| Guest Stars |
| •Aretha Franklin | played | Performer | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Barbra Streisand | played | Best Actress Winner | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Bob Hope | played | Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Recurring (17th appearance) |
| •Burt Lancaster | played | Performer & Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Special Visual Effects, Scientific & Technical Awards | Recurring (6th appearance) |
| •Cliff Robertson | played | Best Actor Winner | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Diahann Carroll | played | Co-Presenter: Best Special Visual Effects, Documentary Awards & Honorary Award to Onna White | Recurring (third appearance) |
| •Frank Sinatra (1) | played | Performer & Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Original Song & Writing Awards | Recurring (6th appearance) |
| •Gregory Peck | played | Himself | Recurring (11th appearance) |
| •Henry Mancini | played | Co-Presenter: Best Score of a Musical Picture | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Ingrid Bergman | played | Performer & Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Best Cinematography | Recurring (8th appearance) |
| •Jane Fonda | played | Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Costume Design & Best Short Subject, Cartoon & Live Action | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Natalie Wood | played | Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration & Scientific & Technical Awards | Recurring (4th appearance) |
| •Rosalind Russell | played | Co-Presenter: Best Original Score, Best Sound & Writing Awards | Recurring (9th appearance) |
| •Sidney Poitier | played | Performer & Co-Presenter: Best Picture | Recurring (5th appearance) |
| •Tony Curtis | played | Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Short Subject, Cartoon & Live Action & Documentary Awards | Recurring (4th appearance) |
| •Walter Matthau | played | Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing & Honorary Award to John Chambers | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Abbey Lincoln | played | Performer | |
| •José Feliciano | played | Performer | |
| •Mark Lester | played | Co-Presenter: Honorary Award to Onna White | |
| •Marni Nixon | played | Co-Presenter: Best Score of a Musical Picture | |
| •Mel Brooks | played | Winner: Best Original Screenplay | |
| •Ruth Gordon | played | Best Supporting Actress Winner | |