Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor whose career spanned more than sixty years.
He is best known for having primarily been a character actor, especially in such classic films as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, On the Waterfront (1954), Pollyanna (1960), and One-Eyed Jacks (1961), although he also played more high-profile roles in films such as Baby Doll (1956), How the West Was Won (1962), Gypsy (1962), and Patton (1970). He would later go on to portray Lt. Mike Stone in the primetime television crime drama The Streets of San Francisco (1972–77), and became well-known as a commercial pitchman for American Express Travelers Cheques ("Don't leave home without them!").
Malden served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, 1942–46.
He was married to Mona Greenberg and they had two children.
Malden died in 2009 at the age of 97 from natural causes.
Filmography
- 1940: They Knew What They Wanted as Red
- 1944: Winged Victory as Adams
- 1946: Thirteen Rue Madeleine as Jump Master (Uncredited Role)
- 1947: Boomerang as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)
- 1947: Kiss of Death as Sgt. William Cullen
- 1950: The Gunfighter as Mac
- 1950: Where the Sidewalk Ends as Lt. Thomas
- 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire as Mitch
- 1952: The Sellout as Capt. Buck Maxwell
- 1952: Diplomatic Courier as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada
- 1952: Operation Secret as Maj. Latrec
- 1952: Ruby Gentry as Jim Gentry
- 1953: I Confess as Inspector Larrue
- 1953: Take The High Ground as Sgt. Laverne Holt
- 1954: Phantom Of The Rue Morgue as Dr. Marais
- 1954: On the Waterfront as Father Pete Barry
- 1956: Baby Doll as Archie Lee Mieghan
- 1957: Fear Strikes Out as John Piersall
- 1957: Time Limit as Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1957: Bombers B 52 as M. Sgt. Chuck V. Brennan
- 1960: Pollyanna as Rev. Paul Ford
- 1960: The Great Imposter as Father Devlin
- 1961: One-Eyed Jacks as Sheriff Dad Longworth
- 1961: Parrish as Judd Raike
- 1962: All Fall Down as Ralph Willart
- 1962: Birdman of Alcatraz as Harvey Shoemaker
- 1962: Gypsy as Herbie Sommers
- 1962: How the West Was Won as Zebulon Prescott
- 1963: Come Fly With Me as Walter Lucas
- 1964: Dead Ringer as Sgt. Jim Hobbson
- 1964: Cheyenne Autumn as Capt. Wessels
- 1965: The Cincinnati Kid as Shooter
- 1966: Nevada Smith as Tom Fitch
- 1966: Murderers Row as Julian Wall
- 1967: Hotel as Keycase Milne
- 1967: The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin as Judge Higgins
- 1967: Billion Dollar Brain as Leo Newbigen
- 1968: Blue as Doc Morton
- 1968: Hot Millions as Carlton J. Klemper
- 1970: Patton as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
- 1971: The Cat o' Nine Tails as Franco Arno
- 1971: Wild Rovers as Walter Buckman
- 1972: Summertime Killer as Captain John Kiley
- 1977: Captains Courageous as Disko Troop
- 1979: Beyond The Poseidon Adventure as Wilbur Hubbard
- 1979: Meteor as Harry Sherwood
- 1981: Word Of Honor as Mike McNeill
- 1981: Miracle On Ice as Herb Brooks
- 1982: Twilight Time as Marko Sekulovic
- 1983: The Sting II as Gus Macalinski
- 1984: With Intent To Kill as Thomas E. Nolan
- 1985: Alice in Wonderland (1985) as The Walrus
- 1986: Billy Galvin as Jack Galvin
- 1987: Nuts as Arthur Kirk
- 1988: My Father My Son as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.
- 1989: The Hijacking Of The Achille Lauro as Leon Klinghoffer
- 1990: Call Me Anna as Dr. Harold Arlen
- 1991: Absolute Strangers as Fred Zusselman
- 1992: Back To The Streets Of San Francisco as Mike Stone (TV Movie)
- 1993: Theyve Taken Our Children The Chowchilla Kidnapping as Ed Ray (TV Movie)
- 1949: The Ford Theatre Hour as Friedrich Bhaer
- 1972-1977: The Streets of San Francisco as Det. Lt. Mike Stone
- 1980: Skag as Pete 'Skag' Skagska
- 1984: Fatal Vision as Freddy Kassab
- 1995: Biography as PT Barnum
- 2000: The West Wing as Father Thomas Cavanaugh
