<Table> <Tr> <Th> Best Picture </Th> <Th> Best Director </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola , producer ; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos , co -- producers <Ul> <Li> Chinatown -- Robert Evans , producer </Li> <Li> The Conversation -- Francis Ford Coppola , producer </Li> <Li> Lenny -- Marvin Worth , producer </Li> <Li> The Towering Inferno -- Irwin Allen , producer </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Francis Ford Coppola -- The Godfather Part II <Ul> <Li> John Cassavetes -- A Woman Under the Influence </Li> <Li> Bob Fosse -- Lenny </Li> <Li> Roman Polanski -- Chinatown </Li> <Li> François Truffaut -- Day for Night </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Best Actor </Th> <Th> Best Actress </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Art Carney -- Harry and Tonto as Harry Coombes <Ul> <Li> Albert Finney -- Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot </Li> <Li> Dustin Hoffman -- Lenny as Lenny Bruce </Li> <Li> Jack Nicholson -- Chinatown as J.J. `` Jake '' Gittes </Li> <Li> Al Pacino -- The Godfather Part II as Michael Corleone </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ellen Burstyn -- Alice Does n't Live Here Anymore as Alice Hyatt <Ul> <Li> Diahann Carroll -- Claudine as Claudine Price </Li> <Li> Faye Dunaway -- Chinatown as Evelyn Cross Mulwray </Li> <Li> Valerie Perrine -- Lenny as Honey Bruce </Li> <Li> Gena Rowlands -- A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Best Supporting Actor </Th> <Th> Best Supporting Actress </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Robert De Niro -- The Godfather Part II as Vito Corleone <Ul> <Li> Fred Astaire -- The Towering Inferno as Claiborne </Li> <Li> Jeff Bridges -- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Lightfoot </Li> <Li> Michael V. Gazzo -- The Godfather Part II as Frankie `` Five Angels '' Pentangeli </Li> <Li> Lee Strasberg -- The Godfather Part II as Hyman Roth </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ingrid Bergman -- Murder on the Orient Express as Greta Ohlsson <Ul> <Li> Valentina Cortese -- Day for Night as Severine </Li> <Li> Madeline Kahn -- Blazing Saddles as Lili von Shtupp </Li> <Li> Diane Ladd -- Alice Does n't Live Here Anymore as Florence `` Flo '' Castleberry </Li> <Li> Talia Shire -- The Godfather Part II as Constanzia `` Connie '' Corleone </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Best Original Screenplay </Th> <Th> Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Chinatown -- Robert Towne <Ul> <Li> Alice Does n't Live Here Anymore -- Robert Getchell </Li> <Li> The Conversation -- Francis Ford Coppola </Li> <Li> Day for Night -- François Truffaut , Suzanne Schiffman and Jean - Louis Richard </Li> <Li> Harry and Tonto -- Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> The Godfather Part II -- Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo based on the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo <Ul> <Li> The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz -- Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd based on the novel by Mordecai Richler </Li> <Li> Lenny -- Julian Barry based on his play </Li> <Li> Murder on the Orient Express -- Paul Dehn based on the novel by Agatha Christie </Li> <Li> Young Frankenstein -- Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks based on Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Best Documentary Feature </Th> <Th> Best Documentary Short Subject </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hearts and Minds -- Peter Davis <Ul> <Li> Antonia : A Portrait of the Woman -- Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow </Li> <Li> The Challenge ... A Tribute to Modern Art -- Herbert Kline </Li> <Li> The 81st Blow -- Haim Gouri </Li> <Li> The Wild and the Brave -- Eugene S. Jones </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Do n't -- Robin Lehman <Ul> <Li> City Out of Wilderness </Li> <Li> Exploreatorium </Li> <Li> John Muir 's High Sierra </Li> <Li> Naked Yoga </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Best Live Action Short Film </Th> <Th> Best Animated Short Film </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> One - Eyed Men Are Kings -- Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan <Ul> <Li> Climb -- Dewitt Jones </Li> <Li> The Concert -- Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin </Li> <Li> Planet Ocean -- George V. Casey </Li> <Li> The Violin -- Andrew Welsh and George Pastic </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Closed Mondays -- Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner <Ul> <Li> The Family That Dwelt Apart -- Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall </Li> <Li> Hunger -- Peter Foldes and René Jodoin </Li> <Li> Voyage to Next -- John Hubley and
who won the oscar for best actor in 1975
Art Carney