JOHNSON BEN: (1918-1996) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1971 for his role as Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Johnson in a half-length pose in costume from one of his Western films. Signed in black ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 2nd November 1995 in his hand. Together with three signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1) by several of the other Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 1971 comprising Leonard Frey (for his performance as Motel Kamzoil in Fiddler on the Roof), Richard Jaeckel (for his performance as Joe Ben Stamper in Sometimes a Great Notion), and Roy Scheider (for his performance as Buddy ´Cloudy´ Russo in The French Connection). All are boldly signed (Jaeckel in fountain pen ink) to light areas of the images and none are inscribed. Colour (1). VG to EX, 4