AKA Mladen George Sekulovich

Born: 22-Mar-1912
Birthplace: Chicago, IL [1]
Died: 1-Jul-2009
Location of death: Brentwood, CA
Cause of death: Natural Causes

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 was 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 nearly pornographic 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
Daughter: Mila

    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President (1989-93)
    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
    Serbian Ancestry Paternal
    Czech Ancestry Maternal

    TELEVISION
    The Streets of San Francisco Det. Lt. Mike Stone (1972-77)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (13-Feb-1989)
    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 (3-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)
    Diplomatic Courier (13-Jun-1952)
    The Sellout (30-May-1952)
    A Streetcar Named Desire (18-Sep-1951)
    Halls of Montezuma (5-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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