GOSSETT JR. LOUIS: (1936-2024) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1982 for his role as Marine Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to the image. Together with four signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by each of the other Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 1982 comprising Charles Durning (for his performance as the Governor of Texas in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), John Lithgow (for his performance as Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp), James Mason (for his performance as Ed Concannon in The Verdict), and Robert Preston (for his performance as Carroll 'Toddy' Todd in Victor/Victoria; the image depicting the actor in costume from the film). All are boldly signed, two in fountain pen inks, to lighter areas of the images and only one is inscribed. VG to EX, 5