| British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Best Actor |
1968 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Best Actor |
1967 |
Nominated |
| Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
1967 |
Nominated |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
Best Actor |
1961 |
Nominated |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Inherit the Wind |
Best Actor |
1960 |
Nominated |
| Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Inherit the Wind |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
1960 |
Nominated |
| National Board of Review |
The Last Hurrah |
Best Actor |
1958 |
Won |
| National Board of Review |
The Old Man and the Sea |
Best Actor |
1958 |
Won |
| Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
The Old Man and the Sea |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
1958 |
Nominated |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
The Old Man and the Sea |
Best Actor |
1958 |
Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival |
Bad Day at Black Rock |
International Prize- Best Actor |
1955 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Bad Day at Black Rock |
Best Actor |
1955 |
Nominated |
| Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
The Actress |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama |
1953 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Father of the Bride |
Best Actor |
1950 |
Nominated |
| National Board of Review |
Boys Town |
Best Acting |
1938 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Boys Town |
Best Actor |
1938 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Captains Courageous |
Best Actor |
1937 |
Won |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
San Francisco |
Best Actor |
1936 |
Nominated |