Karl Malden
Actor
- Born
- March 22, 1912 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- July 1, 2009 (age 97)
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
On the Waterfront
June 22, 1954
A Streetcar Named Desire
September 18, 1951
Patton
January 25, 1970
How the West Was Won
November 2, 1962
I Confess
February 12, 1953
The Cat o' Nine Tails
February 12, 1971
Birdman of Alcatraz
July 4, 1962
The Cincinnati Kid
October 15, 1965
One-Eyed Jacks
March 30, 1961
Pollyanna
May 19, 1960
The Gunfighter
May 26, 1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
July 7, 1950
Acting83
- 2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Tesla Nation as Self (archive footage)
- 2018The Green Fog
- 2011The Streets of the Invisibles as Mike Stone (voice) (archival)
- 2006Desire and Censorship as Self
- 2006An Actor Named Brando as Self
- 2006A Man Named Brando as Self
- 2006A Streetcar in Hollywood as Self
- 2006Baby Doll: See No Evil as Self
- 2006North and the Music of the South