| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 1968 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actor | |||
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea | National Board of Review | Best Actor | |||
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | National Board of Review | Best Actor | |||
| 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Cannes Film Festival | International Prize- Best Actor | |||
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1953 | The Actress | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | |||
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1938 | Boys Town | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1938 | Boys Town | National Board of Review | Best Acting | |||
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor | |||
| 1936 | San Francisco | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actor |
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