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Karl Malden

Highest Rated: 100% Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Lowest Rated: 0% Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

Birthday: Mar 22, 1912

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

A forceful and dynamic star of stage, film and television for over six decades, Karl Malden was an Academy Award-winning actor who found fame in the 1950s and 1960s in a wide variety of character roles and the occasional lead. An exceptionally versatile performer, he could play all points on the moral compass with unwavering verisimilitude. Audiences believed him as both the lovelorn Mitch in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) and the forthright Father Barry in "On the Waterfront" (1954) and as the lustful husband of a teenage bride in "Baby Doll" (1956) or as the tongue-in-cheek super-villain Julian Wells in "Murderers' Row" (1966). He shifted his attention to television in the 1970s and scored a sizable hit with "The Streets of San Francisco" (ABC, 1972-77) while lending his credibility to countless commercials for American Express. Well-respected by his peers in the industry, he also served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1993.

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Highest rated movies

100% 87% Where the Sidewalk Ends
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100% 80% Dead Ringer
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100% 43% Hotel
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97% 90% A Streetcar Named Desire
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94% 89% The Gunfighter
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92% 84% Birdman of Alcatraz
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92% 93% Patton
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89% 77% Kiss of Death
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88% 47% Halls of Montezuma
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Karl Malden

Karl Malden NEVADA SMITH, Karl Malden, 1966 ALL FALL DOWN, from left: Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, 1962 BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, Karl Malden, 1979, ©Warner Brothers DIPLOMATIC COURIER, Karl Malden, 1952, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE GREAT IMPOSTOR, Karl Malden, 1961 THE GUNFIGHTER, Karl Malden, 1950, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved OPERATION SECRET, Karl Malden shows Phyllis Thaxter his Oscar from A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, on-set, 1952 RUBY GENTRY, from left, Phyllis Avery, Karl Malden, 1952, TM & Copyright ©20th century fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. TAKE THE HIGH GROUND!, Karl Malden, 1953 View more photos

Filmography

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60% No Score Yet Who Is Norman Lloyd? Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping Story Ed Ray (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back to the Streets of San Francisco Mike Stone (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Absolute Strangers Fred Zusselman (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call Me Anna Doctor Harold Arlen (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro Leon Klinghoffer (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Father, My Son Elmo Zumwalt Jr. (Character) - 1988
42% 71% Nuts Arthur Kirk (Character) $29.5M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Billy Galvin Jack Galvin (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Through the Looking Glass Walrus (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 63% Dario Argento's World of Horror Unknown (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 95% Fatal Vision Freddy Kassab (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Urge to Kill Thomas E. Nolan (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twilight Time Marko Sekulovic (Character) - 1983
10% 28% The Sting II Gus Macalinski (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 63% Miracle on Ice Herb Brooks (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Skag Pete "Skag" Skagska (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Word of Honor Mike McNeill (Character) - 1980
5% 14% Meteor Harry Sherwood (Character) - 1979
0% 21% Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Wilbur Hubbard (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captains Courageous Disko Troop (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Summertime Killer Captain John Kiley (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Detective Lt. Mike Stone (Character) - 1972
60% 45% Wild Rovers Walter Buckman (Character) - 1971
81% 54% The Cat o' Nine Tails Franco Arno (Character) - 1971
92% 93% Patton General Omar N. Bradley (Character) - 1970
67% 74% Hot Millions Carlton J. Klemper (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 45% Blue Doc Morton (Character) - 1968
100% 43% Hotel Keycase Milne (Character) - 1967
50% 41% The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin Judge Higgins (Character) - 1967
57% 42% Billion Dollar Brain Leo Newbigen (Character) - 1967
50% 64% Nevada Smith Tom Fitch (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 42% Murderers' Row Julian Wall (Character) - 1966
86% 78% The Cincinnati Kid Shooter (Character) - 1965
100% 80% Dead Ringer Sergeant Jim Hobbson (Character) - 1964
60% 44% Cheyenne Autumn Capt. Wessels (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 56% Come Fly With Me Walter Lucas (Character) - 1963
64% 74% Gypsy Herbie Sommers (Character) - 1962
88% 74% How the West Was Won Zebulon Prescott (Character) - 1962
92% 84% Birdman of Alcatraz Harvey Shoemaker (Character) - 1962
40% 53% All Fall Down Ralph Willart (Character) - 1962
65% 72% One-Eyed Jacks Sheriff Dad Longworth (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 59% Parrish Judd Raike (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 84% The Great Impostor Father Devlin (Character) - 1960
86% 79% Pollyanna Reverend Paul Ford (Character) - 1960
86% 73% The Hanging Tree Frenchy Plante (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 29% Bombers B-52 Master Sergeant Chuck V. Brennan/Line Chief (Character) - 1957
83% 77% Fear Strikes Out John Piersall (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 64% Time Limit Director - 1957
83% 80% Baby Doll Archie Lee Meighan (Character) - 1956
99% 95% On the Waterfront Father Barry (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 27% Phantom of the Rue Morgue Dr. Marais (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 27% Take the High Ground Sgt. Laverne Holt (Character) - 1953
81% 77% I Confess Inspector Larrue (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation Secret Maj. Latrec (Character) - 1952
63% 50% Ruby Gentry Jim Gentry (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 38% The Sellout Capt. Buck Maxwell (Character) - 1951
97% 90% A Streetcar Named Desire Mitch (Character) - 1951
100% 87% Where the Sidewalk Ends Lt. Thomas (Character) - 1950
88% 47% Halls of Montezuma Doc (Character) - 1950
94% 89% The Gunfighter Mac (Character) - 1950
89% 77% Kiss of Death Sergeant William Cullen (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Winged Victory Adams (Character) - 1944

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81% 95% The West Wing Father Thomas Cavanaugh (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Det. Lt. Mike Stone (Character) 1972-1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walt Disney's Disneyland Judge Higgins (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1970