Karl Malden
Birthday: 1912-03-22 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USAKarl 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
Acting
Role
as Mike Stone (voice)
as Arthur Kirk
as Gus Macalinski
as Herb Brooks
as Harry Sherwood
as Wilbur Hubbard
as Captain John Kiley
as Mike Stone
as Franco Arnò
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
as Carlton J. Klemper
as Doc Morton
as Judge Higgins
as Keycase Milne
as Leo Newbigen
as Julian Wall
as Tom Fitch
as Shooter
as Capt. Wessels
as Sergeant Jim Hobbson
as Zebulon Prescott
as Harvey Shoemaker
as Herbie Sommers
as Sheriff Dad Longworth
as Reverend Paul Ford
as Frenchy Plante