Haing S. Ngor
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Haing Somnang Ngor was a Cambodian and American actor, physician, and activist. He made his acting debut in the biographical drama film The Killing Fields as journalist Dith Pran, for which he won the
Ngor in 1986
Harold Russell
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Harold John Avery Russell was an American World War II veteran and actor. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The Best Years of Our Lives, which
Haing S. Ngor
…Supporting Actor, becoming the first actor of Asian descent to win the award and one of the only two amateur actors to win an Academy Award, following Harold Russell. Ngor practiced as a physician before the start of the Cambodian genocide in 1975. He eventually survived the genocide, immigrating to the United States…
Russell in 1946
Sgt. Harold Russell in Diary of a Sergeant (1945)
Russell and Cathy O'Donnell in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)