Poll: Throwback: For which role should Richard Burton have won the Oscar?

Results of 571 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

    

   Best Actor, playing George, won by Paul Scofield in A Man For All Seasons.
2. 2.
   

   The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

    

   Best Actor, playing Alec Leamas, won by Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou.
3. 3.
   

   Becket (1964)

    

   Best Actor, playing Thomas Becket, won by Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady.
4. 4.
   

   Equus (1977)

    

   Best Actor, playing Martin Dysart, won by Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl.
5. 5.
   

   Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

    

   Best Actor, playing King Henry VIII, won by John Wayne in True Grit.
6. 6.
   

   The Robe (1953)

    

   Best Actor, playing Marcellus Gallio,won by William Holden in Stalag 17.
7. 7.
   

   My Cousin Rachel (1952)

    

   Best Supporting Actor, playing Phillip Ashley, won by Anthony Quinn for Viva Zapata!