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www.bu.edu › articles › 2016Jul 27, 2016 · Oscar, Tony, and Emmy winners who called BU home. Harold Russell (Questrom’49) was cast as a disabled World War II veteran who returns home in the 1946 Hollywood classic The Best Years of Our Lives. At the time, Russell was a student at BU. His performance as Homer Parish won him a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award and an honorary Academy Award for “bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans.”.