Who didnt accept Oscars?

On March 27, 1973, the actor Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for his career-reviving performance in The Godfather.

Why did Marlon Brando refuse the Oscar?

Brando also refused to accept the award due to the federal response to Wounded Knee, when members of the American Indian Movement occupied the South Dakota town but were met by resistance from federal law enforcement. Littlefeather said she promised Brando that she wouldn’t touch the Oscar statuette, she said.

Who was the first actor to decline Oscar?

Dudley Nichols – 1935 Oscar for Best Screenplay The first person to reject an Oscar was screenwriter Dudley Nichols, who won for Best Screenplay for the 1935 film, ‘The Informer’.

Who turned down the role of Patton?

In the poem, Patton talks about vague memories of six separate past lives, from caveman to Ancient Roman to Napoleonic Frenchman, and being a soldier in each and every life. John Wayne eagerly sought the role of Gen. George S. Patton but was turned down by producer Frank McCarthy.

Has the Academy ever taken back an 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In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history — the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and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.

Has any actor refused an Oscar?

(NEXSTAR) – The Academy Award is generally regarded as one of the highest honors that an actor can receive — the keyword being “generally.” In the history of the Oscars, however, there have only been three people who refused their awards: actors George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, and screenwriter Dudley Nichols.