Karl Malden

ActorDirector Mar 22 (died age 97) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1940–2022 (82 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

On the Waterfront

Father Barry

Film

A Streetcar Named Desire

Harold Mitchell

Film

Patton

General Omar N. Bradley

Film

Birdman of Alcatraz

Harvey Shoemaker

Film

I Confess

Inspector Larrue

Film

How the West Was Won

Zebulon Prescott

Film

The Cat o' Nine Tails

Franco Arnò

Film

The Cincinnati Kid

Shooter

Filmography

Acting (93)

Movies (80)

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Tesla Nation

2018

as Himself (archive footage)

The Streets of the Invisibles

2011

as Mike Stone (voice)

A Streetcar in Hollywood

2006

as Self

6.5

An Actor Named Brando

2006

as Self

Censorship and Desire

2006

as Self

3.0

Baby Doll: See No Evil

2006

as Self

A Streetcar on Broadway

2006

as Self

6.5

A Man Named Brando

2006

as Self

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

2005

as Self

6.4

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

2003

as Self

7.0

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

2000

as Self

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

1999

as Self

Vanished Without a Trace

1993

as Ed Ray

8.1

Oscar's Greatest Moments

1992

as Himself - Host / Narrator

10.0

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

6.7

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

1992

as Mike Stone

5.5

Absolute Strangers

1991

as Fred Zusselman

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Self

Call Me Anna

1990

as Doctor Harold Arlen

4.5

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

as Leon Klinghoffer

My Father, My Son

as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.

Nuts

as Arthur Kirk

Billy Galvin

With Intent to Kill

as Thomas E. Nolan

The Sting II

as Gus Macalinski

Twilight Time

as Marko Sekulović

Miracle on Ice

as Herb Brooks

Word of Honor

as Mike McNeill

Skag

as Pete 'Skag' Skagska

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

as Wilbur Hubbard

Meteor

as Harry Sherwood

Captains Courageous

as Disko Troop

Summertime Killer

as Captain John Kiley

5.4

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone

8.0

Wild Rovers

1971

as Walter Buckman

6.1

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971

as Franco Arnò

6.7

Patton

1970

as General Omar N. Bradley

7.5

Hot Millions

1968

as Carlton J. Klemper

6.5

Blue

1968

as Doc Morton

5.4

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as Judge Higgins

Billion Dollar Brain

as Leo Newbigen

Hotel

as Keycase Milne

Nevada Smith

as Tom Fitch

Murderers' Row

as Julian Wall

The Cincinnati Kid

as Shooter

Cheyenne Autumn

as Capt. Wessels

Dead Ringer

as Sergeant Jim Hobbson

Come Fly with Me

as Walter Lucas

How the West Was Won

as Zebulon Prescott

Birdman of Alcatraz

as Harvey Shoemaker

Gypsy

as Herbie Sommers

All Fall Down

as Ralph Willart

One-Eyed Jacks

as Sheriff Dad Longworth

Parrish

as Judd Raike

The Great Impostor

as Father Devlin

Pollyanna

as Reverend Paul Ford

The Hanging Tree

as Frenchy Plante

Time Limit

as Prisoner (uncredited)

7.1

Bombers B-52

1957

as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan

Fear Strikes Out

as John Piersall

Baby Doll

as Archie Lee Meighan

7.0

On the Waterfront

1954

as Father Barry

7.9

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

as Dr. Marais

I Confess

as Inspector Larrue

Take the High Ground!

1953

as Sgt. Laverne Holt

5.9

Diplomatic Courier

1952

as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada

Ruby Gentry

as Jim Gentry

Operation Secret

as Maj. Latrec

The Sellout

as Capt. Buck Maxwell

5.1

A Streetcar Named Desire

as Harold Mitchell

Halls of Montezuma

as C.E. "Doc" Jones

The Gunfighter

as Mac

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

as Det. Lt. Thomas

7.2

Kiss of Death

1947

as Sgt. William Cullen

7.1

Boomerang!

1947

as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)

7.0

13 Rue Madeleine

1947

as Jump Master (uncredited)

6.0

Winged Victory

1944

as Adams

5.5

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

as Red

5.8

Television (13)

The West Wing

1999

as Father Thomas Cavanaugh

8.2

The Lionhearts

1998

as (voice)

2.0

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Alice in Wonderland

as Walrus

Fatal Vision

as Freddy Kassab

Skag

Midi Première

as Self

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Mike Stone

7.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Reverend Ford

The Oscars

as Self

Bambi

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Time Limit

1957

Director

7.1