Ah, the old O'Sullivan/ Brando who was the better actor debate.
Most people plump for Brando, remembering his eight Academy Award nominations & two wins... but a quick reference check on the web will soon show you that Dicky O won the greater amount of awards:
Academy Awards Nominations-
Best supporting child actor- Carry On Teacher
Best Supporting Actor- Spare the Rod
Best Supporting Actor- And Women Shall Weep
Academy Award Wins- Every Day's A Holiday, Futtocks End & Au Pair Girls (Best Actor)
TV Quick Magazine Awards 1976- Winner of the sitcom cheeky boy award.
FHM Men of the Year Awards 1975- Winner of the I Wanna Be the Scrawny Get Living With Two Hot Pieces of Totty award.
1977 Vidal Sassoon Fasion Awards- Winner of the Best Sideburns with Grey Tints Category
TV Times Awards 1979- Best Drama Programme (Dick Turpin)
TV Times Awards 1979- Most Fanciable Male in the Dad's Best Mate Category
The 1980 Radio Broadcasting Awards- The Dicky O' Show! (Radio 1)
The 1981 American Adult Video Awards- Best Money Shot ( As the Pizza Delivery Guy in Here Cums Dick)
1983 BAFTA Award for Best Documentary- Richard O'Sullivan explores the lives of nuns (Man About The Convent)
TV Awards 1984- Best Police Series (Hawaii Dicky O)
The 1985 BBC Lifetime Award for Pissing Off Tony Blackburn
TV Awards 1986- Best Crime Drama (Private Dick)
1989 BAFTA Award for his portrayal of a man coming to terms with testicular cancer in Robin's Test(es)
TV Soap Awards 1992- Best Newcomer (Playing Dirty Den's long lost brother, Robin Watts in EastEnders)
TV Soap Awards 1992- Most Fanciable Male
TV Soap Awards 1994- Best Storyline (Robin Watts living with Dot Cotton & Ethel Skinner)
TV Soap Awards 1994- Most Fanciable Male
TV Quick Soap Awards 1995- Best Storyline (Robin Watts taking over the cafe & running it with the wife of a Radio Walford disc jockey)
TV Quick Soap Awards 1995- Most Fanciable Male
TV Soap Awards 1996- Best Soap Exit (Robin Watts being beaten to death in the Arches after coming out & declaring his love for Phil)
ITV Comedy Awards 1997- Best Sitcom (I Lived With Two Horny Bints in the 70's & Never Got A Dose)
The BBC Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Entertainment Industry
Oh, & let's not forget the theme music from Robin's Nest (which Dicky O' wrote) being number one in the charts from 1980-1987)
As we all know, Richard sadly retired from showbiz & his family rather cruelly tricked him into Brinsworth House on the premise that Paula Wilcox & Sally Thomsett were waiting for him there. Upon seeing that it was actually Charlie Drake & Tony Blackburn's mate Alan Freeman, Richard fell ill.
Brando/ O'Sullivan? No contest. Marlon would have killed for an eigth of Dicky O's success & recognition, so methinks the debate endeth here.