Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1985: Results

5. Danny Glover in The Color Purple- Glover is properly intense in his brutality in his role as an abusive husband, but he is unable to get parts the restrictions of the part.

4. Wilford Brimley in Cocoon- Brimley gives the best performance of the cast being the quietly commanding presence of the group, as well as creating the greatest emotional impact of the various stories. 

3. M. Emmet Walsh in Blood Simple- Walsh creates a deliriously evil and memorable villain by beautifully playing up the sleaze and menace of his slimy private detective.

2. Crispin Glover in Back to The Future- Glover gives my second favorite supporting turn of the year in his absolutely hilarious, but when it needs to be moving turn as the spineless George McFly.

1. Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future-Well Good predictions to Paoloduncan, and Lezlie please throw out a year and a performance. Lloyd wins this year as it came to the two Back to the Future performances which I love both. I have to choose one so I will choose Lloyd manic and funny turn creating Doc Brown into a truly memorable character.

Overall Rank:

1. Christopher Lloyd in Back To The Future
2. Crispin Glover in Back To The Future
3. M. Emmet Walsh in Blood Simple
4. Dan Hedaya in Blood Simple 
5. Michael Palin in Brazil
6. Michael Mckean in Clue
7. Martin Mull in Clue
8. Christopher Lloyd in Clue
9. Robert De Niro in Brazil
10. Wilford Brimley in Cocoon
11. Willem Dafoe in To Live and Die in LA
12. Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa
13. Jan Rubes in Witness
14. Peter Vaughan in Brazil
15. Lucas Haas in Witness
16. Brian Dennehy in Cocoon
17. Bob Hoskins in Brazil  
18. Ian Holm in Brazil
19. John Pankow in To Live and Die in LA
20. Danny Glover in The Color Purple
21. Paul Gleason in The Breakfast Club 
22. Hume Cronyn in Cocoon
23. John Turturro in To Live and Die in LA  
24. Thomas F. Wilson in Back to the Future 
25. Dean Stockwell in To Live and Die in LA
26. Jack Gilford in Cocoon
27. Josef Summer in Witness
28. Robert Loggia in Jagged Edge
29. Christopher Walken in A View To Kill
30. Adolph Caesar in The Color Purple
31. Jim Broadbent in Brazil
32. John Kapelos in The Breakfast Club
33. Charles Napier in Rambo First Blood Part II
34. Peter Coyote in Jagged Edge
35. Richard Crenna in Rambo First Blood Part II
36. Danny Glover in Witness
37. William Hickey in Prizzi's Honor
38. Don Ameche in Cocoon
39. Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV 
40. Burt Young in Rocky IV
41. Steve Guttenberg in Cocoon
42. Eric Roberts in Runaway Train

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