Academy Awards hosts through the decades

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh Jackman isn't the first actor — or the first Australian (Paul Hogan was a co-host in 1987) — to host the Academy Awards. Here's a look at Oscar hosts through the years since the ceremony was first televised in 1953:

— 1953: Bob Hope

— 1954: Donald O'Connor

— 1955: Bob Hope

— 1956-1957: Jerry Lewis

— 1958: Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart and Donald Duck (on film)

— 1959: Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall, Mort Saul

— 1960: Bob Hope

— 1961: Bob Hope

— 1962: Bob Hope

— 1963: Frank Sinatra

— 1964: Jack Lemmon

— 1965-1968: Bob Hope

— 1969-1971: no host

— 1972: Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Lemmon

— 1973: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson

— 1974: John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven

— 1975: Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra

— 1976: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly

— 1977: Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Warren Beatty

— 1978: Bob Hope

— 1979-1982: Johnny Carson

— 1983: Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau

— 1984: Johnny Carson

— 1985: Jack Lemmon

— 1986: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams

— 1987: Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan

— 1988: Chevy Chase

— 1989: no host

— 1990-1993: Billy Crystal

— 1994: Whoopi Goldberg

— 1995: David Letterman

— 1996: Whoopi Goldberg

— 1997-1998: Billy Crystal

— 1999: Whoopi Goldberg

— 2000: Billy Crystal

— 2001: Steve Martin

— 2002: Whoopi Goldberg

— 2003: Steve Martin

— 2004: Billy Crystal

— 2005: Chris Rock

— 2006: Jon Stewart

— 2007: Ellen DeGeneres

— 2008: Jon Stewart

— 2009: Hugh Jackman

Published 12/12/08 by


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