Academy Awards: Actors with most Oscar nominations but least wins

By
MTTG Staff
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Montgomery Clift

Nominations: 4

  • Actor – 1949 – “The Search”
  • Actor – 1952 – “A Place in the Sun”
  • Actor – 1954 – “From Here to Eternity”
  • Actor in a Supporting Role – 1962 – “Judgment at Nuremberg”

Montgomery Clift was one of the first method actors to meet success in Hollywood. He avoided committing to any studio for nearly a decade, holding out for the right project — which would eventually become a starring role opposite film legend John Wayne in “Red River.”