Broderick Crawford Wins Best Actor: 1950 Oscars

Jane Wyman presents the Oscar® for Best Actor to Broderick Crawford for "All the King's Men" at the 22nd Academy Awards® in 1950. Hosted by Paul Douglas.

[@HarryFlashman.]

The old saying: "Less is more" is perfectly demonstrated here. Absolutely perfect!

[@AmericanSoldierSioux1969]

I think that's outstanding Mr. Crawford won an Oscar for his performance. Kudos to you Mr. Crawford! And recently became a huge fan of Broderick Crawford. Just started watching Highway Patrol for the first time on METV and already bought Season 1 DVD and preparing to buy Seasons 2,3, and 4....I'm hooked! My dad (God rest his soul) loved Highway Patrol but it never aired when he was alive at the time, so I never knew what he was talking about until now. I don't mind waking up at 5 in the morning to watch it, METV doesn't record the audio on my Comcast DVR most of the time, so have to watch at 5am or I'll miss it, at least the audio portion. Good 'ol METV...always having technical issues every freakin' time, at least here in Fresno, Ca. Thanks for posting and sharing Oscars.

[@anthonygilmore5969]

Wow....they got right to the point and left then the stage. Kind of like it that way. I am a new fan of broderick Crawford.

[@victoriajarvis2260]

"All the KIng's Men" one of the great books of all time, and Broderick Crawford, born for that part. - Do you know I lived in his house? I also frequented the "Poop Deck" Lounge in Freeport, LI, where he was a welcome sight always, I'm sure. Complex man. Had a violent streak. Glad to see this moment. Very touching.

[@wphubert]

Wow, that was a jam packed field of nominees! Certainly a monumental performance on 2150’s part. Congratulations!

[@selwynmiller3282]

That’s the voice of Eve Arden(“Our Miss Brooks,” CBS-TV), doing the complementary moderation, voice over, as Broderick Crawford accepts his award at the podium! 🙂

[@zorro1955]

2150 to base. I just won an oscar, 10-4!

[@jamesmarshall6396]

Two West Philly High boys that attended the same school as my father. Broderick Crawford and Paul Douglas. Both were 2 years behind him.

[@victormioduszewski4729]

Great actor...well deserved

[@Paul-tn3sc]

Years later, he'd be setting up roadblocks for the highway patrol... Jane Wyman would be the ruthless matriarch of a winery.. and her ex-husband would be running the free world.

[@richardweiler6931]

Dan Mathews never met a crime that couldn't be handled by a roadblock. 10-4.

[@MontrealMan1970]

finally a moment where Broderick didn't have to call the coroner.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Or set up a roadblock.

[@larryjung8062]

Broaderick Crawford stared as chief of Highway Patrol Dan Mathews in the 1950's big tv series Highway Patrol.

[@HansDelbruck53]

No he didn't. He starred in the series, although he may have stared down a few suspects

[@globalspiritualrevolutionmedia]

Broderick Crawford was a Great Actor!

[@mikesaunders4775]

As a huge fan of Highway Patrol I didn't realise Broderick Crawford had won an Oscar. What a refreshing contrast in his modest acceptance speech to the pretentious cry babies that pass for 'Stars' today.

[@jasonlindsey9946]

Those actors and actresses back then knew their art!

[@germanquintero10121946]

GRACIAS POR COMPARTIRLO

[@jimmyboydonald6578]

Now that is accepting an award with style and grace. No pretensions or gushing. Just simple and to the point.

[@lindaosika7648]

Kept the ball rolling, Now the show is sooooooo longgggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[@lynnturman8157]

Seems weird to see Broderick Crawford & Paul Douglas together. I always kinda thought they were the same person.

[@barb6868]

How classy everyone was back then.

[@drstrangelove6558]

Well Deserved:)

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Crawford did the voice of a commercial supporting fictional US Senator Crocker Jarmon in the 1972 film “ the candidate “

[@kevinwilson3609]

Good he thanked God. god is very concerned about who wins Best Actor

[@pathetiq1]

could you upload ‘‘twenty years of academy awards‘‘ short please????

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Dan the man Mathews Highway Patrol !

[@Retiredman.]

I wonder if Broderick Crawford was the first person to thank GOD after winning an award ?

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Thanks for asking that. that's just what I was thinking. The word God Is so taboo back then and even today.. thank you for mentioning it by loved him giving credit to the Creator

[@mickeyray3793]

I presume the 1950 Oscar's were televised, but in 1950 not too many folks had TV's! My own folks got their first TV in 1952. We'd watch Jackie Gleason, I Love Lucy, John Cameron Swayze on the news.

[@plasticweapon]

this is broderick crawford saying...see you next week.

[@johnedwards6318]

Best Actor should of gone to (In Order): #1 Broderick Crawford for All The Kings Men #2 James Cagney for White Heat, #3 Kirk Douglas for Champion, #4 Joseph Cotten for The Third Man (UK), #5 Cary Grant for I Was A Male War Bride, #6 Richard Todd for The Hasty Heart (UK), #7 John Wayne for She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, #8 John Wayne for Sands Of Iwo Jima, #9 Robert Ryan for The Set-Up, #10 Toshiro Mifune for Stray Dog (Japan), #11 Spencer Tracy for Adam's Rib, #12 Chishu Ryu for Late Spring (Japan), #13 Richard Conte for Thieves' Highway. NOTE: Gregory Peck for Twelve O'Clock High didn't make the cut.

[@ImVee10]

Oh, shut the fuck up.

[@jimmyduncan7650]

@@ImVee10 😂😂😂😂😉👍

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Oh God you shouldn't forget Glenn Milstead for portraying Divine in the John Waters movies. He Is so underrated. And thank John Waters for making it all possible

[@theflorgeormix]

I don't care if you r Broderick Crawford...Smokey & the Bandit...now I get it

[@seymourscagnetti1413]

Very, very nice. So much "CLASS" back then. This was way before a (certain ethnic group) of people whinned thier way into the movie business, demanded to awarded then started assulting each other on stage. The "Oscars" are now ruined. The low ratings prove it.

[@alefor5423]

I imagined a romantic movie with images and music with starrings Jane Wyman and Gregory Peck

[@earthstewardude]

Broderick Crawford hurried off the stage because his martini was waiting.

[@georgeplagianos6487]

That's cruel to say. I wonder Jane Wyman said any of these actors will probably forget this moment or something to that effect. I was wondering if she meant Broderick 🤔. That would have been kind of insulting but I know it was quite a drinker. Stopped for DWI. Still great personality.. I also like when he said thank God

[@richardweiler6931]

He likely already had quite a few martinis before he reached the stage.

[@stepstone7723]

Hellava man

[@BigDaddy-fx4nx]

I thought Gregory Peck did an amazing job in "Twelve o'clock high."

[@mickeyray3793]

Thanks for the Oscar. Ten -Four!! 😅

[@packjim56]

All the other actors in the running that year must have "split the hick vote".

[@elenamena5424]

Love this! My second choice would have been John Wayne.

[@arthurgearheard4701]

James Cagney should have won for " White Heat! "

[@edwardcairejr.3599]

THE ONE, THE ONLY!!! WAX!!!

[@Juliaflo]

.......Before I was born.

[@richardweiler6931]

You're allowed to know about things that occured before your birth.

[@Juliaflo]

@@richardweiler6931 That's what reading is for, right?

[@privateprivate1865]

I love BC.. But how he won Best Actor is beyond me😂

[@leonardwilsonsr8198]

In Crawford s case he must have gone on a two week binge

[@jeromeblue3854]

Jane Wyman, the former Mrs. Ronald Reagan.

[@lukasmiller486]

If this ceremony were to take place today, all the liberals and atheists in Hollywood and the media would be slamming Broderick Crawford for saying “Thank God.”

[@jimmyduncan7650]

Can't wait to see their faces when Jesus returns.

[@devildoll9929]

Oh piss off,Trumptard

[@ImVee10]

Matthew McConaughey did in 2014.

[@ImVee10]

Rand Jaky Fuck off, Loser

[@jimclark6256]

@@jimmyduncan7650 Never will happen, the man you call Jesus was moved from the a borrowed grave. No one "rose from the dead".

[@fredkaplan9720]

2150 Bye

[@supermariofan03]

This list should have been: Broderick Crawford Kirk Douglas (WINNER) John Wayne Gregory Peck James Cagney

[@mickeyray3793]

Broderick WOULD have said, "Thanks for the Oscar, Ten-Four!" Except that "Highway Patrol* was still several years away in the future! 😅