Karl Malden
Born: 1912-03-22 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2009-07-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Tesla Nation as Himself (archive footage)
2011
- The Streets of the Invisibles as Mike Stone (voice)
2006
- A Streetcar on Broadway as Self
- Censorship and Desire as Self
- A Streetcar in Hollywood as Self
- A Man Named Brando as Self
- An Actor Named Brando as Self
- Baby Doll: See No Evil as Self
2005
2000
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self
1999
- The West Wing as Father Thomas Cavanaugh
- Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows as Self
1998
- The Lionhearts as (voice)
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Vanished Without a Trace as Ed Ray
1992
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- Back to the Streets of San Francisco as Mike Stone
- Oscar's Greatest Moments as Himself - Host / Narrator
1991
- Absolute Strangers as Fred Zusselman
1990
- Call Me Anna as Doctor Harold Arlen
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self
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
1985
- Alice in Wonderland as Walrus
1984
- With Intent to Kill as Thomas E. Nolan
- Fatal Vision as Freddy Kassab
1983
- The Sting II as Gus Macalinski
1982
- Twilight Time as Marko Sekulović
1981
- Miracle on Ice as Herb Brooks
- Word of Honor as Mike McNeill
1979
- Meteor as Harry Sherwood
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Wilbur Hubbard
1977
- Captains Courageous as Disko Troop
1975
- Midi Première as Self
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Mike Stone
- Summertime Killer as Captain John Kiley
- The Streets of San Francisco as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone
1971
- Wild Rovers as Walter Buckman
- The Cat o' Nine Tails as Franco Arnò
1970
- Patton as General Omar N. Bradley
1968
- Blue as Doc Morton
- Hot Millions as Carlton J. Klemper
1967
- Hotel as Keycase Milne
- Billion Dollar Brain as Leo Newbigen
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin as Judge Higgins
1966
- Murderers' Row as Julian Wall
- Nevada Smith as Tom Fitch
1965
- The Cincinnati Kid as Shooter
1964
- Cheyenne Autumn as Capt. Wessels
- Dead Ringer as Sergeant Jim Hobbson
1963
- Come Fly with Me as Walter Lucas
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- How the West Was Won as Zebulon Prescott
- Birdman of Alcatraz as Harvey Shoemaker
- All Fall Down as Ralph Willart
- Gypsy as Herbie Sommers
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Parrish as Judd Raike
- One-Eyed Jacks as Sheriff Dad Longworth
1960
- Pollyanna as Reverend Paul Ford
- The Great Impostor as Father Devlin
1959
- The Hanging Tree as Frenchy Plante
1957
- Time Limit as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Fear Strikes Out as John Piersall
- Bombers B-52 as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan
1956
- Baby Doll as Archie Lee Meighan
1954
- On the Waterfront as Father Barry
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Dr. Marais
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- I Confess as Inspector Larrue
- Take the High Ground! as Sgt. Laverne Holt
1952
- Operation Secret as Maj. Latrec
- Diplomatic Courier as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada
- Ruby Gentry as Jim Gentry
- The Sellout as Capt. Buck Maxwell
1951
- A Streetcar Named Desire as Harold Mitchell
- Halls of Montezuma as C.E. "Doc" Jones
1950
- The Gunfighter as Mac
- Where the Sidewalk Ends as Det. Lt. Thomas
1948
- Bambi as Self
1947
- Boomerang! as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)
- 13 Rue Madeleine as Jump Master (uncredited)
- Kiss of Death as Sgt. William Cullen
1944
- Winged Victory as Adams
1940
- They Knew What They Wanted as Red