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Karl Malden

1912 - 2009

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Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946 and 1947. Recreating the role of Mitch in the 1951 film of Streetcar, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Malden primarily was a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "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 and On the Waterfront (1954), for which he received a second Best Supporting Oscar nomination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Malden has received more than 3,347,450 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Karl Malden is the 400th most popular actor (up from 458th in 2019), the 721st most popular biography from United States (up from 867th in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Actor.

Karl Malden is most famous for his role as Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak in the 1970s television series Kojak.

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  • 64.55

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  • 53

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  • 4.87

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  • 4.27

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karl Malden ranks 400 out of 13,578. Before him are Lee Marvin, Vincent Cassel, Montgomery Clift, Bibi Andersson, Edwin Booth, and Warren Beatty. After him are Danny Glover, John Lithgow, Richard Griffiths, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Doris Day, and Christopher Lambert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Karl Malden ranks 30. Before him are Adolf Galland, Sergiu Celibidache, Robert Doisneau, James Callaghan, Konrad Emil Bloch, and Lawrence Durrell. After him are Edward Mills Purcell, Juan Pujol García, Leonid Kantorovich, Maria Mandl, Alois Brunner, and Isser Harel. Among people deceased in 2009, Karl Malden ranks 17. Before him are Pina Bausch, Maurice Jarre, David Carradine, Farrah Fawcett, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Mercedes Sosa. After him are Les Paul, Raúl Alfonsín, Robert McNamara, Milorad Pavić, Ted Kennedy, and Vivian Maier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Malden ranks 721 out of 20,380. Before him are Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Montgomery Clift (1920), Edwin Booth (1833), Robert Nozick (1938), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), and Warren Beatty (1937). After him are Walter Hill (1942), Buckminster Fuller (1895), Alexander Calder (1898), Danny Glover (1946), Mel Brooks (1926), and John Lithgow (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Karl Malden ranks 198. Before him are Kevin Bacon (1958), Sally Field (1946), Lee Marvin (1924), Montgomery Clift (1920), Edwin Booth (1833), and Warren Beatty (1937). After him are Danny Glover (1946), John Lithgow (1945), Doris Day (1922), Christopher Lambert (1957), Walter Matthau (1920), and Alan Arkin (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

On the Waterfront
Father Barry
Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave the waterfront and expose his employers.
Jun 22o 19547.932 / 10
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold Mitchell
A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.
Sep 19o 19517.633 / 10
Patton
Gen. Omar N. Bradley
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Jan 25o 19707.509 / 10