Karl Malden
Born March 22, 1912 (Age: 114)
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Censorship and Desire
2006
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as Self
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Age: 94
An Actor Named Brando
2006
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as Self
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Age: 94
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
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as Self
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Age: 94
No Image
A Man Named Brando
2006
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as Self
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Age: 94
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
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as Self
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Age: 93
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
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as Self
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Age: 93
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 88
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
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as Self
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Age: 88
No Image
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
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as Self
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Age: 86
Vanished Without a Trace
1993
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as Ed Ray
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Age: 80
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 80
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
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as Mike Stone
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Age: 79
Absolute Strangers
1991
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as Fred Zusselman
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Age: 79
Call Me Anna
1990
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as Doctor Harold Arlen
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Age: 78
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
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as Self
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Age: 77
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
1989
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as Leon Klinghoffer
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Age: 76
My Father, My Son
1988
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as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.
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Age: 75
Nuts
1987
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as Arthur Kirk
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Age: 75
The Sting II
1983
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as Gus Macalinski
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Age: 70
Miracle on Ice
1981
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as Herb Brooks
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Age: 68
Word of Honor
1981
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as Mike McNeill
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Age: 68
Skag
1980
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as Pete 'Skag' Skagska
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Age: 67
Meteor
1979
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as Harry Sherwood
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Age: 67
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
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as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone
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Age: 60
Summertime Killer
1972
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as Captain John Kiley
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Age: 60
The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971
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as Franco Arnò
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Age: 58
Patton
1970
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as General Omar N. Bradley
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Age: 57
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
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as Shooter
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Age: 53
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
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as Capt. Wessels
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Age: 52
Dead Ringer
1964
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as Sergeant Jim Hobbson
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Age: 51
Come Fly with Me
1963
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as Walter Lucas
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Age: 51
How the West Was Won
1962
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as Zebulon Prescott
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Age: 50
Gypsy
1962
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as Herbie Sommers
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Age: 50
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
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as Harvey Shoemaker
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Age: 50
All Fall Down
1962
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as Ralph Willart
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Age: 50
Parrish
1961
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as Judd Raike
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Age: 49
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
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as Sheriff Dad Longworth
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Age: 49
The Great Impostor
1960
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as Father Devlin
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Age: 48
Pollyanna
1960
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as Reverend Paul Ford
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Age: 48
The Hanging Tree
1959
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as Frenchy Plante
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Age: 46
Baby Doll
1956
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as Archie Lee Meighan
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Age: 44
On the Waterfront
1954
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as Father Barry
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Age: 42
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
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as Dr. Marais
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Age: 42
Take the High Ground!
1953
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as Sgt. Laverne Holt
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Age: 41
I Confess
1953
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as Inspector Larrue
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Age: 40
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
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as Det. Lt. Thomas
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Age: 38
The Gunfighter
1950
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as Mac
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Age: 38