The Best Actor Oscar winners of the 1970s
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: George C. Scott — Patton · Marlon Brando — The Godfather · Peter Finch — Network. (Updated Mar 17, 2026.)
The actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for films from 1970 to 1979, including the two who refused it: George C. Scott and Marlon Brando.
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Top 10
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George C. Scott — Patton
1970 film. He refused the award.
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Marlon Brando — The Godfather
1972 film. Vito Corleone; he sent Sacheen Littlefeather to decline it.
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Peter Finch — Network
1976 film. A posthumous award.
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Gene Hackman — The French Connection
1971 film. Detective 'Popeye' Doyle.
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Jack Lemmon — Save the Tiger
1973 film. A businessman in crisis.
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Art Carney — Harry and Tonto
1974 film. An old man on the road with his cat.
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Jack Nicholson — One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 film. Randle McMurphy.
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Richard Dreyfuss — The Goodbye Girl
1977 film. A broke actor in New York.
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Jon Voight — Coming Home
1978 film. A paraplegic Vietnam veteran.
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Dustin Hoffman — Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 film. A divorcing father.
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Comments (2)
George C. Scott lo rifiutò pure, anni '70 ribelli.
Brando rifiutò l'Oscar e mandò Sacheen Littlefeather, momento storico.