Aktor Terbaik (National Board of Review Award)

1940an

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Tahun Pemenang Film Peran
1945 Ray Milland The Lost Weekend Don Birnam †
1946 Laurence Olivier Henry V Raja Henry V
1947 Michael Redgrave Mourning Becomes Electra Orin Mannon ‡
1948 Walter Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Howard ¥
1949 Ralph Richardson The Fallen Idol Baines
The Heiress Austin Sloper §