Karl Malden
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-03-22
Day of Death
2009-07-01 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Karl Malden
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.
Known For
Acting
(2018)
Tesla Nation
as Himself (archive footage)
(2011)
The Streets of the Invisibles
as Mike Stone (voice)
(2006)
A Streetcar on Broadway
as Self
(2006)
Baby Doll: See No Evil
as Self
(2006)
A Streetcar in Hollywood
as Self
(2006)
An Actor Named Brando
as Self
(2006)
A Man Named Brando
as Self
(2006)
Censorship and Desire
as Self
(2005)
(2003)
(2000)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
(1999)
(1993)
Vanished Without a Trace
as Ed Ray
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1992)
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
as Mike Stone
(1992)
Oscar's Greatest Moments
as Himself - Host / Narrator
(1991)
Absolute Strangers
as Fred Zusselman
(1990)
Call Me Anna
as Doctor Harold Arlen
(1990)
(1989)
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
as Leon Klinghoffer
(1988)
My Father, My Son
as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.
(1987)
Nuts
as Arthur Kirk
(1986)
(1984)
With Intent to Kill
as Thomas E. Nolan
(1983)
The Sting II
as Gus Macalinski
(1982)
Twilight Time
as Marko Sekulović
(1981)
Miracle on Ice
as Herb Brooks
(1981)
Word of Honor
as Mike McNeill
(1980)
Skag
as Pete 'Skag' Skagska
(1979)
Meteor
as Harry Sherwood
(1979)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Wilbur Hubbard
(1977)
Captains Courageous
as Disko Troop
(1972)
Summertime Killer
as Captain John Kiley
(1972)
The Streets of San Francisco
as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone
(1971)
The Cat o' Nine Tails
as Franco Arnò
(1971)
Wild Rovers
as Walter Buckman
(1970)
Patton
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
(1968)
Blue
as Doc Morton
(1968)
Hot Millions
as Carlton J. Klemper
(1967)
Hotel
as Keycase Milne
(1967)
Billion Dollar Brain
as Leo Newbigen
(1967)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Judge Higgins
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Tom Fitch
(1966)
Murderers' Row
as Julian Wall
(1965)
The Cincinnati Kid
as Shooter
(1964)
Dead Ringer
as Sergeant Jim Hobbson
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Capt. Wessels
(1963)
Come Fly with Me
as Walter Lucas
(1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Harvey Shoemaker
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as Zebulon Prescott
(1962)
Gypsy
as Herbie Sommers
(1962)
All Fall Down
as Ralph Willart
(1961)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Sheriff Dad Longworth
(1961)
Parrish
as Judd Raike
(1960)
Pollyanna
as Reverend Paul Ford
(1960)
The Great Impostor
as Father Devlin
(1959)
The Hanging Tree
as Frenchy Plante
(1957)
Fear Strikes Out
as John Piersall
(1957)
Bombers B-52
as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan
(1957)
Time Limit
as Prisoner (uncredited)
(1956)
Baby Doll
as Archie Lee Meighan
(1954)
On the Waterfront
as Father Barry
(1954)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Dr. Marais
(1953)
I Confess
as Inspector Larrue
(1953)
Take the High Ground!
as Sgt. Laverne Holt
(1952)
Ruby Gentry
as Jim Gentry
(1952)
Diplomatic Courier
as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada
(1952)
Operation Secret
as Maj. Latrec
(1952)
The Sellout
as Capt. Buck Maxwell
(1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold Mitchell
(1951)
Halls of Montezuma
as C.E. "Doc" Jones
(1950)
The Gunfighter
as Mac
(1950)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Det. Lt. Thomas
(1947)
Kiss of Death
as Sgt. William Cullen
(1947)
Boomerang!
as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)
(1947)
13 Rue Madeleine
as Jump Master (uncredited)
(1944)
Winged Victory
as Adams
(1940)
Crew
(1957)
Time Limit
Director