1931 Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul as "Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney"

1932 Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as "Dr. Henry L. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde" and Wallace Beery - The Champ as "Champ"

1933 Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII as King Henry VIII

1934 Clark Gable - It Happened One Night as "Peter Warne"

1935 Victor McLaglen - The Informer as "Gypo Nolan"

1937 Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous as "Manuel Fidello"

1938 Spencer Tracy - Boys Town as Father Edward J. Flanigan

1939 Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips as "Charles E. Chipping"

1940 James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story as "Macaulay Connor"