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

Visions of Eight

• Love
• The Movies That Made Us
• The Second Gun
• Wattstax

Best Film - Drama

The Exorcist

• Cinderella Liberty
• Day of the Jackal
• Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)
• Save the Tiger
• Serpico

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

American Graffiti

• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Paper Moon
• Tom Sawyer
• A Touch of Class

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 Music, 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

Linda Blair - The Exorcist

• 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

Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon

• Linda Blair - The Exorcist
• Kay Lenz - Breezy
• Michelle Phillips - Dillinger
• Barbara Sigel - Time to Run

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

• James Stewart – Hawkins
  • David Carradine – Kung Fu
  • Mike Connors – Mannix
  • Peter Falk – Columbo
  • Richard Thomas – The Waltons
  • Robert Young – Marcus Welby, M.D.

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

• Jack Klugman – The Odd Couple
  • Alan Alda – M*A*S*H
  • Dom DeLuise – Lotsa Luck
  • Redd Foxx – Sanford and Son
  • Carroll O'Connor – All in the Family

Best Actress - Drama Series

• Lee Remick – The Blue Knight
  • Michael Learned – The Waltons
  • Julie London – Emergency!
  • Emily McLaughlin – General Hospital
  • Susan Saint James – McMillan & Wife

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
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Sanford and Son
  • The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour

Best Supporting Actor

• McLean Stevenson – M*A*S*H
  • Edward Asner – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Will Geer – The Waltons
  • Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show
  • Strother Martin – Hawkins
  • Rob Reiner – All in the Family

Best Supporting Actress

• Ellen Corby – The Waltons
  • Gail Fisher – Mannix
  • Valerie Harper – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Sally Struthers – All in the Family
  • Loretta Swit – M*A*S*H

References

• IMdb 1974 Golden Globe Awards