1969
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Actor for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1968
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• Academy Award, Actor for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1962
• Academy Award, Actor for Judgment at Nuremberg

1961
• Academy Award, Actor for Inherit the Wind
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for Inherit the Wind
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Inherit the Wind

1959
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Old Man and the Sea
• Academy Award, Actor for The Old Man and the Sea
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for The Last Hurrah

1957
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for The Mountain

1956
• Academy Award, Actor for Bad Day at Black Rock

1954
• British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Foreign Actor for The Actress
• Golden Globe, Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Actress

1951
• Academy Award, Actor for Father of the Bride

1939
• Academy Award, Actor for Boys Town

1938
• Academy Award, Actor for Captains Courageous

1937
• Academy Award, Actor for San Francisco