BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best British Actor – Peter Finch – A Town Like Alice Jack Hawkins – The Long Arm Kenneth More – Reach for the Sky Best Foreign Actor – François Périer – Gervaise Karl Malden – Baby Doll Pierre Fresnay – Le Défroqué Frank Sinatra – The Man with the Golden Arm Spencer Tracy – The Mountain William Holden – Picnic James Dean – Rebel Without a Cause Gunnar Björnstrand – Sommarnattens leende 1957