more exclusive club ...

... [edited on Feb 13 - see above for complete list] ...


Who else?

[MovieWes]

Harry Davenport (The Life of Emile Zola, You Can't Take it With You, Gone With the Wind)
Joe Spinell (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Rocky)

[Hustler]

Oops! Reza, you´re right

[Sonic Youth]

Ward Bond has been in three. It Happened One Night, You Can't Take it With You and Gone With the Wind.

But he deserves extra special mention, because he's been in THIRTEEN Oscar nominated films. They include Arrowsmith, Lady for a Day, The Informer, Dead End, The Grapes of Wrath, Seargent York, The Maltese Falcon, It's a Wonderful Life, The Quiet Man and Mister Roberts. I bet that's a record. It helps to have a good working relationship with John Ford.

[Reza]

Al Pacino: The Godfather-The Godfather Part II-The Godfather Part III

The Godfather Part III did not win best picture!

[Hustler]

Al Pacino: The Godfather-The Godfather Part II-The Godfather Part III

[FilmFan720]

This may have come up before, but I can't find it. I was curious as to what actor has the distinction to be in the most Best Picture winners. I did a little research, but I am sure I missed some.

4 BEST PICTURES
Frank Baker - How Green Was My Valley, Mrs. Miniver, Around the World in 80 Days, My Fair Lady
Sam Harris - You Can't Take It with You, Around the World in 80 Days, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music

3 BEST PICTURES
Ward Bond - It Happened One Night, You Can't Take It With You, Gone With the Wind
John Cazale - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Deer Hunter
Donald Crisp - Mutiny on the Bounty, The Life of Emile Zola, How Green Was My Valley
Harry Davenport - The Life of Emile Zola, You Can't Take It With You, Gone With the Wind
Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby
Clark Gable - It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone With the Wind
John Gielgud - Around the World in 80 Days, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi
Hugh Griffith - Ben Hur, Tom Jones, Oliver!
Jack Gwillim - Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons, Patton
Jack Hawkins - The Bridge on the River Kwai, Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia
Bernard Hill - Gandhi, Titanic, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy, Kramer v. Kramer, Rain Man
Diane Keaton - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Annie Hall
Joe Lo Grippo - The French Connection, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II
Shirley MacLaine - Around the World in 80 Days, The Apartment, Terms of Endearment
Talia Shire - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Rocky
Joe Spinell - The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Rocky
Meryl Streep - The Deer Hunter, Kramer v. Kramer, Out of Africa

Who am I missing?

Tripp



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