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1944 in film and Academy Award for Best Actor

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Difference between 1944 in film and Academy Award for Best Actor

1944 in film vs. Academy Award for Best Actor

The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight and Laura. The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Similarities between 1944 in film and Academy Award for Best Actor

1944 in film and Academy Award for Best Actor have 60 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alexander Knox, Barry Fitzgerald, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Clifton Webb, David Niven, Franchot Tone, Fredric March, Gary Busey, Gary Cooper, Gaslight (1944 film), Gene Kelly, Going My Way, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Gregory Peck, Henry V (1944 film), Humphrey Bogart, James Mason, John Garfield, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier, Michael Douglas, Mickey Rooney, None but the Lonely Heart (film), Peter Finch, Ray Milland, Raymond Massey, ..., Ronald Colman, Spencer Tracy, The Keys of the Kingdom (film), Wallace Beery, Wilson (1944 film), Woodrow Wilson, 17th Academy Awards, 1928 in film, 1930 in film, 1931 in film, 1933 in film, 1934 in film, 1939 in film, 1940 in film, 1941 in film, 1943 in film, 1945 in film, 1946 in film, 1949 in film, 1950 in film, 1953 in film, 1955 in film, 1956 in film, 1957 in film, 1958 in film, 1959 in film, 1962 in film, 1964 in film, 1966 in film, 1969 in film. Expand index (30 more) »

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox (16 January 1907 – 25 April 1995) was a Canadian actor on stage, screen, and occasionally television.

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Barry Fitzgerald

Barry Fitzgerald (born William Joseph Shields; 10 March 1888 – 14 January 1961) was an Irish stage, film and television actor.

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.

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Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976.

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Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

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Clifton Webb

Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, dancer, and singer known for his roles in such films as Laura (1944), The Razor's Edge (1946), and Sitting Pretty (1948), all three being Oscar-nominated.

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David Niven

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist.

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Franchot Tone

Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968), was an American stage, film, and television actor.

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Fredric March

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as "one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 40s."Obituary Variety, April 16, 1975, page 95.

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Gary Busey

William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an American actor.

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Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances.

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Gaslight (1944 film)

Gaslight is an American 1944 mystery-thriller film, adapted from Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play Gas Light, about a woman whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is going insane.

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Gene Kelly

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer.

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Going My Way

Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor, one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s.

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Henry V (1944 film)

Henry V is a 1944 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name.

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899January 14, 1957) was an American screen and stage actor.

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James Mason

James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was an English actor.

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John Garfield

John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters.

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John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed "The Duke", was an American actor and filmmaker.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Michael Douglas

Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer.

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Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality.

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None but the Lonely Heart (film)

None but the Lonely Heart is a 1944 American drama romance film which tells the story of a young Cockney drifter who returns home with no ambitions but finds that his family needs him.

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Peter Finch

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor.

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Ray Milland

Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones, 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director.

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Raymond Massey

Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian-American actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice.

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Ronald Colman

Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, before emigrating to the USA, and having a successful Hollywood film career, he was most popular during the 1920s, 1930's, and 1940's.

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Spencer Tracy

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility.

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The Keys of the Kingdom (film)

The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 American film based on the 1941 novel The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin.

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Wallace Beery

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film actor.

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Wilson (1944 film)

Wilson is a 1944 American biographical film in Technicolor about the 28th American President Woodrow Wilson.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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17th Academy Awards

The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally, on the Blue Network (ABC Radio).

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1928 in film

The following is an overview of 1928 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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1930 in film

The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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1931 in film

The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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1933 in film

The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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1934 in film

The following is an overview of 1934 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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1939 in film

The year 1939 in film is widely considered the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year (considered as a percentage of the population in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom at that time).

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1940 in film

The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia.

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1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.

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1943 in film

The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.

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1945 in film

The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.

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1946 in film

The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.

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1949 in film

The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.

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1950 in film

The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.

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1953 in film

The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.

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1955 in film

The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.

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1956 in film

The following is an overview of 1956 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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1957 in film

The year 1957 in film involved some significant events, with The Bridge on the River Kwai topping the year's box office and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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1958 in film

The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi.

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1959 in film

The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.

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1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia the year's top-grossing film as well as winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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1964 in film

The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including two highly successful musical films, My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins.

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1966 in film

The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.

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1969 in film

The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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1944 in film and Academy Award for Best Actor Comparison

1944 in film has 461 relations, while Academy Award for Best Actor has 1027. As they have in common 60, the Jaccard index is 4.03% = 60 / (461 + 1027).

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