| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1952 | High Noon | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1952 | High Noon | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1941 | Sergeant York | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | |||
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1941 | Sergeant York | National Board of Review | Best Acting | |||
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor |