Today's question comes courtesy of Colin Miller (pictured), an assistant professor at Chicago's John Marshall Law School. Readers following our "Oscar Countdown" may have noticed that Colin knows a thing or two about Oscar trivia!
Colin's question: Name the actor who appeared in multiple films, every one of which was nominated for Best Picture.
John Cazale? He was in Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather, the Conversation and Godfather II.
Posted by: Wex | February 19, 2010 at 01:10 PM
And Deer Hunter.
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 19, 2010 at 01:24 PM
Wex, you got it right. He was also in The Deer Hunter, which was nominated as well (and he was in archive footage in The Godfather, Part III, which was also nominated). Sadly, he died of bone cancer soon after the filming of The Deer Hunter while engaged to Meryl Streep.
Posted by: Colin Miller | February 19, 2010 at 01:27 PM
Safe to say that this is probably a record that will never be broken.
Posted by: Lance McMillian | February 19, 2010 at 02:07 PM
So, I don't know much about this topic, but IMDB says John Cazale was in a film called "The American Way," which doesn't appear to have been nominated for best picture.
Posted by: anon | February 19, 2010 at 03:26 PM
Sure, it's only a 10 minute long short, but ...
Posted by: anon | February 19, 2010 at 03:28 PM
anon, that's interesting. I guess, then, that the question should be phrased, "Name the actor who appeared in multiple feature length films, every one of which was nominated for Best Picture."
Posted by: Colin Miller | February 19, 2010 at 04:46 PM