 James Gleason (I) (qv) was nominated for an Oscar for Best  Supporting Actor in the role of Max Corkle. This is the first time  in Academy Awards history for a person to be nominated for a  supporting Oscar for a role for which a different person would later  also be nominated for a supporting Oscar: Jack Warden (qv) was  nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Max Corkle in  _Heaven Can Wait (1978)_ (qv).