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