List of posthumous Academy award winners and nominees - wikipedia List of posthumous Academy award winners and nominees This list needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2009 ) Peter Finch is one of the two recipients of a posthumous Academy Award for acting ( Best Actor, for Network in 1976 ). This is a list of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually presents Academy Awards in both competitive and honorary categories. This list includes posthumous winners and nominees of the Academy 's competitive awards, as well as posthumous winners of its honorary awards. Contents 1 Competitive awards 2 Honorary awards 3 Excluded : retrospective awards 4 Notes 5 External links Competitive awards Name Date of Death Ceremony Film Year Academy Award Film Winner Notes Marit Allen 000000002007 - 11 - 26 - 0000 November 26, 2007 80th 2007 Best Costume Design La Vie en Rose Howard Ashman 000000001991 - 03 - 14 - 0000 March 14, 1991 64th 1991 Best Music ( Song ) Beauty and the Beast Won Best Music ( Song ) Beauty and the Beast Best Music ( Song ) Beauty and the Beast 65th 1992 Best Music ( Song ) Aladdin Joseph H. August 000000001947 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25, 1947 21st 1948 Best Cinematography Portrait of Jennie Robert Alan Aurthur 000000001978 - 11 - 20 - 0000 November 20, 1978 52nd 1979 Best Picture All That Jazz 52nd 1979 Best Writing All That Jazz Mario Cecchi Gori 000000001993 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 1993 68th 1995 Best Picture Il Postino Frank Churchill 000000001942 - 05 - 14 - 0000 May 14, 1942 15th 1942 Best Music ( Scoring ) Bambi 15th 1942 Best Music ( Song ) Bambi Allen Davey 000000001946 - 03 - 05 - 0000 March 5, 1946 18th 1945 Best Cinematography A Song to Remember James Dean 000000001955 - 09 - 30 - 0000 September 30, 1955 28th 1955 Best Actor East of Eden 29th 1956 Best Actor Giant Walt Disney 000000001966 - 12 - 15 - 0000 December 15, 1966 41st 1968 Best Short Film ( Animated ) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Won Gail Dolgin 000000002010 - 10 - 07 - 0000 October 7, 2010 84th 2011 Best Documentary ( Short Subject ) The Barber of Birmingham : Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement Gerald Duffy 000000001928 - 06 - 25 - 0000 June 25, 1928 01st 1927 / 1928 Best Writing The Private Life of Helen of Troy Jeanne Eagels 000000001929 - 10 - 03 - 0000 October 3, 1929 02nd 1928 / 1929 Best Actress The Letter William Ferrari 000000001962 - 09 - 10 - 0000 September 10, 1962 36th 1963 Best Art Direction How the West Was Won Peter Finch 000000001977 - 01 - 14 - 0000 January 14, 1977 49th 1976 Best Actor Network Won Gil Friesen 000000002012 - 12 - 13 - 0000 December 13, 2012 86th 2013 Best Documentary Feature 20 Feet from Stardom Won George Gershwin 000000001937 - 07 - 11 - 0000 July 11, 1937 10th 1937 Best Music ( Song ) Shall We Dance Stuart Gilmore 000000001971 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 1971 44th 1971 Best Film Editing The Andromeda Strain Thomas C. Goodwin 000000001992 - 12 - 11 - 0000 December 11, 1992 65th 1992 Best Documentary ( Short Subject ) Educating Peter Won Conrad Hall 000000002003 - 01 - 04 - 0000 January 4, 2003 75th 2002 Best Cinematography Road to Perdition Won David Hall 000000001964 - 07 - 23 - 0000 July 23, 1964 38th 1965 Best Art Direction The Greatest Story Ever Told Dale Hennesy 000000001981 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1981 55th 1982 Best Art Direction Annie Bernard Herrmann 000000001975 - 12 - 24 - 0000 December 24, 1975 49th 1976 Best Music ( Scoring ) Obsession 49th 1976 Best Music ( Scoring ) Taxi Driver Gordon Hollingshead 000000001952 - 07 - 08 - 0000 July 8, 1952 25th 1952 Best Short Film ( Live Action ) Desert Killer 25th 1952 Best Short Film ( Live Action ) Thar She Blows ! William A. Horning 000000001959 - 03 - 02 - 0000 March 2, 1959 31st 1958 Best Art Direction Gigi Won 32nd 1959 Best Art Direction Ben - Hur Won 32nd 1959 Best Art Direction North by Northwest Sidney Howard 000000001939 - 08 - 23 - 0000 August 23, 1939 12th 1939 Best Writing Gone with the Wind Won John Hubley 000000001977 - 02 - 21 - 0000 February 21, 1977 50th 1977 Best Short Film ( Animated ) A Doonesbury Special Eiko Ishioka 000000002012 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 2012 85th 2012 Best Costume Design Mirror Mirror Bert Kalmar 000000001947 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18, 1947 24th 1951 Best Music ( Song ) The Strip Jerome Kern 000000001945 - 11 - 11 - 0000 November 11, 1945 18th 1945 Best Music ( Scoring ) Ca n't Help Singing 18th 1945 Best Music ( Song ) Ca n't Help Singing 19th 1946 Best Music ( Song ) Centennial Summer William Kiernan 000000001973 - 11 - 19 - 0000 November 19, 1973 46th 1973 Best Art Direction The Way We Were Frederic Knudtson 000000001964 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1964 36th 1963 Best Film Editing It 's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Albert Lamorisse 000000001970 - 06 - 02 - 0000 June 2, 1970 51st 1978 Best Documentary ( Feature ) The Lovers ' Wind Heath Ledger 000000002008 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 2008 81st 2008 Best Supporting Actor The Dark Knight Won Boris Leven 000000001986 - 10 - 11 - 0000 October 11, 1986 59th 1986 Best Art Direction The Color of Money Walt Martin 000000002014 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 2014 87th 2014 Best Sound Mixing American Sniper William C. Mellor 000000001963 - 04 - 30 - 0000 April 30, 1963 38th 1965 Best Cinematography The Greatest Story Ever Told Anthony Minghella 000000002008 - 03 - 18 - 0000 March 18, 2008 81st 2008 Best Picture The Reader James V. Monaco 000000001945 - 10 - 16 - 0000 October 16, 1945 19th 1946 Best Music ( Song ) The Dolly Sisters Alfred Newman 000000001970 - 02 - 17 - 0000 February 17, 1970 43rd 1970 Best Music ( Scoring ) Airport Joseph O'Brien 000000001945 - 03 - 30 - 0000 March 30, 1945 18th 1945 Best Short Film ( Live Action ) Your National Gallery Bridget O'Connor 000000002010 - 09 - 22 - 0000 September 22, 2010 84th 2011 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Eric Orbom 000000001959 - 05 - 23 - 0000 May 23, 1959 33rd 1960 Best Art Direction Spartacus Won Arnold Perl 000000001971 - 12 - 11 - 0000 December 11, 1971 45th 1972 Best Documentary ( Feature ) Malcolm X Sydney Pollack 000000002008 - 05 - 26 - 0000 May 26, 2008 81st 2008 Best Picture The Reader Raymond Rasch 000000001964 - 12 - 23 - 0000 December 23, 1964 45th 1972 Best Music ( Scoring ) Limelight Won Gretchen Rau 000000002006 - 03 - 29 - 0000 March 29, 2006 79th 2006 Best Art Direction The Good Shepherd Ralph Richardson 000000001983 - 10 - 10 - 0000 October 10, 1983 57th 1984 Best Supporting Actor Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Richard H. Riedel 000000001960 - 03 - 18 - 0000 March 18, 1960 32nd 1959 Best Art Direction Pillow Talk Larry Russell 000000001954 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1954 45th 1972 Best Music ( Scoring ) Limelight Won Tess Slesinger 000000001945 - 02 - 21 - 0000 February 21, 1945 18th 1945 Best Writing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Carol Sobieski 000000001990 - 11 - 04 - 0000 November 4, 1990 64th 1991 Best Writing Fried Green Tomatoes Gile Steele 000000001952 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 1952 24th 1951 Best Costume Design Kind Lady 24th 1951 Best Costume Design The Great Caruso 25th 1952 Best Costume Design The Merry Widow Harry Stradling 000000001970 - 02 - 14 - 0000 February 14, 1970 42nd 1969 Best Cinematography Hello, Dolly ! Harry W. Tetrick 000000001977 - 02 - 17 - 0000 February 17, 1977 49th 1976 Best Sound King Kong 49th 1976 Best Sound Rocky Spencer Tracy 000000001967 - 06 - 10 - 0000 June 10, 1967 40th 1967 Best Actor Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner Massimo Troisi 000000001994 - 06 - 04 - 0000 June 4, 1994 68th 1995 Best Actor Il Postino 68th 1995 Best Writing Il Postino Lamar Trotti 000000001952 - 08 - 28 - 0000 August 28, 1952 27th 1954 Best Writing There 's No Business Like Show Business Geoffrey Unsworth 000000001978 - 10 - 28 - 0000 October 28, 1978 53rd 1980 Best Cinematography Tess Won August Wilson 000000002005 - 10 - 02 - 0000 October 2, 2005 89th 2016 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Fences Robert L. Wolfe 000000001981 - 02 - 28 - 0000 February 28, 1981 54th 1981 Best Film Editing On Golden Pond Victor Young 000000001956 - 11 - 10 - 0000 November 10, 1956 29th 1956 Best Music ( Scoring ) Around the World in 80 Days Won 29th 1956 Best Music ( Song ) Written on the Wind Sam Zimbalist 000000001958 - 11 - 04 - 0000 November 4, 1958 32nd 1959 Best Picture Ben - Hur Won Honorary awards Name Date of Death Ceremony Film Year Academy Award Notes Robert Benjamin 000000001979 - 10 - 22 - 0000 October 22, 1979 52nd 1979 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Les Bowie 000000001979 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1979 51st 1978 Special Achievement Award ( Visual Effects ) for Superman Theo Brown 000000002002 - 04 - 30 - 0000 April 30, 2002 82nd 2009 Scientific and Technical Award ( Scientific and Engineering Award ) Douglas Fairbanks 000000001939 - 12 - 12 - 0000 December 12, 1939 12th 1939 Academy Honorary Award Chuck Gaspar 000000002009 - 01 - 15 - 0000 January 15, 2009 86th 2013 Scientific or Technical Award ( Technical Achievement Award ) Audrey Hepburn 000000001993 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1993 65th 1992 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Werner Hopf 000000001953 - 11 - 28 - 0000 November 28, 1953 32nd 1959 Scientific and Technical Award ( Class II ) George Kraemer 000000001993 - 01 - 18 - 0000 January 18, 1993 65th 1992 Scientific and Technical Award ( Scientific and Engineering Award ) John D. Lowry 000000002012 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 2012 84th 2011 Scientific and Technical Award ( Scientific and Engineering Award ) Charles Miller 13th 1940 Scientific or Technical Award ( Class I ) Jürgen Noffke 000000002011 - 11 - 07 - 0000 November 7, 2011 84th 2011 Scientific and Technical Award ( Scientific and Engineering Award ) Edward G. Robinson 000000001973 - 01 - 26 - 0000 January 26, 1973 45th 1972 Honorary Award Louis Stankiewicz 54th 1981 Scientific or Technical Award ( Technical Achievement Award ) Geoffrey H. Williamson 000000001993 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1993 65th 1992 Scientific and Technical Award ( Scientific and Engineering Award ) Excluded : retrospective Awards The list does not include people who were retrospectively honoured with an Academy Award and were dead at the time the Academy made the decision to make the retrospective award. For example : in 1993, seventeen years after his death, Dalton Trumbo was retrospectively awarded the 1953 Oscar for Best Writing - Motion Picture Story for Roman Holiday. It had been previously awarded to Ian McLellan Hunter. However, Hunter was merely a front for Trumbo, because Trumbo was blacklisted at the time and it was not possible for his name to appear in either the film 's credits or the Academy Award nomination ( hence, it was not generally known that he was the real screenwriter ). Trumbo did not die until 1976, and under normal circumstances he would have received this award in person in 1953 ; hence the Academy does not consider this a posthumous award but a correction of the record. Similarly, the Oscar for Best Screenplay ( Adaptation ) for The Bridge on the River Kwai was originally awarded to Pierre Boulle, but only in 1984 corrected to honor the actual screenwriters, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, who were on the Hollywood blacklist at the time and could only work on the film in secret. By the time this correction was made, both Foreman and Wilson had died, but the award does not qualify for an entry in the above list. Notes Jump up ^ Ashman 's partner Bill Lauch accepted the award on his behalf. Ashman had a total of three nominations in this category this year, for `` Belle '', `` Be Our Guest '', and `` Beauty and the Beast '', which he won the award for. Jump up ^ Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf. Jump up ^ With Morgan Neville and Caitrin Rogers Jump up ^ Conrad Hall 's son Conrad W. Hall accepted the award on his behalf. Jump up ^ Frederic Knudtson Jump up ^ Ledger died after completing his scenes in The Dark Knight but before the film had been completed, and a year before the nominations were announced. His father, mother and sister accepted the award on his behalf. Jump up ^ Walt Martin with John Reitz and Gregg Rudloff ^ Jump up to : Limelight, a 1952 film, won its award in 1972 because the blacklisting of Charlie Chaplin prevented it from being shown in Los Angeles until then. ( The Academy subsequently changed its rules to prevent films more than two years old from receiving awards. ) Jump up ^ Unsworth died during the shooting of Tess, and the cinematography was completed by Ghislain Cloquet. Unsworth and Cloquet were jointly nominated, successfully, for Best Cinematography. Jump up ^ Zimbalist died during the filming of Ben - Hur. His widow Mary Zimbalist accepted the award on his behalf. Jump up ^ Theo Brown Jump up ^ Chuck Gaspar Archived 2014 - 04 - 26 at Archive.is Jump up ^ Hepburn died eight days after the Academy voted to confer this award, but two months before the 65th Academy Awards ceremony. Her son Sean Hepburn Ferrer accepted the award on her behalf. Jump up ^ Werner Hopf Jump up ^ John D. Lowry Jump up ^ Dr. Jürgen Noffke Jump up ^ Robinson died after the Academy voted to confer this award, but two months before the 45th Academy Awards ceremony. His widow Jane accepted the award on his behalf. 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Question: who was the first person to be nominated posthumously for the best actor oscar
Answer: Spencer Tracy