Other Awards and Honors
- 1978 Nominated for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play in The Mighty Gents
- 1997 Received an honorary degree from Rhodes College, becoming an honorary alumnus
- 2003 Received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- 2006 Guest of honor at the Cairo International Film Festival
- 2007 He and his wife received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters
- 2007 Outstanding Contribution To Film And TV gong at the Screen Nation Film and TV Awards
- 2008 Kennedy Center Honors
- 2010 Received an honorary degree from Brown University
- 2011 Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute
- 2012 Chosen as Favorite Movie Icon at the People's Choice Awards
- 2012 Cecil B. DeMille Award
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