Awards

2001
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie  /  Honorary Award  /  Won for  ""
1999
Screen Actors Guild  /  Lifetime Achievement Award  /  Won for  ""
1994
National Board of Review  /  Career Achievement Award  /  Won for  ""
1992
American Film Institute  /  Lifetime Achievement Award  /  Won for  ""
1981
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  /  Cecil B. DeMille Award  /  Won for  ""
1968
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  /  Henrietta Award  /  Won for  ""
1963
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie  /  Best Actor  /  Won for  "Lilies of the Field"
Berlin International Film Festival  /  Silver Bear for Best Actor  /  Won for  "Lilies of the Field"
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  /  Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama  /  Won for  "Lilies of the Field"
1958
Berlin International Film Festival  /  Silver Bear for Best Actor  /  Won for  "The Defiant Ones"
British Academy of Film and Television  /  Best Foreign Actor  /  Won for  "The Defiant Ones"

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