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