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Name the actor who appeared in just five films in his career, all of which were either nominated for the Best Film Oscar, or won the Best Film Oscar.

A set of steak knives if you can name all five films...

I thought maybe James Dean as he died young

But as I'm off to bed shortly and it would have bugged me and kept me awake I looked it up (but won't spoil it for others )

Good question though

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I got it from remembering watching a retrospective documentary about one of those very films

 

Here is my answer behind a spoiler...

 

John Cazale

 

EDIT - I've just realised I want the steak knives

 

Dog Day Afternoon (The film I watched a documentary aout), The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather II and The Deer Hunter

 

Ginko will get this if our GTA activities have told me anything :)

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New Hampshire? :unsure:

 

Edit: Nope. Answer's pretty surprising.

Well, there are several, since Massachusetts' royal charter was coast-to-coast, so anything in North America between 42 degrees and 42 degrees 40 minutes north was part of Massachusetts.

(that's not the answer maqroll was looking for...)

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Off the top of my head: 

 

I Am the Walrus - Edgar Allan Poe 

Taxman - (Harold) Wilson and (Edward) Heath. 

I'm So Tired - Sir Walter Raleigh

Revolution - Chairman Mao

Her Majesty - Her Majesty (!) 

Dig It - Matt Busby, B. B. King, Doris Day 

Yer Blues - (Bob) Dylan 

Glass Onion - Paul (McCartney) 

For You Blue - Johnny (Lennon), Elmore James 

Honey Don't - George (Harrison), Ringo (Starr) 

 

There are probably more. 

 

EDIT: A couple of dubious ones - 

 

Sexy Sadie was their nickname for the Maharishi 

Paperback Writer - the "man named Lear" was probably not Edward Lear (who didn't write novels)

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