Can an Oscar be taken away?
Can an Oscar be taken away? Earlier on Friday, the Academy met to discuss whether or not to rescind his Best Actor award. Instead, it ultimately decided to ban Smith from attending the Oscars in person or virtually for 10 years. That means, as it stands, only one Oscar has ever been taken back by the Academy which occurred in 1969.
Who turned down the role of Patton?
Robert Mitchum was offered the lead role. He turned it down, saying that George C. Scott would be a better choice. Two soldiers identify Patton as “Old Blood and Guts”, “Yeah, our blood, his guts.” Colliers war correspondent Quentin Reynolds overheard that very exchange.
Has anyone been stripped of their Oscar?
In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history — the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and therefore ineligible.
