Best Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature) was a Canadian award which was presented by the Canadian Film Awards from 1969 to 1978, by the Genie Awards in 1980 and by the shortlived Bijou Awards in 1981, to honour the best performance by an actor in film which was not a theatrical feature film, such as television films or short films.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. .
1960s Year Nominee Film 196921st Canadian Film Awards Chris Wiggins The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar John Colicos Dulcima Eric House Quentin Durgens, M.P.: "The Night Nothing Happened"
1970s Year Nominee Film 197022nd Canadian Film Awards Joey Smallwood A Little Fellow from Gambo 197123rd Canadian Film Awards Colin Fox Durham and the Two Nations 197224th Canadian Film Awards Sean Sullivan Springhill 197325th Canadian Film Awards Marcel Sabourin Weapons and Men (Des armes et les hommes) 1974No award presented 197526th Canadian Film Awards William Hutt The National Dream 197627th Canadian Film Awards Ed McNamara For Gentlemen Only Hugh Webster 197728th Canadian Film Awards George Clutesi Dreamspeaker 197829th Canadian Film Awards Brent Carver One Night Stand Gabriel Arcand The Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine) Gary Reineke A Matter of Choice R. H. Thomson Tyler
1980s Year Nominee Film 19801st Genie Awards Rudi Lipp Revolution's Orphans Ken Pogue Every Person Is Guilty Saul Rubinek The Wordsmith 1981"Gems among Bijous". Vancouver Sun, October 8, 1991.Bijou Awards Chuck Shamata The Running Man Richard Monette A Far Cry from Home Al Waxman The Winnings of Frankie Walls
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