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Based on contemporary award ceremonies, no actors won any competitive major awards for their roles in the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter, and they received no nominations for the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, or BAFTA Awards.
The film was a commercial and critical failure upon its initial release, which is the primary reason it was overlooked by major award bodies.
However, to provide specific detail regarding the most significant contemporary international award:
Robert Mitchum did not receive a BAFTA nomination for his performance as the terrifying "Preacher" Harry Powell, despite the film being eligible for the 9th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) for 1955.
Lillian Gish did not receive a nomination in the major contemporary awards for her role as the righteous matriarch Rachel Cooper.
The film's greatness was recognized much later, becoming regarded as a classic and one of the greatest films ever made, with Robert Mitchum's performance widely cited as one of the best of his career.
While the summary mentions the film was recognized later, it could have specifically cited its 1992 induction into the National Film Registry as a concrete example of this posthumous acclaim.
The only contemporary award associated with the film was for one of its advertisements (top 50 of 1954 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts), which highlights how completely the artistic content of the film itself was ignored.
No actors won or were nominated for major awards for The Night of the Hunter (1955) at the time of its release. The film was a critical and commercial failure. Robert Mitchum was eligible for the 1955 BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor (awarded in 1956), but was not nominated; the winner was Ernest Borgnine (Marty). Lillian Gish was also not nominated.