AFI Life Achievement Award AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 120 min | Documentary

AFI Life Achievement Award

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 120 min | Documentary

In 1976, William Wyler became the fourth recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, following John Ford, James Cagney and Orson Welles. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards (and a record twelve ...See moreIn 1976, William Wyler became the fourth recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, following John Ford, James Cagney and Orson Welles. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards (and a record twelve nominations), Wyler has directed more Oscar-winning performances than any other director: Walter Brennan (twice), Bette Davis, Fay Bainter, Greer Garson, Teresa Wright, Fredric March, Harold Russell, Olivia de Havilland, Audrey Hepburn, Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith and Barbra Streisand. Among the film luminaries who pay tribute to Wyler are Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Myrna Loy, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Charlton Heston, Eddie Albert, Merle Oberon, Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson and Harold Russell. Film clips include: "The Best Years of Our Lives," "Roman Holiday," "Ben-Hur," "Mrs. Miniver," "Funny Girl," "Wuthering Heights," and "The Heiress." Conspicously absent from the tribute is Bette Davis ("Jezebel," "The Letter," "The Little Foxes"), perhaps Wyler's greatest success. Written by alfiehitchie See less

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Name	Known for
Eddie Albert Self Self See fewer	Roman Holiday (1953)
Fred Astaire Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Funny Face (1957)
Lydia Clarke Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	The Atomic City (1952)
Henry Fonda Self Self See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
Greer Garson Self Self See fewer	Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Lee Grant Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Audrey Hepburn Self Self See fewer	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Charlton Heston Self Self See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Mary Jones Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Account Rendered (1957)
Gene Kelly Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Myrna Loy Self Self See fewer	The Thin Man (1934)
Merle Oberon Self Self See fewer	Wuthering Heights (1939)
Gregory Peck Self Self See fewer	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Walter Pidgeon Self Self See fewer	Forbidden Planet (1956)
Helen Reddy Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Pete's Dragon (1977)
Harold Russell Self Self See fewer	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Richard Schaal Self - Audience Member (uncredit) Self - Audience Member (uncredit) See fewer	The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
Norton Simon Self - Audience Member (uncredit) Self - Audience Member (uncredit) See fewer	Day at Night (1973)
James Stewart Self Self See fewer	Vertigo (1958)
Barbra Streisand Self Self See fewer	Yentl (1983)
Jeff Wald Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Opposing Force (1986)
Robert Wolders Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	Beau Geste (1966)
William Wyler Self Self See fewer	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Lauren Bacall Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
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E.E. Fogelson Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Pepe (1960)
Betty Ford Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
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Ross Hunter Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Airport (1970)
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Steve Lawrence Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Jack Lemmon Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	The Apartment (1960)
Henry Mancini Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Groucho Marx Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
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Mike Medavoy Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Black Swan (2010)
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Jack Nicholson Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Chinatown (1974)
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Bobby Van Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited) See fewer	Lost Horizon (1973)