10 DAY UNTIL OSCAR! Random Oscar Trivia This Morning...
Today is the 91st birthday of George Kennedy. In addition to getting to spend a lot of shirtless sweaty hours with Paul Newman (mmm) in Cool Hand Luke, he's the oldest living Best Supporting Actor winner. But who, you ask, are the others? (Just humor me and ask okay?)
Okay, okay. I'll tell you!
The Five Oldest Living Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners
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01 George Kennedy Happy 91st birthday!
Won for: "Dragline" alpha male of a rural prison in Cool Hand Luke (1967)
He beat: John Cassavetes (The Dirty Dozen), Gene Hackman and Michael J Pollard (both: Bonnie & Clyde), and Cecil Kellaway (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
Career Peak: 67-70 he also co-starred in The Dirty Dozen and Hurry Sundown in '67 so he won his statue in a career peak year and a few years later, another awards run.
Other Famous Roles: "Detective Ed Hocken" in the Naked Gun series, "Carter McKay" on Dallas, and "Joe Patroni" in the Airport (1970) disaster movie franchise (Golden Globe Nomination)
Where is he now: Seven years ago EW tracked the reclusive retired winner down and he shared a story about the filming. But he came out of hiding recently, appearing in the Mark Wahlberg version of The Gambler (2014)
02 Martin Landau 87 years old
Won for: "Bela Lugosi," washed up heroin addict movie star in Tim Burton's wonderful Ed Wood (1994)
He beat: Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway), Paul Scofield (Quiz Show) and Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump)
Career Peak: The usual bumpy road of peaks and valleys but the late 80s through mid 90s were particularly golden
Other Famous Roles: "Rufio" in Cleopatra (1963), "Rolin Hand" in Mission: Impossible (1966-1969), "Commander Koenig" in Space 1999 (1975-1977), "Judah Rosenthal" in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Where is he now: He was in Entourage (the movie) recently and has two movies in the can called The Last Poker Game and Without Ward.
Did You Know?: That Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is his daughter?
03 Christopher Plummer 86 years old
Won for: "Hal" a gay father in Beginners (2011)
He beat: Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), Nick Nolte (Warrior), and Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
Career Peak: Difficult to say. He's always worked. An astounding 190+ credits in film and television. And that's not even where he's most celebrated since he's considered one of the premiere stage actors. He's won two Tonys from seven nominations stretching from 1958 through 2007
Other Famous Roles: "Mike Wallace" in The Insider (1999), "Leo Tolstoy" in The Last Station (2009), and "Captain Von Trapp" in The Sound of Music (1965), "Doctor Parnassus" in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Where is he now: Still a work horse as always. Next up is The Kaiser's Last Kiss (TBA) . He plays the Kaiser but the lead is Jai Courtney as a soldier sent to infiltrate his home.
04 Gene Hackman 86 years old
Won for: "Little Bill Daggett" in Unforgiven (1992). It was his second Oscar, having previously won in lead as "Jimmy Doyle" in The French Connection (1971).
He beat: Jaye Davison (The Crying Game), Jack Nicholson (A Few Good Men), Al Pacino (Glengarry Glen Ross), and David Paymer (Mr Saturday Night)
Career Peak: Fairly steady as one of Hollywood's most revered actors but the 70s were particularly kind.
Other Famous Roles: "Buck Barrow" in Bonnie & Clyde (1967), "Harry Caul" in The Conversation (1974), "Harry Mosby" in Night Moves (1975), "Lex Luther" in Superman franchise (1978-1987), "Captain Frank Ramsey" in Crimson Tide (1995), "Senator Kevin Keeley" in The Birdcage (1996), "Royal Tenenbaum" in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Where is he now: Retired for 12 years now in New Mexico. Surely people have tried to convince him to return to the big screen but it's been a firm no.
05 Sean Connery 85 years old
Won for: "Jim Malone" in The Untouchables (1987)
He beat: Albert Brooks (Broadcast News), Morgan Freeman (Street Smart), Vincent Gardenia (Moonstruck) and Denzel Washington (Cry Freedom)
Career Peak: The 1980s. Shaking off such a definitive character as James Bond with stardom intact and more hit films - something no other Bond has truly done.
Other Famous Roles: the original "James Bond" (1962-1983), "Michael McBride" in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), "Mark Rutland" in Marnie (1964), "Robin Hood" in Robin & Marian (1 "William of Baskerville" in In the Name of the Rose (1986), "Professor Henry Jones" in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), "Marco Ramios" in The Hunt For Red October (1990),
Where is he now: Retired. His last film role was "Allan Quatermain" in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
If you're curious about who the oldest living screen stars, Oscar wins or not, we keep that list here.
How would you rank these five Oscar winning performances?