Don Ameche winning Best Supporting Actor

[Stranglehold432]

This was obviously a career award. He was a good actor, but there was nothing award worthy about that performance. Maybe the least memorable character in Cocoon

[Yunier002]

it's amazing watching this old videos, the 80s were the best in all, thanks for sharing!

[Surannhealz]

That was incredibly classy.

[HanukkaStatham]

On episode 12 of season 7 of the Simpsons, this Oscar can be found on Homer's trophy shelf, with Don Ameche's name crossed out and Homer Simpson written in.

[diegormh]

thumbs up if you watched this for Cher dress

[jwelch5742]

Don Ameche did amazing job in Cocoon.

[Ivanatis]

R stands for Robert...

[justinfleming1988]

why wasnt danny glover nominated for his role as the abusive husband in' the color purple'?

[jvfunn3000]

R.I.P. DON AMECHE 1908-1993! YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT ACTOR!

[aamiller90]

Shadow from Homeward Bound!

[enjoyalove12772]

award long overdue after decades of movies for mr ameche and finally at peace rest well mr ameche there will never be another like him.

[Brighteyes1ful]

Cher what God gave you, you should stick to!

[joel65913]

The epitome of grace and dignity. Generous and succinct...if only all Oscar speeches could be this great the awards would be so much easier to get through.

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

a gorgeous performance

[vadimzdonutube]

the dude from mephisto should have won

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

Class, class , class...

[thelupoistheman1]

He deserved it. Great movie, and everytime he was on screen, he made it shine like a light bulb. RIP Mr. Ameche.

[zeldafan1515]

shadow homeward bound, i wish he was alive for homeward bound 2, why do all these great actors end up dying or getting sick, like michael j fox, or patrick swayze

[SuperWoodyboy]

Great man...we love and miss Dear Sir

[fatizoo1000]

i think he didn't deserve that Oscar!

[YourFaceWillDie468]

@fatizoo1000 Would you care to elaborate?

[bondfan1963]

so glad he won Mr Loggia was great too wished for a tie

[88mphsss]

Was he considered for Darth Vader, I forgot his voice sounds like this, and when you make a voice sound metallic like that I bet his would have been great too. Only other I'd consider, and this may come as kind of a surprise...Boris Karloff.

[pandemits]

good for Mr. Amichi. But did anyorn noticed how many third ages persons were nominated? Eirc Roberts is the youngets!!!

[betonauta]

A Class Act.

[emeluc]

Beautiful speech and wonderful voice

[boogiefever1985]

What a wonderful acceptance speech

[cmcb09]

Don Ameche was truly one of the most wonderful yet underrated actors of the 20th century, he was active in movies for over 6 decades. And he always made his role shine no matter how big or small, he always came off as a kind/sweet/loving gentleman. RIP Mr. Ameche you were truly a wonderful actor/gentleman

[CassAnayadotcom]

don't they realize the oscar icon in the bottom right looks like a butt?

[incrediblehulkmovies]

Probably the most elegant oscar acceptant speech in history.

[efan2011]

William Hickey or Robert Loggia should have won, but Ameche was good too

[tfan68]

The genuine love of the audience for Don is clear and wonderful

[tfan68]

He is so clearly overwhelmed by the level of love from his peers.

[skateboardgumby]

But it must have been highly gratifying to Mr. Ameche to receive an Oscar when many thought he was long gone. What a great actor and great man.

[duckwrangler]

This really was a lifetime achievement award. A few years later Ameche gave a lifetime best performance in the hugely under-rated THINGS CHANGE - but as he had won already he was ignored for that performance.

[proman84]

@duckwrangler

I don't know about lifetine achievement awards but you are soooo right about Ameche's performance in Things Change. Brilliant movie and brilliant performances.

[MissLizaMay]

He was such a charming gentleman. He had such talent, and was wonderful in that movie, along with Gwen Verdon. It just couldn't have been played by anyone else.

[tubeeorrnottubee]

Beautiful man, Don Ameche~

[blkchk]

Very underrated actor...long overdue.

[zim83]

This was an awful, undeserved win. Ameche was great and this Oscar was simply a tribute since his performance in silly "Cocoon" was nothing to write home about. I agree with those considering Eric Roberts the best choice that year for the chilling "Runaway Train"; he deserved it two years prior for "Star 80" and he deserved it again that year.

[Dirkdebruyne]

@zim83 acting is not a horse race, so there is always something silly about giving awards for acting...the oscars most of all, as it is a vain and self glorifying event originally created as a luncheon to fête the ridculously called "academy(sic!) of motion pictures arts and sciences(sic again and again !)" which was created as just another tool by the studio heads to fend offf unionization in the industry( they failed, luckily!)..Don Ameche deserved his action man as much as anybody...

[YourFaceWillDie468]

@zim83 The Beetus (Wilford Brimley) starred in Cocoon. It's not silly. Now he's going to give you the worst thing in the world: type two adult onset diabeetus.

[bigred997]

Amazing.. shut out from Hollywood pictures for close to 40 years. what a comeback!

Alexander Graham Bell was done proud....

[cmhmuscle]

@bigred997

why was he "shut out"??

[tubeeorrnottubee]

@cmhmuscle ~ Something terrible called the House Un-American Activities Commitee, I reckon. A lot of tremendously gifted actors lost work for many, many years because of The McCarthy Era~ I could be mistaken, but I have a hunch that's the case I could swear I read something about it. ..will be investigating it.. you've got my curiosity up!:)

[Muirmaiden]

Has there ever been a better Oscar acceptance speech than this? Maybe, but this one always brings happy tears to my eyes. Don, you are missed.

[JasonKrueger90]

I haven't seen Cocoon yet, but i'm glad that William Hickey didn't won. Prizzi's Honor was great, but anyone can act that way, that he did.

And Robert Loggia also played in Prizzi's Honor. How ironic. He must have thought:

"Yeah, we was great together in Prizzi's, but i was better in Jagged Edge, so you shouldn't win for Prizzi's Honor."

[broadjumper1]

Gotta love Cher....

[percussin8or]

Don Ameche was a wonderful actor, and he gave such a beautiful speech here, but IMO he did not deserve an Oscar for "Cocoon". I don't assume to be right, but I think Loggia should have won.

[MissLizaMay]

@percussin8or I honestly think the Oscar was as much a recognition for Ameche's entire career, as well as Cocoon. Kind of appropriate, given the film's theme.

[percussin8or]

@MissLizaMay True, there's good reason behind his being awarded for his life's work. But if that really was the Academy's intention, a better move would have been to actually give him a Life Achievement Award, like they did with Myrna Loy (who never received a competitive Oscar nom).

[nonplayerzealot4]

He deserved it for Mortimer in Trading Places, but they came correct a couple yrs later.

[ramblinhaze]

Eric Roberts got straight up robbed....Runaway Train was amazing as was his performance.

[deanriam]

@ramblinhaze They all got robbed.

[SuperNezzy]

Class act, all the way!

[KOHF34]

This is without a doubt one of the most humble Oscar wins I've ever seen. RIP Don.

[ThatOtherGuy1100]

Guys a legend... but seriously? They couldn't have given this to him forty years ago when he actually DESERVED it?

[BitchErica1]

Deserved win!

[scorsese86]

William Hickey;-)

[s0olid]

Great speech.

[deanriam]

Awful win, one of the worst EVER and Eric Stoltz was seriously snubbed for Mask, I would give him the Oscar.

[Hemloch]

@deanriam fuck you

[deanriam]

@Hemloch Fuck you right back idiot.