| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 1978 | The Boys From Brazil | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1977 | MacArthur | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1950 | Twelve O'Clock High | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | |||
| 1949 | Twelve O'Clock High | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1946 | The Yearling | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Actor | |||
| 1946 | The Yearling | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1945 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor |