Oscars: Actors Who Should Have Won But Didn't

[tv star collector]

Humphrey Bogart, in "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon"
Boris Karloff, in "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein"
The Beatles, in "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!"
Elvis Presley, in "Jailhouse Rock" and "Viva Las Vegas"
Fay Wray, in "King Kong"
John Wayne, in "McLintock!" and "Stagecoach" (1939)
Andy Griffith, in "No Time for Sergeants"
Jerry Lewis, in "The Nutty Professor" (1963)
Tommy Kirk, in "Old Yeller"
The Three Stooges, in "Men in Black" (were nominated) and "Micro-phonies"
Bob Hope, in "Road to Bali" and "Seven Little Foys"
Harrison Ford, in "Star Wars" (1977)
Christopher Reeve, in "Superman" (1978)
Gene Barry, in "War of the Worlds" (1953)

[Brad Russ]

Pat Morita - The Karate Kid

Leonardo Dicaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Passion of The Christ - Best Cinemotography (Not quite what you suggested, but thought I'd mention it anyway). ;)

[sunshinefizzy]

Jimmy Stewart should have won for Mr. Smith goes to Washington.

Henry Fonda should have won for Grapes of Wrath and 12 Angry Men.

[MusicJunkie]

not "actor", but I believe Whoopi Goldberg losing Best Actress in 1985 for The Color Purple is one of the biggest snubs in Oscar history. I've read articles that even argue that her Supporting Actress win for Ghost (which she was great in no doubt, but doesn't come close to the complexity and demands that The Color Purple expected from her) was a compensation prize for admitting that she deserved the Oscar five years earlier. The scene in the kitchen alone should've gotten Whoopi that Oscar.

[Schmoopie]

Off the top of my head...
Joaquim Phoenix for "Walk The Line"
Audrey Hepburn for "The Nun's Story", "Wait Until Dark", "My Fair Lady" (or at least a Nom for "MFL")
Sandra Bullock for "Hope Floats" (at least a Nom)

Andrea

[HuntingtonM15]

Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Catherine Keener - Capote or Frances McDormand - North Country
Natalie Portman - Closer or Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog or Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven
Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
Sissy Spacek - In The Bedroom (WAY better than Halle)
Chloe Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets & Lies
Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking
Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field
Cher - Silkwood
Bette Davis - All About Eve or Gloria Swanson - Sunset Blvd.
Celeste Holm - All About Eve
Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Hope Lange or Diane Varsi - Peyton Place

I'm sure I could probably think of some more.

[comedyfreak]

James Garner and Gena Rowlands for The Notebook
Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream

[ponytail]

Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
Dennis Quaid - Wyatt Earp
John Wayne - The Searchers

[tv star collector]

Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
Dennis Quaid - Wyatt Earp
John Wayne - The Searchers

I had forgotten about Johnny Depp; he was great in the first "Pirates" movie.