Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1912-03-22
Day of Death
2009-07-01
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.
Filmography (81)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
Tesla Nation
2018The Streets of the Invisibles
2011
An Actor Named Brando
2006
Censorship and Desire
2006A Man Named Brando
2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999