BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best British Actor – Peter Finch – The Trials of Oscar Wilde Richard Attenborough – The Angry Silence Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer Albert Finney – Saturday Night and Sunday Morning John Fraser – The Trials of Oscar Wilde Alec Guinness – Tunes of Glory John Mills – Tunes of Glory Best Foreign Actor – Jack Lemmon – The Apartment George Hamilton – Crime & Punishment Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry Fredric March – Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy – Inherit the Wind Yves Montand – Let's Make Love 1961