Honorees
| Year | Actor | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Cecil B. DeMille | 70 |
| 1953 | Walt Disney | 51 |
| 1954 | Darryl F. Zanuck | 51 |
| 1955 | Jean Hersholt | 68 |
| 1956 | Jack L. Warner | 63 |
| 1957 | Mervyn LeRoy | 56 |
| 1958 | Buddy Adler | 48 |
| 1959 | Maurice Chevalier | 70 |
| 1960 | Bing Crosby | 56 |
| 1961 | Fred Astaire | 60 |
| 1962 | Judy Garland | 39 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope | 59 |
| 1964 | Joseph E. Levine | 58 |
| 1965 | James Stewart | 56 |
| 1966 | John Wayne | 58 |
| 1967 | Charlton Heston | 43 |
| 1968 | Kirk Douglas | 51 |
| 1969 | Gregory Peck | 52 |
| 1970 | Joan Crawford | 65 |
| 1971 | Frank Sinatra | 55 |
| 1972 | Alfred Hitchcock | 72 |
| 1973 | Samuel Goldwyn | 90 |
| 1974 | Bette Davis | 65 |
| 1975 | Hal B. Wallis | 76 |
| 1976 | Not awarded | None |
| 1977 | Walter Mirisch | 55 |
| 1978 | Red Skelton | 64 |
| 1979 | Lucille Ball | 67 |
| 1980 | Henry Fonda | 74 |
| 1981 | Gene Kelly | 68 |
| 1982 | Sidney Poitier | 54 |
| 1983 | Laurence Olivier | 75 |
| 1984 | Paul Newman | 59 |
| 1985 | Elizabeth Taylor | 52 |
| 1986 | Barbara Stanwyck | 78 |
| 1987 | Anthony Quinn | 71 |
| 1988 | Clint Eastwood | 57 |
| 1989 | Doris Day | 64 |
| 1990 | Audrey Hepburn | 60 |
| 1991 | Jack Lemmon | 65 |
| 1992 | Robert Mitchum | 74 |
| 1993 | Lauren Bacall | 68 |
| 1994 | Robert Redford | 57 |
| 1995 | Sophia Loren | 60 |
| 1996 | Sean Connery | 65 |
| 1997 | Dustin Hoffman | 59 |
| 1998 | Shirley MacLaine | 63 |
| 1999 | Jack Nicholson | 61 |
| 2000 | Barbra Streisand | 57 |
| 2001 | Al Pacino | 60 |
| 2002 | Harrison Ford | 59 |
| 2003 | Gene Hackman | 72 |
| 2004 | Michael Douglas | 59 |
| 2005 | Robin Williams | 53 |
| 2006 | Anthony Hopkins | 68 |
| 2007 | Warren Beatty | 69 |
| 2008 | Not awarded * | None |
| 2009 | Steven Spielberg | 62 * |
| 2010 | Martin Scorsese | 67 |
| 2011 | Robert De Niro | 67 |
| 2012 | Morgan Freeman | 74 |
| 2013 | Jodie Foster | 50 |
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