Best Actor: 1960s

1960: Jack Lemmon, The Apartment

Oscar winner: Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry

Was he nominated?: Yes

1961: Sidney Poitier, A Raisin in the Sun

Oscar winner: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg

Was he nominated?: No

1962: Gunnar Bjornstrand, Winter Light

Oscar winner: Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird

Was he nominated?: No

1963: Marcello Mastroianni, 8 1/2

Oscar winner: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field

Was he nominated?: No

1964: Richard Burton, The Night of the Iguana

Oscar winner: Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady

Was he nominated?: No (nominated for Becket)

1965: Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Oscar winner: Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou

Was he nominated?: Yes

1966: Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Oscar winner: Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons

Was he nominated?: Yes

1967: Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke

Oscar winner: Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night

Was he nominated?: Yes

1968: Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter

Oscar winner: Cliff Robertson, Charly

Was he nominated?: Yes

1969: Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy

Oscar winner: John Wayne, True Grit

Was he nominated?: Yes