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Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Birthday: 1912-03-22 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2011
The Streets of the Invisibles

as    Mike Stone (voice)

1987
Nuts

as    Arthur Kirk

1983
The Sting II

as    Gus Macalinski

1981
Miracle on Ice

as    Herb Brooks

1979
Meteor

as    Harry Sherwood

1979
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as    Wilbur Hubbard

1973
Summertime Killer

as    Captain John Kiley

1972
The Streets of San Francisco

as    Mike Stone

1971
The Cat o' Nine Tails

as    Franco Arnò

1970
Patton

as    Gen. Omar N. Bradley

1968
Hot Millions

as    Carlton J. Klemper

1968
Blue

as    Doc Morton

1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as    Judge Higgins

1967
Hotel

as    Keycase Milne

1967
Billion Dollar Brain

as    Leo Newbigen

1966
Murderers' Row

as    Julian Wall

1966
Nevada Smith

as    Tom Fitch

1965
The Cincinnati Kid

as    Shooter

1964
Cheyenne Autumn

as    Capt. Wessels

1964
Dead Ringer

as    Sergeant Jim Hobbson

1963
How the West Was Won

as    Zebulon Prescott

1962
Birdman of Alcatraz

as    Harvey Shoemaker

1962
Gypsy

as    Herbie Sommers

1961
One-Eyed Jacks

as    Sheriff Dad Longworth

1960
Pollyanna

as    Reverend Paul Ford

1959
The Hanging Tree

as    Frenchy Plante