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Academy Awards hosts through the decades

Author: GMANews.TV
Column: Entertainment

LOS ANGELES - Hugh Jackman isn't the first actor - or the first Australian (Paul Hogan was a co-host in 1987) - to host the Academy Awards. Here's a look at Oscar hosts through the years since the ceremony was first televised in 1953:

1953: Bob Hope

1954: Donald O'Connor

1955: Bob Hope

1956-1957: Jerry Lewis

1958: Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart and Donald Duck (on film)

1959: Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall, Mort Saul

1960: Bob Hope

1961: Bob Hope

1962: Bob Hope

1963: Frank Sinatra

1964: Jack Lemmon

1965-1968: Bob Hope

1969-1971: no host

1972: Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Lemmon

1973: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson

1974: John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven

1975: Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra

1976: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly

1977: Richard Pryor, Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Warren Beatty

1978: Bob Hope

1979-1982: Johnny Carson

1983: Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau

1984: Johnny Carson

1985: Jack Lemmon

1986: Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams

1987: Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan

1988: Chevy Chase

1989: no host

1990-1993: Billy Crystal

1994: Whoopi Goldberg

1995: David Letterman

1996: Whoopi Goldberg

1997-1998: Billy Crystal

1999: Whoopi Goldberg

2000: Billy Crystal

2001: Steve Martin

2002: Whoopi Goldberg

2003: Steve Martin

2004: Billy Crystal

2005: Chris Rock

2006: Jon Stewart

2007: Ellen DeGeneres

2008: Jon Stewart

2009: Hugh Jackman

- AP

Source: GMANews