Top Movies & Television - 1963 & 1964

Academy Awards

1960 Presented in 1961

Best Picture The Apartment
Best Actor Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry
Best Actress Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8
Actor in a Supporting Role Peter Ustinov, Spartacus
Actress in a Supporting Role Shirley Jones, Elmer Gantry
Directing Billy Wilder, The Apartment
Writing Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, The Apartment
Song “Never on Sunday,” Never on Sunday, Manos Hadjidakis, music and lyrics
   


1961 Presented in 1962

Best Picture West Side Story, Robert Wise
Best Actor Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actress Sophia Loren, Two Women
Actor in a Supporting Role George Chakiris, West Side Story
Actress in a Supporting Role Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Directing Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story
Writing Abby Mann, Judgment at Nuremberg
Song “Moon River,” Breakfast at Tiffany's, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
   


1962 Presented in 1963

Best Picture Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
Actor in a Supporting Role Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth
Actress in a Supporting Role Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker
Directing David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
Writing Horton Foote, To Kill a Mockingbird
Song “Days of Wine and Roses,” Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
   


1963 Presented in 1964

Best Picture Tom Jones
Best Actor Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
Best Actress Patricia Neal, Hud
Actor in a Supporting Role Melvyn Douglas, Hud
Actress in a Supporting Role Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s
Directing Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
Writing John Osborne, Tom Jones
Song “Call Me Irresponsible,” Papa's Delicate Condition, James Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
   

 

1964 Presented in 1965
 

Best Picture My Fair Lady
Best Actor Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
Best Actress Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
Actor in a Supporting Role Peter Ustinov, Topkapi
Actress in a Supporting Role Lila Kedrova, Zorba the Greek
Directing George Cukor, My Fair Lady
Writing Edward Anhalt, Becket
Song “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” Mary Poppins, Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, music and Iyrics
   

Source:  Infoplease.com

 

 

Top Television Shows 1961  - 1964

 

October 1960 - April 1961

1

Gunsmoke

2

Wagon Train

3

Have Gun Will Travel

4

The Andy Griffith Show

5

The Real McCoys

6

Rawhide

7

Candid Camera

8

The Untouchables

9

The Price is Right

10

The Jack Benny Show
   


 

 

October 1961 - April 1962

1

Wagon Train

2

Bonanza

3

Gunsmoke

4

Hazel

5

Perry Mason

6

The Red Skelton Show

7

The Andy Griffith Show

8

The Danny Thomas Show

9

 Dr. Kildare

10

Candid Camera
   

 

 

October 1962 - April 1963

1

The Beverly Hillbillies

2

Candid Camera

3

The Red Skelton Show

4

Bonanza

5

The Lucy Show

6

The Andy Griffith Show

7

Ben Casey

8

The Danny Thomas Show

9

The Dick Van Dyke Show

10

Gunsmoke
   

 

 

October 1963 - April 1964

1

The Beverly Hillbillies

2

Bonanza

3

The Dick Van Dyke Show

4

Petticoat Junction

5

The Andy Griffith Show

6

The Lucy Show

7

 Candid Camera

8

The Ed Sullivan Show

9

The Danny Thomas Show

10

My Favorite Martian
   

Source:  Fiftiesweb.com