BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best British Actor– Kenneth More – Doctor in the House David Niven – Carrington V.C. John Mills – Hobson's Choice Robert Donat – Lease of Life Maurice Denham – The Purple Plain Donald Wolfit – Svengali Best Foreign Actor – Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront José Ferrer – The Caine Mutiny Fredric March – Executive Suite James Stewart – The Glenn Miller Story Neville Brand – Riot in Cell Block 11 1955