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Apr 30, 2023 · At the 1975 Oscars, Art Carney - surprisingly - beat Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and Albert Finney to pick up Best Actor.
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Art Carney wins the Oscar for Best Actor for Harry and Tonto at the 47th Academy Awards.
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Carney won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his 1974 performance as Harry Coombes, an elderly man going on the road with his pet cat, in Harry and Tonto. Other nominees that year were Albert Finney , Dustin Hoffman , Jack Nicholson , and Al Pacino .
He Won His One And Only Oscar Of the five men nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor category, only two showed up that night: Art Carney and Jack Nicholson. When Glenda Jackson announced Carney as the winner, he did a delightful little dance on his way to the podium.
Times Staff Writer. Art Carney, who won a best-actor Oscar for “Harry and Tonto” and originated the role of fussy Felix Ungar in “The Odd Couple” on Broadway, but who is best remembered as Jackie...
Carney won an Academy Award for the role of Harry in Harry and Tonto (1974), which tells the story of a widower who takes to the road with his cat after being evicted from his New York apartment.
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Original Screenplay winner for Chinatown, with presenter James Michener. Art Carney. Best Actor winner for Harry and Tonto, with presenter Glenda Jackson. Ingrid Bergman. Supporting Actress winner for Murder on the Orient Express. View More Memorable Moments.
