Alternate Best Actor 1954: Results

5. Charles Laughton- Charles Laughton has a fairly simple role but he is consistently amusing in his performance.

4. James Stewart in Rear Window- Stewart manages to provide a realistic portrait who we can easily go along through the sometimes quite seedy world of being a voyeur.

3. Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai- Mifune gives a very big but also a very striking performance of a swordsman driven mad by his past.

2. Ray Milland in Dial M For Murder- Milland gives a strong performance by both bringing to life the fierce some hidden motivation of his murderer, but as well as easily adding an appropriate degree of humor in the role as well.

1.James Mason 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- Mason gives a great performance of an iconic character by always bringing to life both the wondrous qualities to his portrayal in equal measure with his more violent aspects.

Overall Rank:

1. Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront
2. James Mason in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3. Ray Milland in Dial M For Murder
4. Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai
5. James Stewart in Rear Window
6. James Mason in A Star is Born
7. Bing Crosby in The Country Girl
8. Kirk Douglas in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 
9. Dan O'Herlihy in Robinson Crusoe
10. Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai
11. Charles Laughton in Hobson's Choice
12. Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny
13. John Mills in Hobson's Choice
14. Paul Lukas in 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
15. Gene Kelly in Brigadoon
16. Bing Crosby in White Christmas
17. Danny Kaye in White Christmas
18. Robert Francis in The Caine Mutiny

Next Year: 1937