Only non-professionals to have won acting Oscars

According to Official Guinness Records,

World War II veteran Harold Russell (Canada) who played the handless ex-soldier (Russell had both his arms blown off in combat) in The Best Years of Our Lives (USA 1946) and Cambodian refugee Dr Haing S. Ngor who played a victim of Cambodia's Pol Pot regime in The Killing Fields (UK 1984), both received Best Supporting Actor Oscars for their performance.

For a complete list of 1946 records, please visit 1946 Guinness Records in Canada.

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