Don't know about that there was also Richard Burton who never won an Oscar.
And Peter O'Toole only got a "lifetime achievement award," when he should have had a Best Actor decades earlier.
But Hurt is definitely
one
of the great actors who should have received an Oscar years before his death.

Fortunately, Sutherland won a Best Actor Genie for the Canadian film
Threshold
. He was later quoted as saying "I'll never be worried about winning another award."

Donald Sutherland and Richard Burton should also be on that list. Both fantastic actors with huge bodies of work, yet neither ever won an Oscar. Sutherland wasn't even nominated, and he's proven many times to be a fantastic actor. Though, John Hurt should have won for Midnight Express or The Elephant Man. At least he was nominated, unlike Sutherland.

I don't know, there's so many who haven't won an Oscar, but I would put John Hurt right in the "elite" category of actors to have never won. Who's number one is just up to individual opinion.

Looking only at male actors, I would name Edward G. Robinson as the greatest never to win an Oscar - and indeed he was never even nominated!
The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer an Honorary Award on January 6, 1973. Sadly, Mr. Robinson passed away on January 26th before the awards ceremony. The posthumous award was accepted by his wife.
Excuse me for talking while you're interrupting.

would love him to win or get nominated at least posthumsesly like Heath Ledger and Peter Finch
Hey it
does
happen.
I would love to see him get a posthumous nomination out of the five films he's in, that are coming out in 2017.

He as three films due out in 2017 and one of them is the high profile DARKEST HOUR not much good to Mr Hurt but would love him to win or get nominated at least posthumsesly like Heath Ledger and Peter Finch

Reading your post made me feel sad again, knowing the nominations have already been announced

Well let's hope he can shake off this unenviable position, or at least gain another Oscar nomination for his supporting performance as a priest in the film JACKIE!

Looking only at male actors, I would name Edward G. Robinson as the greatest never to win an Oscar - and indeed he was never even nominated! John Hurt is probably among the greatest living actors who have never won an Oscar, although there are plenty of others who can make the same claim.

you liked elephant man yet rated lala 10/10. 10 on 10 that means perfection?
geeze,
now all i hear when i hear the theme song "city of stars" is "syphilitic sores"

Great list, but in terms of sheer range and body of work, I'd put (the now sadly late) John Hurt above even those greats.
His Elephant Man is one of the most powerful pieces of acting ever.
RIP.
Last Seen Films: Rogue One - 9/10, Silence - 10/10, La La Land - 10/10

There are many greats who have been overlooked, and some who have won and did not deserve.
Actors who have not won the Oscar, and who are great;
James Dean
Gary Oldman
Peter O'Toole
Richard Harris
John Turturro
Ralph Fiennes
I didn't list female actors as there are too many overlooked.
Who is best is subjective, so I won't argue "the best overlooked". But John Hurt is unarguably one the greatest actors ever to grace the screen. I've been a fan of his since Heaven's Gate.

Thinking about it right now, no others come to mind you may be correct.