| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Twelve O'Clock High (1949) |
| Daytime Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1980 | Won | Daytime Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming for: "This Is the Life" (1952) For episode "Independence and 76". |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1965 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers for: "Mr. Novak" (1963) |
| 1964 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) for: "Mr. Novak" (1963) |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1954 | Won | Special Jury Prize |
for: Executive Suite (1954) Shared with: William Holden June Allyson Barbara Stanwyck Fredric March Walter Pidgeon Shelley Winters Paul Douglas Louis Calhern Nina Foch Tim Considine William Phipps Lucy Knoch Edgar Stehli Mary Adams Virginia Brissac Harry Shannon For ensemble acting. |
| Walk of Fame | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| unknown | - | Star on the Walk of Fame |
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