Karl Malden
Born March 22, 1912 (Age: 113)
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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
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A Man Named Brando
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
Censorship and Desire
2006
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as Self
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Age: 94
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
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as Self
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Age: 88
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Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
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as Self
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Age: 86
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
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as Self
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Age: 77
The Sting II
1983
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as Gus Macalinski
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Age: 70
Meteor
1979
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as Harry Sherwood
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Age: 67
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
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
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
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
On the Waterfront
1954
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as Father Barry
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Age: 42