Academy Awards: Oscars Nominees and Winners: Actor in a Supporting Role 1970 - 1979
· 1970 John Mills - Ryan's Daughter as Michael (winner)
o Richard S. Castellano - Lovers and Other Strangers as Frank Vecchio
o Chief Dan George - Little Big Man as Old Lodge Skins
o Gene Hackman - I Never Sang for My Father as Gene Garrison
o John Marley - Love Story as Phil Cavalleri
· 1971 Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show as Sam the Lion (winner)
o Jeff Bridges - The Last Picture Show as Duane Jackson
o Leonard Frey - Fiddler on the Roof as Motel Kamzoil
o Richard Jaeckel - Sometimes a Great Notion as Joe Ben Stamper
o Roy Scheider - The French Connection as Detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo
· 1972 Joel Grey - Cabaret as Master of Ceremonies (winner)
o Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid as Mr. Corcoran
o James Caan - The Godfather as Sonny Corleone
o Robert Duvall - The Godfather as Tom Hagen
o Al Pacino - The Godfather as Michael Corleone
· 1973 John Houseman - The Paper Chase as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. (winner)
o Vincent Gardenia - Bang the Drum Slowly as Dutch Schnell
o Jack Gilford - Save the Tiger as Phil Greene
o Jason Miller - The Exorcist as Father Damien Karras
o Randy Quaid - The Last Detail as Larry Meadows
· 1974 Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II as (Young) Vito Corleone (winner)
o Fred Astaire - The Towering Inferno as Harlee Claiborne
o Jeff Bridges - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Lightfoot
o Michael V. Gazzo - The Godfather Part II as Frankie Pentangeli
o Lee Strasberg - The Godfather Part II as Hyman Roth
· 1975 George Burns - The Sunshine Boys as Al Lewis (winner)
o Brad Dourif - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Billy Bibbit
o Burgess Meredith - The Day of the Locust as Harry Greener
o Chris Sarandon - Dog Day Afternoon as Leon Shermer
o Jack Warden - Shampoo as Lester
· 1976 Jason Robards - All the President's Men as Ben Bradlee (winner)
o Ned Beatty - Network as Arthur Jensen
o Burgess Meredith - Rocky as Mickey Goldmill
o Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man as Dr. Christian Szell
o Burt Young - Rocky as Paulie Pennino
· 1977 Jason Robards - Julia as Dashiell Hammett (winner)
o Mikhail Baryshnikov - The Turning Point as Yuri Kopeikine
o Peter Firth - Equus as Alan Strang
o Alec Guinness - Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi
o Maximilian Schell - Julia as Johann
· 1978 Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter as Nikonar 'Nick' Chevotarevich (winner)
o Bruce Dern - Coming Home as Captain Bob Hyde
o Richard Farnsworth - Comes a Horseman as Dodger
o John Hurt - Midnight Express as Max
o Jack Warden - Heaven Can Wait as Max Corkle
· 1979 Melvyn Douglas - Being There as Benjamin Turnbull Rand (winner)
o Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now as Lt. Col Bill Kilgore
o Justin Henry - Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer
o Frederic Forrest - The Rose as Houston Dyer
o Mickey Rooney - The Black Stallion as Henry Dailey
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