Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1974: Results

5. Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein- Feldman gives an entertaining and enjoyable performance. 

4. Martin Balsam in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three- Balsam does a great job of humanizing his hijacker, and makes it easy to follow through his own small story within the film.

3. John Huston in Chinatown- Huston gives a great villainous performance creating a fantastic mystery within his character who acts warmly, but evil seems lurking beneath his grin.

2. Robert Shaw in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three- Shaw gives an excellent performance as a steely cold and calculated villain.

1. John Cazale in The Godfather Part II- Good Prediction RatedRStar. Although I do love Shaw's and Huston's performances Cazale does fairly easily win this year for me. He too could be argued as playing a villain, but Cazale turns his character's pathetic plight into a truly heartbreaking portrait of a brother who just was never good enough. 

Overall Rank:

1. John Cazale in The Godfather Part II
2. Robert Shaw in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
3. John Huston in Chinatown
4. Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II
5. Lee Strasberg in The Godfather Part II
6. Martin Balsam in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
7. Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein 
8. Harrison Ford in The Conversation
9. Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles
10. Gene Hackman in Young Frankenstein
11. Hector Elizondo in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
12. Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles 
13. John Cazale in the Conversation
14. Robert Duvall in The Conversation
15. Vincent Gardenia in Death Wish 
16. Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather Part II
17. Tony Roberts in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three 
18. Kenneth Mars in Young Frankenstein
19. Lee Wallace in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
20. Robert Duvall in The Godfather Part II 
21. Geoffrey Lewis in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
22. James Caan in The Godfather Part II 
23. Michael Gorrin in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
24. Allen Garfield in The Conversation
25. Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno
26. John Gielgud in Murder on the Orient Express
27. Jerry Stiller in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
28. Perry Lopez in Chinatown
29. William Daniels in The Parallax View
30. George Kennedy in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
31. Dick O'Neill in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three 
32. G.D. Spradlin in The Godfather Part II
33. Earl Hindman in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
34. Anthony Perkins in Murder on the Orient Express 
35. Larry Hagman in Harry and Tonto
36. Hume Cronyn in The Parallax View 
37. Gaston Machin in The Godfather Part II  
38. Sean Connery in Murder on the Orient Express
39. Frederic Forrest  in The Conversation
40. Richard Widmark in Murder on the Orient Express
41. Joe Mantell in Chinatown
42. Bruno Kirby in The Godfather Part II
43. Martin Balsam in Murder on the Orient Express
44. Robert Vaughn in The Towering Inferno
45. Denis Quilley in Murder on the Orient Express 
46. William Holden in The Towering Inferno
47. Michael York in Murder on the Orient Express
48. Richard Chamberlain in The Towering Inferno

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