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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.
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.
- Mike Shutt
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.
Feb 7, 2015 · Art Carney’s stunning victory for playing Harry in Paul Mazursky’s Harry and Tonto on the night of April 8th of 1975 is one of the most legendary upsets in the history of ceremony. And as the years go by, hindsight makes the upset even harder to understand.
In 1974, the Oscars delivered one of its biggest surprises ever when first-time contender Art Carney claimed Best Actor for "Harry and Tonto" over four repeat nominees: Dustin Hoffman ("Lenny...
Nov 12, 2003 · 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 Gleason’s lovable...
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In film, Carney played senior citizen Harry Coombes in the road movie "Harry and Tonto" (1974). For this role, Carney won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1918, Carney was born in an Irish American family in Mount Vernon, New York. His father was publicist Edward Michael Carney, and his mother was housewife Helen Farrell.
