Karl Malden
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Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Секуловић; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an Serbian-American actor. He was primarily a character actor who for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun authenticity to roles in theater, film and television, especially in such classic films as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor — On the Waterfront (1954), Pollyanna (1960), and One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Malden also played in high-profile Hollywood films such as Baby Doll (1956), The Hanging Tree (1959), How the West Was Won (1962), Gypsy (1962) and Patton (1970). From 1972 to 1977, he portrayed Lt. Mike Stone in the prime time television crime drama The Streets of San Francisco. He was later the spokesman for American Express. Malden was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1992.
Known for
Credits
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Zebulon Prescott
On the Waterfront (1954)
as Father Barry
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
as Harold Mitchell
Patton (1970)
as General Omar N. Bradley
I Confess (1953)
as Inspector Larrue
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Gunfighter (1950)
as Mac
Pollyanna (1960)
as Reverend Paul Ford
Nevada Smith (1966)
as Tom Fitch
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
as Harvey Shoemaker
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Sheriff Dad Longworth
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
as Wilbur Hubbard
Meteor (1979)
as Harry Sherwood
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
as Shooter
Baby Doll (1956)
as Archie Lee Meighan
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Capt. Wessels
Kiss of Death (1947)
as Sgt. William Cullen
Wild Rovers (1971)
as Walter Buckman
Murderers' Row (1966)
as Julian Wall
Time Limit (1957)
as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
as Leo Newbigen
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
as Franco Arnò
Dead Ringer (1964)
as Sergeant Jim Hobbson
Ruby Gentry (1952)
as Jim Gentry
The Sting II (1983)
as Gus Macalinski
Gypsy (1962)
as Herbie Sommers
Nuts (1987)
as Arthur Kirk
Hotel (1967)
as Keycase Milne
The Hanging Tree (1959)
as Frenchy Plante
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada
Hot Millions (1968)
as Carlton J. Klemper
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
as C.E. "Doc" Jones
Winged Victory (1944)
as Adams
Miracle on Ice (1981)
as Herb Brooks
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
as Det. Lt. Thomas
All Fall Down (1962)
as Ralph Willart
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
as Judge Higgins
Skag (1980)
as Pete 'Skag' Skagska
Word of Honor (1981)
as Mike McNeill
Boomerang! (1947)
as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)
The Great Impostor (1960)
as Father Devlin
Blue (1968)
as Doc Morton
Parrish (1961)
as Judd Raike
Take the High Ground! (1953)
as Sgt. Laverne Holt
Billy Galvin (1986)
Actor
Captains Courageous (1977)
as Disko Troop
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
as Dr. Marais
Vanished Without a Trace (1993)
as Ed Ray
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Actor
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
as John Piersall
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Summertime Killer (1972)
as Captain John Kiley
Come Fly with Me (1963)
as Walter Lucas
The Sellout (1952)
as Capt. Buck Maxwell
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
as Jump Master (uncredited)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Call Me Anna (1990)
as Doctor Harold Arlen
A Streetcar in Hollywood (2006)
as Self
My Father, My Son (1988)
as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
as Red
With Intent to Kill (1984)
as Thomas E. Nolan
Absolute Strangers (1991)
as Fred Zusselman
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (1989)
as Leon Klinghoffer
Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992)
as Mike Stone
Twilight Time (1982)
as Marko Sekulović
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows (1999)
as Self
A Streetcar on Broadway (2006)
as Self
Tesla Nation (2018)
as Himself (archive footage)
Baby Doll: See No Evil (2006)
as Self
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
as Self
Censorship and Desire (2006)
as Self
Operation Secret (1952)
as Maj. Latrec
A Man Named Brando (2006)
as Self
An Actor Named Brando (2006)
as Self
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992)
as Himself - Host / Narrator
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000)
as Self
The Streets of the Invisibles (2011)
as Mike Stone (voice) (archival)