Academy Awards hosts through the decades

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

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