Of all the praise and adulation that Cary Grant received during his film career, one award eluded him.
Although being nominated twice for an Academy Award, he never actually won one!
Grant had boycotted the Oscars for twelve years.
He did finally receive an Academy Award for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting, in 1970.
Frank Sinatra presented the Honorary Award.
Cary Grant did however appear in a number of films that were nominated for Academy Awards in various categories and some won too!
Listed below are all the Cary Grant films that had Oscar nominations...and winners!
BEST PICTURE
1932 - She Done Him Wrong
1937 - The Awful Truth
1940 - The Philadelphia Story
1941 - Suspicion
1942 - The Talk of the Town
1947 - The Bishop's Wife
BEST ACTOR
1940 - James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story (Winner)
1941 - Cary Grant - Penny Serenade
1944 - Cary Grant - None but the Lonely Heart
Nominated for Best Actor in Penny Serenade and None But the Lonely Heart.
BEST DIRECTOR
1937 - Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth (Winner)
1940 - George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story
1947 - Henry Koser - The Bishop's Wife
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1940 - Ruth Hussey - The Philadelphia Story
1944 - Ethel Barrymore - None But The Lonely Heart(Winner)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1937 - Ralph Bellamy - The Awful Truth
1937 - Roland Young - Topper
1946 - Claude Rains - Notorious
BEST ACTRESS
1937 - Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth
1940 - Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story
1941 - Joan Fontaine - Suspicion(Winner)
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
1939 - Only Angels Have Wings
BEST SOUND RECORDING
1937 - Topper
1940 - The Howard's of Virginia
1942 - Once Upon a Honeymoon
1947 - The Bishop's Wife(Winner)
1962 - That Touch of Mink
1964 - Father Goose
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1940 - The Howards of Virginia
1940 - My Favorite Wife
1941 - Suspicion
1942 - The Talk of the Town
1944 - None but the Lonely Heart
1946 - Night and Day
1947 - The Bishop's Wife
1957 - An Affair to Remember
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1942 - The Talk of the Town
1955 - To Catch a Thief(Winner)
1957 - An Affair to Remember
BEST ART DIRECTION
1938 - Holiday
1940 - My Favorite Wife
1942 - The Talk of the Town
1955 - To Catch a Thief
1959 - North by Northwest
1962 - That Touch of Mink
BEST FILM EDITING
1937 - The Awful Truth
1942 - The Talk of the Town
1944 - None but the Lonely Heart
1947 - The Bishop's Wife
1959 - North by Northwest
1964 - Father Goose
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1953 - Dream Wife
1955 - To Catch a Thief
1957 - An Affair to Remember
BEST SONG
1936 - Suzy
1957 - An Affair to Remember
1958 - Houseboat
1963 - Charade
BEST WRITING FOR THE SCREEN (original story or screen play)
1937 - The Awful Truth
1940 - My Favorite Wife
1940 - The Philadelphia Story(Winner)
1942 - The Talk of the Town (Original Writing)
1942 - The Talk of the Town (Screen play)
1943 - Destination Tokyo
1946 - Notorious
1947 - The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer(Winner)
1959 - North by Northwest
1962 - That Touch of Mink
1964 - Father Goose
With Ingrid Bergman's Academy Award in 1957, that he received on her behalf for Best Actress in Anastasia(1956)
Presenting an Academy Award in 1958 with Jean Simmons.
It was to Sir Alec Guinness for "Bridge Over the River Kwai".
She accepted the Oscar on his behalf.
Cary Grant was also honored with presenting Honorary Academy Awards to his fellow actors and friends.
Sir Laurence Olivier in 1979.
And to James Stewart in 1985.
Always the Winner!