Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie 1979
31st Primetime Emmy Awards · held September 9, 1979 · 4 nominees
- Winner Peter Strauss · The Jericho Mile
- Nominee Louis Gossett Jr. · Backstairs at the White House
- Nominee Kurt Russell · Elvis
- Nominee Ned Beatty · Friendly Fire
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