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