Karl Malden

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-03-22 (97 years old)

Deathday

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...

Acting

1965

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz

as Harvey Shoemaker

1954

On the Waterfront

as Father Barry

1951

A Streetcar Named Desire

as Harold Mitchell

1952

Diplomatic Courier

as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada

1967

Billion Dollar Brain

as Leo Newbigen

1953

I Confess

as Inspector Larrue

1970

Patton

as Gen. Omar N. Bradley

1966

Nevada Smith

as Tom Fitch

1947

Kiss of Death

as Sgt. William Cullen

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Pollyanna

as Reverend Paul Ford

1964

Dead Ringer

as Sergeant Jim Hobbson

1981

Miracle on Ice

as Herb Brooks

1979

1962

How the West Was Won

as Zebulon Prescott

1952

The Sellout

as Capt. Buck Maxwell

1968

Hot Millions

as Carlton J. Klemper

1979

Meteor

as Harry Sherwood

1961

Parrish

as Judd Raike

1956

Baby Doll

as Archie Lee Meighan

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Capt. Wessels

1987

Nuts

as Arthur Kirk

1966

Murderers' Row

as Julian Wall

1971

Wild Rovers

as Walter Buckman

1992

Oscar's Greatest Moments

as Himself - Host / Narrator

1983

The Sting II

as Gus Macalinski

1959

The Hanging Tree

as Frenchy Plante

1954

1960

The Great Impostor

as Father Devlin

1951

Halls of Montezuma

as C.E. "Doc" Jones

1950

1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

as Det. Lt. Thomas

1962

Gypsy

as Herbie Sommers

1961

One-Eyed Jacks

as Sheriff Dad Longworth

1972

Summertime Killer

as Captain John Kiley

1952

Ruby Gentry

as Jim Gentry

1967

Hotel

as Keycase Milne

1962

All Fall Down

as Ralph Willart

1957

Bombers B-52

as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan

1953

Take the High Ground!

as Sgt. Laverne Holt

1957

Fear Strikes Out

as John Piersall

1963

Come Fly with Me

as Walter Lucas

1944

1968

Blue

as Doc Morton

1980

Skag

as Pete 'Skag' Skagska

1952

Operation Secret

as Maj. Latrec

1972

The Streets of San Francisco

as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone

1982

Twilight Time

as Marko Sekulović

1991

Absolute Strangers

as Fred Zusselman

1989

1981

Word of Honor

as Mike McNeill

1947

Boomerang!

as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)

2011

The Streets of the Invisibles

as Mike Stone (voice)

1990

Call Me Anna

as Doctor Harold Arlen

1977

Captains Courageous

as Disko Troop

1947

13 Rue Madeleine

as Jump Master (uncredited)

1957

Time Limit

as Prisoner (uncredited)

1988

My Father, My Son

as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.

2018

Tesla Nation

as Himself (archive footage)

1992

1971

The Cat o' Nine Tails

as Franco Arnò

1984

With Intent to Kill

as Thomas E. Nolan

2022

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1957

Time Limit

as Director

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