spencer tracy was the first person to be nominated posthumously for the best actor oscar.
who was the first person to be nominated posthumously for the best actor oscar?
spencer tracy
finch was nominated for an oscar for "network" and went on to posthumously win the award, which was accepted by his widow, eletha finch. although james dean, spencer tracy and massimo troisi were also posthumously nominated for a best actor oscar, finch was the first actor to have won the award posthumously, as well as the first australian actor to win a best actor award. he was the only posthumous winner of an oscar in an acting category until fellow australian heath ledger won the academy award for best supporting actor in 2009; there were many earlier posthumous oscar winners in non-acting categories. finch also won five best actor awards from the british academy of film and television arts (bafta), including one for "network".
peter finch
bullet::::- phillip boyd as maximilian schell, winner of the best actor oscar in 1962 for "judgment at nuremberg"





























bullet::::- anthony crivello as david lean, winner of the best director oscar in 1963 for "lawrence of arabia"





























bullet::::- bryant boon as gregory peck, winner of the best actor oscar in 1963 for "to kill a mockingbird"





























bullet::::- louis b. jack as ed begley, winner of the best supporting actor oscar in 1963 for "sweet bird of youth"





























bullet::::- anthony tyler quinn as wendell corey, president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences from 1961 to 1963
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