Academy Awards: Nominees and Winners-Actor in a Leading Role 1940-1949 * 1940 James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story as Macaulay Connor (winner) o Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator as Adenoid Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania) / A Jewish Barber o Henry Fonda – The Grapes of Wrath as Tom Joad o Raymond Massey – Abe …
