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Karl Malden

Karl MaldenAKA Malden George Sekulovich

Born: 22-Mar-1912
Birthplace: Gary, IN

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Streets of San Francisco

Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII)

Karl Malden is an actor famous for his craggy face, huge nose, and for saying "Don't leave home without it", his long-running line as TV pitchman for American Express.

He won an Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), and an Emmy as Detective Lieutenant Mike Stone on Streets of San Francisco. Malden also played Gen. Omar Bradley opposite George C. Scott's Patton. In Baby Doll (1956), he played a horny husband whose gorgeous wife (Carroll Baker) refused to have sex with him. The film was condemned as near pornography by the Catholic church, for its shocking portrayal of young lust, but by present standards it's hardly titillating.

President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 1989 to 1993.

Wife: Mona Greenberg (actress, "Mona Graham", m. 1938, two daughters)
Daughter: Carla Malden

    Young Musicians Foundation Celebrity Director
    Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1952 for A Streetcar Named Desire
    Emmy 1985 for Fatal Vision
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6231 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
    Endorsement of American Express 1975

    TELEVISION
    The Streets of San Francisco Detective Lt. Mike Stone

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Nuts (20-Nov-1987)
    Alice in Wonderland (9-Dec-1985)
    Fatal Vision (18-Nov-1984)
    The Sting II (18-Feb-1983)
    Meteor (19-Oct-1979)
    Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (18-May-1979)
    Wild Rovers (23-Jun-1971)
    The Cat o' Nine Tails (11-Feb-1971)
    Patton (4-Feb-1970)
    Hot Millions (19-Sep-1968)
    Billion Dollar Brain (20-Dec-1967)
    The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (3-Mar-1967)
    Hotel (19-Jan-1967)
    Murderers' Row (20-Dec-1966)
    Nevada Smith (10-Jun-1966)
    The Cincinnati Kid (15-Oct-1965)
    Cheyenne Autumn (03-Oct-1964)
    Dead Ringer (19-Feb-1964)
    Come Fly with Me (27-Mar-1963)
    Gypsy (1-Nov-1962)
    How the West Was Won (1-Nov-1962)
    Birdman of Alcatraz (3-Jul-1962)
    All Fall Down (11-Apr-1962)
    Parrish (4-May-1961)
    One-Eyed Jacks (30-Mar-1961)
    The Great Impostor (3-Feb-1961)
    Pollyanna (19-May-1960)
    The Hanging Tree (11-Feb-1959)
    Bombers B-52 (22-Nov-1957)
    Fear Strikes Out (20-Mar-1957)
    Baby Doll (18-Dec-1956)
    On the Waterfront (28-Jul-1954)
    Phantom of the Rue Morgue (27-Mar-1954)
    Take the High Ground! (30-Oct-1953)
    I Confess (22-Mar-1953)
    Ruby Gentry (25-Dec-1952)
    A Streetcar Named Desire (18-Sep-1951)
    Halls of Montezuma (05-Jan-1951)
    Where the Sidewalk Ends (26-Jun-1950)
    The Gunfighter (23-Jun-1950)
    Kiss of Death (27-Aug-1947)
    Boomerang! (28-Apr-1947)

Author of books:
When Do I Start? (1997, memoir, with Carla Malden)


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