BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best British Actor – Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai Trevor Howard – Manuela Laurence Olivier – The Prince and the Showgirl Michael Redgrave – Time Without Pity Peter Finch – Windom's Way Best Foreign Actor – Henry Fonda – 12 Angry Men Sidney Poitier – Edge of the City Ed Wynn – The Great Man Robert Mitchum – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Pierre Brasseur – Porte des Lilas Tony Curtis – Sweet Smell of Success Richard Basehart – Time Limit Jean Gabin – La Traversée de Paris 1958