Retro movie lovers know that George C. Scott told the Academy in advance that he wouldn't be on hand to accept the Best Actor Oscar if he won for "Patton". When he did win, Scott was home sleeping, having expressed his distaste for the competitive nature of the awards.The film's producer, Frank McCarthy, accepted the award. Just two years later, Marlon Brando was a "no-show" when he won Best Actor for his career-reviving performance in "The Godfather". Instead, he sent a young Native American woman to express why he was declining the honor. Brando, who was actively involved in social justice causes for Native Americans, was protesting the way they had traditionally been treated in Hollywood films. Unlike Scott, however, Brando gave no advance notice, thus leaving presenters Roger Moore and Liv Ullman somewhat confused about what was going on. For the record, years later Scott gave an interview to Playboy in which he criticized Brando's actions. He said that he felt it was ill-mannered to string the Academy along without telling them up front, as he had, that he intended to not accept the award. As related in Far Out Magazine, there was a third Oscar winner who refused the award: screenwriter Dudley Nichols who had won for John Ford's 1935 classic "The Informer". Nichols had refused the honor due to contentious problems relating to the Academy and industry unions. Click here to read.