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