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Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

Awards

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

3 wins & 10 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Ernest Laszlo
    1964 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Cinematography, Color
    • Ernest Laszlo
  • 1964 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Sound
    • Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
  • Robert C. Jones
    1964 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Film Editing
    • Frederic Knudtson
    • Robert C. Jones
    • Gene Fowler Jr.
  • 1964 Winner Oscar
    • Best Effects, Sound Effects
    • Walter Elliott
  • Ernest Gold
    1964 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Music, Original Song
    • Ernest Gold (music)
    • Mack David (lyrics)
    For the song "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Robert C. Jones
    1964 Nominee Eddie
    • Best Edited Feature Film
    • Frederic Knudtson
    • Gene Fowler Jr.
    • Robert C. Jones

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • William Rose
    1965 Nominee Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • William Rose
    • Tania Rose

Golden Globes, USA

  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
    1964 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  • Jonathan Winters
    1964 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
    • Jonathan Winters

Laurel Awards

  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
    1964 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Top Roadshow
  • Ernest Gold
    1964 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Top Song
    • Ernest Gold (music)
    • Mack David (lyrics)
    For the song "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
    1963 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Film
    Tied with The Birds (1963) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

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