Karl Malden
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
On the Waterfront
as Father Barry 1954
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold Mitchell 1951
Patton
as General Omar N. Bradley 1970
How the West Was Won
as Zebulon Prescott 1962
I Confess
as Inspector Larrue 1953
The Cat o' Nine Tails
as Franco Arnò 1971
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Harvey Shoemaker 1962
The Cincinnati Kid
as Shooter 1965
One-Eyed Jacks
as Sheriff Dad Longworth 1961
Pollyanna
as Reverend Paul Ford 1960
The Gunfighter
as Mac 1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Det. Lt. Thomas 1950
Nevada Smith
as Tom Fitch 1966
Kiss of Death
as Sgt. William Cullen 1947
Meteor
as Harry Sherwood 1979
Cheyenne Autumn
as Capt. Wessels 1964
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Wilbur Hubbard 1979