Karl Malden

Born: 1912-03-22

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.


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How the West Was Won

as Zebulon Prescott
Released: 1962-11-02

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to...

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A Streetcar Named Desire

as Harold Mitchell
Released: 1951-09-19

A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious...

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On the Waterfront

as Father Barry
Released: 1954-06-22

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses...

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Patton

as Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Released: 1970-01-25

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The...

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The Gunfighter

as Mac
Released: 1950-06-23

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

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Birdman of Alcatraz

as Harvey Shoemaker
Released: 1962-07-04

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary...

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

as Det. Lt. Thomas
Released: 1950-07-07

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

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One-Eyed Jacks

as Sheriff Dad Longworth
Released: 1961-03-30

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take...

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I Confess

as Inspector Larrue
Released: 1953-02-13

Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve...

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Billion Dollar Brain

as Leo Newbigen
Released: 1967-11-02

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a...

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Meteor

as Harry Sherwood
Released: 1979-10-19

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading...

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The Cincinnati Kid

as Shooter
Released: 1965-10-15

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time...

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Cheyenne Autumn

as Capt. Wessels
Released: 1964-10-15

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

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Nevada Smith

as Tom Fitch
Released: 1966-06-10

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by...

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Gypsy

as Herbie Sommers
Released: 1962-11-01

Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June...

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The Cat o' Nine Tails

as Franco Arnò
Released: 1971-02-12

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic...

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Kiss of Death

as Sgt. William Cullen
Released: 1947-08-27

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

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The Hanging Tree

as Frenchy Plante
Released: 1959-02-19

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes...

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Pollyanna

as Reverend Paul Ford
Released: 1960-05-19

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to...

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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Wilbur Hubbard
Released: 1979-05-18

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship...

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Dead Ringer

as Sergeant Jim Hobbson
Released: 1964-02-19

The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge...

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Baby Doll

as Archie Lee Meighan
Released: 1956-12-29

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old...

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Nuts

as Arthur Kirk
Released: 1987-11-20

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be...

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Boomerang!

as Det. Lt. White
Released: 1947-02-28

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town,...

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Hotel

as Keycase Milne
Released: 1967-01-19

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The...

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Bombers B-52

as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan
Released: 1957-11-22

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even...

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Murderers' Row

as Julian Wall
Released: 1966-12-20

The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the...

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Wild Rovers

as Walter Buckman
Released: 1971-06-23

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and...

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The Sting II

as Gus Macalinski
Released: 1983-02-18

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of...

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Halls of Montezuma

as C.E. "Doc" Jones
Released: 1951-01-04

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert...

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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as Judge Higgins
Released: 1967-03-08

To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the...

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Parrish

as Judd Raike
Released: 1961-05-04

Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut...

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Diplomatic Courier

as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada
Released: 1952-06-13

During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self
Released: 2003-04-03

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...

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13 Rue Madeleine

as Jump Master (uncredited)
Released: 1947-01-15

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services,...

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The Great Impostor

as Father Devlin
Released: 1960-12-23

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities...

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Ruby Gentry

as Jim Gentry
Released: 1952-12-25

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

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All Fall Down

as Ralph Willart
Released: 1962-04-06

Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their...

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Vanished Without a Trace

as Ed Ray
Released: 1993-02-28

Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they...

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Summertime Killer

as Captain John Kiley
Released: 1972-07-01

During his childhood, a boy sees four men drown his father; now, the grown young man makes it...

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Word of Honor

as Mike McNeill
Released: 1981-01-06

A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result,...

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Take the High Ground!

as Sgt. Laverne Holt
Released: 1953-10-30

Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor...

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Blue

as Doc Morton
Released: 1968-05-09

A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a...

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A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

as Self
Released: 2005-09-02

Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was...

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Miracle on Ice

as Herb Brooks
Released: 1981-03-01

The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the...

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Fear Strikes Out

as John Piersall
Released: 1957-03-20

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major...

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Winged Victory

as Adams
Released: 1944-12-22

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of...

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Time Limit

as Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: 1957-10-23

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War...

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Hot Millions

as Carlton J. Klemper
Released: 1968-09-19

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by...

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Come Fly with Me

as Walter Lucas
Released: 1963-03-27

Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich...

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The Sellout

as Capt. Buck Maxwell
Released: 1952-05-30

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self
Released: 1990-02-02

Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip...

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They Knew What They Wanted

as Red
Released: 1940-10-19

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of...

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Billy Galvin

as uncredited
Released: 1986-11-01

Conflict arises between a steelworker and his son. The father wants the boy to have a chance to...

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Call Me Anna

as Doctor Harold Arlen
Released: 1990-11-11

Patty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star...

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A Streetcar on Broadway

as Self
Released: 2006-01-01

Interviews and photos about the play on Broadway

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Operation Secret

as Maj. Latrec
Released: 1952-11-05

After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of...

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Captains Courageous

as Disko Troop
Released: 1977-12-04

A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle...

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Phantom of the Rue Morgue

as Dr. Marais
Released: 1954-03-27

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the...

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Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)
Released: 1992-10-01

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view....

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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-08-01

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of...

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Back to the Streets of San Francisco

as Mike Stone
Released: 1992-01-27

Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an...

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Absolute Strangers

as Fred Zusselman
Released: 1991-04-14

A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy....

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An Actor Named Brando

as Self
Released: 2006-05-02

A short overview of Brando's career.

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Twilight Time

as Marko Sekulović
Released: 1982-04-01

After spending 20 years in America, aging widower Marko Sekulovic (Karl Malden) returns to his...

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With Intent to Kill

as Thomas E. Nolan
Released: 1984-10-24

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder...

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My Father, My Son

as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.
Released: 1988-03-21

When an Admiral orders the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam, he has no idea the deadly...

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Tesla Nation

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2018-10-27

We are all one. People are interconnected by invisible forces. Creative documentary about the...

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Censorship and Desire

as Self
Released: 2006-05-02

Censorship issues with the film "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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Oscar's Greatest Moments

as Himself - Host / Narrator
Released: 1992-02-29

Highlights from Oscar ceremonies between 1971 and 1991.

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Skag

as Pete 'Skag' Skagska
Released: 1980-01-06

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling...

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Baby Doll: See No Evil

as Self
Released: 2006-05-02

A documentary on the filming of the controversial film Baby Doll (1956).

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone
Released: 1972-09-16

SFPD Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone (Karl Malden) is partnered with a young college-educated...

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Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

as Self
Released: 2000-06-29

A career overview of film and TV actor Richard Widmark.

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Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

as Self
Released: 1999-01-11

The life of legendary actor Anthony Perkins is recounted by friends and family, colleagues and...

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A Streetcar in Hollywood

as Self
Released: 2006-01-01

How the play was adapted to Film

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The West Wing

as Father Thomas Cavanaugh
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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Midi Première

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-06

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Mike Stone
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Walrus
First aired: 1985-12-09

Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always...

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The Lionhearts

as (voice)
First aired: 1998-09-19

The Lionhearts is an animated series from MGM that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings in...

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Fatal Vision

as Freddy Kassab
First aired: 1984-11-18

A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green...

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