Barry Fitzgerald
was nominated in both categories for his performance in
Going My Way in 1944 (current rules prevent this.) He won Best Supporting Actor,
losing the Best Actor Award to his costar Bing Crosby. Due to the wartime
metal shortage during World War II, Fitzgerald (along with all the other
Oscar winners of the WWII era) was given a plaster Oscar. He
accidentally decapitated it with a golf ball while practicing putting
in his living room. His studio paid for a replacement, and
he was given a gold Oscar after the war.

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