Underrated Actors
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| Actor or Actress | Achievement | Possible reasons for being underrated |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Shaw | Many riveting performances in blockbuster movies which were also critically acclaimed, including Jaws, The Sting, and A Man for All Seasons, yet only one Oscar nomination and no award. He was a also an accomplished novelist, publishing The Hiding Place (1960) and The Sun Doctor (1961), which won the Hawthornden Prize in 1962. | Perhaps jealously because he was an even greater writer than an actor, and improved on his script for his famous S.S. Indianapolis speech in Jaws. |
| George Kennedy | Won an Oscar early in his career (for Cool Hand Luke), but was subsequently never nominated again despite playing in numerous successful movies. | Conservative, and also tall (6'4") which caused the shorter Paul Newman to block him from a future role in one of Newman's movies after Cool Hand Luke. |