Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Year Actor Character Film
1970 Albert Finney Ebenezer Scrooge Scrooge
1970 Richard Benjamin Jonathan Balser Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970 Elliott Gould Captain John Trapper McIntyre M*A*S*H
1970 Jack Lemmon George Kellerman The Out-of-Towners
1970 Donald Sutherland Captain Benjamin Hawkeye Pierce M*A*S*H
1971 Topol Tevye Fiddler on the Roof
1971 Bud Cort Harold Chasen Harold and Maude
1971 Dean Jones Professor Dooley The Million Dollar Duck
1971 Walter Matthau Joseph P. Kotcher Kotch
1971 Gene Wilder Willy Wonka Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1972 Jack Lemmon Wendell Armbruster Avanti !
1972 Edward Albert Don Baker Butterflies Are Free
1972 Charles Grodin Lenny Cantrow The Heartbreak Kid
1972 Walter Matthau Pete Pete ' n ' Tillie
1972 Peter O'Toole Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes Man of La Mancha
1973 George Segal Steve Blackburn A Touch of Class
1973 Carl Anderson Judas Iscariot Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 Richard Dreyfuss Curt Henderson American Graffiti
1973 Ted Neeley Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 Ryan O'Neal Moses Pray Paper Moon
Winners and nominees -- 1970s
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a musical or comedy film. Previously, there was a single award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, but the creation of the category in 1951 allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor - Drama. The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2006, it was officially called: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. As of 2013[update], the wording is Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.