Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 22, 1912
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Tesla Nation | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2011 | The Streets of the Invisibles | Mike Stone (voice) |
| 2006 | An Actor Named Brando | Self |
| 2006 | Censorship and Desire | Self |
| 2006 | A Man Named Brando | Self |
| 2006 | A Streetcar in Hollywood | Self |
| 2006 | A Streetcar on Broadway | Self |
| 2006 | Baby Doll: See No Evil | Self |
| 2005 | A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Self |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters | Self |
| 1999 | Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows | Self |
| 1993 | Vanished Without a Trace | Ed Ray |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments | Himself - Host / Narrator |
| 1992 | Back to the Streets of San Francisco | Mike Stone |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) |
| 1991 | Absolute Strangers | Fred Zusselman |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self |
| 1990 | Call Me Anna | Doctor Harold Arlen |
| 1989 | The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro | Leon Klinghoffer |
| 1988 | My Father, My Son | Elmo Zumwalt Jr. |
| 1987 | Nuts | Arthur Kirk |
| 1986 | Billy Galvin | |
| 1984 | With Intent to Kill | Thomas E. Nolan |
| 1983 | The Sting II | Gus Macalinski |
| 1982 | Twilight Time | Marko Sekulović |
| 1981 | Miracle on Ice | Herb Brooks |
| 1981 | Word of Honor | Mike McNeill |
| 1980 | Skag | Pete 'Skag' Skagska |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Wilbur Hubbard |
| 1979 | Meteor | Harry Sherwood |
| 1977 | Captains Courageous | Disko Troop |
| 1972 | Summertime Killer | Captain John Kiley |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Walter Buckman |
| 1971 | The Cat o' Nine Tails | Franco Arnò |
| 1970 | Patton | Gen. Omar N. Bradley |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Carlton J. Klemper |
| 1968 | Blue | Doc Morton |
| 1967 | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Judge Higgins |
| 1967 | Billion Dollar Brain | Leo Newbigen |
| 1967 | Hotel | Keycase Milne |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Tom Fitch |
| 1966 | Murderers' Row | Julian Wall |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Shooter |
| 1964 | Dead Ringer | Sergeant Jim Hobbson |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Capt. Wessels |
| 1963 | Come Fly with Me | Walter Lucas |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Harvey Shoemaker |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Zebulon Prescott |
| 1962 | Gypsy | Herbie Sommers |
| 1962 | All Fall Down | Ralph Willart |
| 1961 | Parrish | Judd Raike |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Sheriff Dad Longworth |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Reverend Paul Ford |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor | Father Devlin |
| 1959 | The Hanging Tree | Frenchy Plante |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 | MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan |
| 1957 | Fear Strikes Out | John Piersall |
| 1957 | Time Limit | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Archie Lee Meighan |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Father Barry |
| 1954 | Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Dr. Marais |
| 1953 | I Confess | Inspector Larrue |
| 1953 | Take the High Ground! | Sgt. Laverne Holt |
| 1952 | Diplomatic Courier | Sgt. Ernie Guelvada |
| 1952 | The Sellout | Capt. Buck Maxwell |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry | Jim Gentry |
| 1952 | Operation Secret | Maj. Latrec |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Harold Mitchell |
| 1951 | Halls of Montezuma | C.E. "Doc" Jones |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Mac |
| 1950 | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Det. Lt. Thomas |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Sgt. William Cullen |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | Det. Lt. White (uncredited) |
| 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Jump Master (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Winged Victory | Adams |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted | Red |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The West Wing | Father Thomas Cavanaugh |
| 1998 | The Lionhearts | (voice) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1985 | Alice in Wonderland | Walrus |
| 1984 | Fatal Vision | Freddy Kassab |
| 1980 | Skag | |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Mike Stone |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1948 | Bambi-Verleihung | Self |