31st Golden Globe Awards
The 31st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1973, were held on January 26, 1974.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Actor - Drama
Al Pacino - Serpico
- Robert Blake - Electra Glide in Blue
- Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
- Steve McQueen - Papillon
- Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
George Segal - A Touch of Class
- Carl Anderson - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Richard Dreyfuss - American Graffiti
- Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Ryan O'Neal - Paper Moon
Best Actress - Drama
Marsha Mason - Cinderella Liberty
- Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist
- Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
- Elizabeth Taylor - Ash Wednesday
- Joanne Woodward - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class
- Yvonne Elliman - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Cloris Leachman - Charley and the Angel
- Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon
- Liv Ullmann - 40 Carats
Best Director
William Friedkin - The Exorcist
- Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
- Peter Bogdanovich - Paper Moon
- George Lucas - American Graffiti
- Fred Zinnemann - The Day of the Jackal
Best Documentary Film
Best Film - Drama
- Cinderella Liberty
- Day of the Jackal
- Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
- Save the Tiger
- Serpico
Best Film - Musical or Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger), West Germany
- Alfredo, Alfredo, Italy
- Day for Night (La nuit américaine), France
- Kazablan, Israel
- State of Siege (État de siège), France
Best Original Score
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" - Neil Diamond
- "Breezy" - Michel Legrand
- "Cinderella Liberty" - John Williams
- "The Day of the Dolphin" - Georges Delerue
- "O Lucky Man!" - Alan Price
- "Tom Sawyer" - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and John Williams
Best Original Song
"The Way We Were" - The Way We Were
- "Breezy's Song" - Breezy
- "Lonely Looking Sky" - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- "Rosa Rosa" - Kazablan
- "Send a Little Love My Way" - Oklahoma Crude
- "All That Love Went to Waste" - A Touch of Class
Best Screenplay
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty
- Cinderella Liberty - Darryl Ponicsan
- The Day of the Jackal - Kenneth Ross
- The Sting - David S. Ward
- A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank and Jack Rose
Best Supporting Actor
John Houseman - The Paper Chase
- Martin Balsam - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
- Jack Gilford - Save the Tiger
- Randy Quaid - The Last Detail
- Max von Sydow - The Exorcist
Best Supporting Actress
- Valentina Cortese - Day for Night (La nuit américaine)
- Madeline Kahn - Paper Moon
- Kate Reid - A Delicate Balance
- Sylvia Sidney - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Most Promising Newcomer - Male
Paul Le Mat - American Graffiti
- Carl Anderson - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Robby Benson - Jeremy
- Kirk Calloway - Cinderella Liberty
- Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar
Most Promising Newcomer - Female
- Linda Blair - The Exorcist
- Kay Lenz - Breezy
- Michelle Phillips - Dillinger
- Barbara Sigel - Time to Run
Television
Best Actor - Drama Series
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series
Best Actress - Drama Series
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series
- Cher – The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
- Jean Stapleton – All In the Family
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude
- Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Best Series - Drama
- The Waltons
- Cannon
- Columbo
- Hawkins
- Mannix
- Police Story
Best Series - Musical or Comedy
- All in the Family
- The Carol Burnett Show
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Sanford and Son
- The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress