BAFTA Awards: 1956

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


Winner:
	Richard III (1955)
Other Nominees:
	Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) - USA. Carmen Jones (1954) - USA. East of Eden (1955) - USA. La strada (1954) - Italy. Marty (1955) - USA. Shichinin no samurai (1954) - Japan. Simba (1955) Summertime (1955) - Italy/USA. The Colditz Story (1955) The Dam Busters (1955) The Ladykillers (1955) The Night My Number Came Up (1955) The Prisoner (1955)

Best British Actor


Winner:
	Richard III (1955) - Laurence Olivier
Other Nominees:
	The Bespoke Overcoat (1956) - Alfie Bass (I) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) - Kenneth More The Night My Number Came Up (1955) - Michael Redgrave The Prisoner (1955) - Alec Guinness The Prisoner (1955) - Jack Hawkins

Best Foreign Actor


Winner:
	Marty (1955) - Ernest Borgnine - USA.
Other Nominees:
	East of Eden (1955) - James Dean (I) - USA. Mister Roberts (1955) - Jack Lemmon (I) - USA. Not as a Stranger (1955) - Frank Sinatra - USA. Shichinin no samurai (1954) - Toshir� Mifune - Japan. Shichinin no samurai (1954) - Takashi Shimura - Japan.

Best Foreign Actress


Winner:
	Marty (1955) - Betsy Blair - USA.
Other Nominees:
	A Star Is Born (1954) - Judy Garland (I) - USA. Carmen Jones (1954) - Dorothy Dandridge - USA. I Am a Camera (1955) - Julie Harris (I) La strada (1954) - Giulietta Masina - Italy. Summertime (1955) - Katharine Hepburn - Italy/USA. The Country Girl (1954) - Grace Kelly (I) - USA. The Seven Year Itch (1955) - Marilyn Monroe - USA.

Best British Actress


Winner:
	The Ladykillers (1955) - Katie Johnson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) - Margaret Lockwood The End of the Affair (1955) - Deborah Kerr Touch and Go (1955) - Margaret Johnson (I)

Best British Screenplay


Winner:
	The Ladykillers (1955) - William Rose (I)
Other Nominees:
	Doctor at Sea (1955) - Nicholas Phipps; Jack Davies (I) The Constant Husband (1955) - Sidney Gilliat; Val Valentine The Dam Busters (1955) - R.C. Sherriff The Deep Blue Sea (1955) - Terence Rattigan The Night My Number Came Up (1955) - R.C. Sherriff The Prisoner (1955) - Bridget Boland (I) Touch and Go (1955) - William Rose (I)

Best Screenplay

Best Documentary Film


Winner:
	The Vanishing Prairie (1954) - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Gold (1955) - Canada. Miner's Window (1955) - International. Strijd zonder einde (1955)

Best British Film


Winner:
	Richard III (1955)
Other Nominees:
	Simba (1955) The Colditz Story (1955) The Dam Busters (1955) The Ladykillers (1955) The Night My Number Came Up (1955) The Prisoner (1955)

Most Promising Newcomer to Film

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Blinkity Blank (1955) - Canada.
Other Nominees:
	Animal Farm (1954) Down a Long Way (1955) Fudget's Budget (1954) - USA. Lady and the Tramp (1955) - USA. Magoo Express (1955) - USA.


Winner:
	Gembaku no ko (1952) - Japan.
Other Nominees:
	Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) - USA. Escapade (1955) Simba (1955)

Best Actor


Awarded to:
	The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)
Nominees:
	Mr. Mensah Builds a House (1956) - Gold Coast. Steps of Age, The (1955) - USA.