Karl Malden

Highest Rated: 100% Hotel (1967)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Sting II (1983)

Birthday: Mar 22, 1912

Birthplace: Not Available

The son of Yugoslav immigrants, Karl Malden labored in the steel mills of Gary, Indiana before enrolling in Arkansas State Teachers College. While not a prime candidate for stardom with his oversized nose and bullhorn voice, Malden attended Chicago's Goodman Dramatic School, then moved to New York, where he made his Broadway bow in 1937. Three years later he made his film debut in a microscopic role in They Knew What They Wanted (1940), which also featured another star-to-be, Tom Ewell. While serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, Malden returned to films in the all-serviceman epic Winged Victory (1944), where he was billed as Corporal Karl Malden. This led to a brief contract with 20th Century-Fox -- but not to Hollywood, since Malden's subsequent film appearances were lensed on the east coast. In 1947, Malden created the role of Mitch, the erstwhile beau of Blanche Dubois, in Tennessee Williams' Broadway play A Streetcar Named Desire; he repeated the role in the 1951 film version, winning an Oscar in the process. For much of his film career, Malden has been assigned roles that called for excesses of ham; even his Oscar-nominated performance in On the Waterfront (1954) was decidedly "Armour Star" in concept and execution. In 1957, he directed the Korean War melodrama Time Limit, the only instance in which the forceful and opinionated Malden was officially credited as director. Malden was best known to TV fans of the 1970s as Lieutenant Mike Stone, the no-nonsense protagonist of the longrunning cop series The Streets of San Francisco. Still wearing his familiar Streets hat and overcoat, Malden supplemented his income with a series of ads for American Express. His commercial catchphrases "What will you do?" and "Don't leave home without it!" soon entered the lexicon of TV trivia -- and provided endless fodder for such comedians as Johnny Carson. From 1989-92, Malden served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
67%	Who Is Norman Lloyd?	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Brando	Actor	—	2007
83%	Broadway: The Golden Age	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Ballad of a Gunfighter	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (Vanished Without a Trace)	Ed Ray	—	1993
No Score Yet	Hollywood Collection	Actor	—	1991
No Score Yet	My Father, My Son	Elmo Zumwalt Jr.	—	1988
No Score Yet	Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre	Actor	—	1988
35%	Nuts	Arthur Kirk	—	1987
No Score Yet	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	Billy Galvin	Jack Galvin	—	1986
No Score Yet	Il Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (Dario Argento's World of Horror)	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Alice in Wonderland	Walrus	—	1985
No Score Yet	Fatal Vision	Freddy Kassab	—	1984
No Score Yet	Urge to Kill	Thomas E. Nolan	—	1984
0%	The Sting II	Macalinski	—	1983
No Score Yet	Miracle on Ice	Herb Brooks	—	1981
No Score Yet	Word of Honor	Mike McNeill	—	1981
5%	Meteor	Harry Sherwood	—	1979
0%	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Wilbur	—	1979
No Score Yet	Skag	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Ricco the Mean Machine	John Kiley	—	1973
No Score Yet	Un verano para matar (Summertime Killer)	Captain John Kiley	—	1972
54%	Wild Rovers	Walt Buckman	—	1971
81%	The Cat o' Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code)	Franco Arno	—	1971
No Score Yet	H-Bomb	Actor	—	1971
94%	Patton	Bradley	—	1970
60%	Hot Millions	Carlton J. Klemper	—	1968
No Score Yet	Blue	Doc	—	1968
43%	The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin	Judge Higgins	—	1967
100%	Hotel	Keycase Milne	—	1967
50%	Billion Dollar Brain	Leo Newbigen	—	1967
No Score Yet	Murderers' Row	Julian Wall	—	1966
50%	Nevada Smith	Tom Fitch	—	1966
No Score Yet	The Silencers	Actor	—	1966
85%	The Cincinnati Kid	Shooter	—	1965
62%	Cheyenne Autumn	Capt. Wessels	—	1964
100%	Dead Ringer	Sgt. Jim Hobbson	—	1964
No Score Yet	Come Fly with Me	Walter Lucas	—	1963
86%	How the West Was Won	Zebulon Prescott	—	1963
86%	Birdman of Alcatraz	Harvey Shoemaker	—	1962
40%	All Fall Down	Ralph Wilart	—	1962
64%	Gypsy	Herbie	—	1962
No Score Yet	The Great Imposter	Father Devlin	—	1961
No Score Yet	Parrish	Judd Raike	—	1961
53%	One-Eyed Jacks	Sheriff Dad Longworth	—	1961
86%	Pollyanna	Reverend Paul Ford	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Hanging Tree	Frency Plante	—	1959
No Score Yet	Bombers B-52	Master Sgt. Chuck V. Brennan, Line Chief	—	1957
No Score Yet	Time Limit	Director	—	1957
83%	Fear Strikes Out	John Piersall	—	1957
94%	Baby Doll	Archie Lee Meighan	—	1956
98%	On the Waterfront	Father Barry	—	1954
No Score Yet	Phantom of the Rue Morgue	Dr. Marais	—	1954
No Score Yet	Take the High Ground	Sgt. Laverne Holt	—	1953
57%	Ruby Gentry	Jim Gentry	—	1952
No Score Yet	Diplomatic Courier	Ernie	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Sellout	Buck Maxwell	—	1952
81%	I Confess	Insp. Larrue	—	1952
No Score Yet	Operation Secret	Maj. Latrec	—	1952
100%	Decision Before Dawn	Actor	—	1951
98%	A Streetcar Named Desire	Mitch	—	1951
No Score Yet	A Streetcar Named Desire: Digital Restovation	Actor	—	1951
100%	The Gunfighter	Actor	—	1950
100%	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Lt. Bill Thomas	—	1950
88%	Halls of Montezuma	Doc	—	1950
88%	Kiss of Death	Sgt. William Cullen	—	1947
76%	Boomerang!	Lt. White	—	1947
83%	13 Rue Madeleine	Flight Sergeant	—	1947
No Score Yet	They Knew What They Wanted	Red	—	1940
No Score Yet	Twilight Time	Actor	—

TV

		Credit
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Rev. Tom Cavanaugh Father Thomas Cavanaugh	2000
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Det. Lt. Mike Stone	1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972

QUOTES FROM Karl Malden CHARACTERS

Terry Malloy says: If I spill, my life ain't worth a nickel.

Father Barry says: And how much is your soul worth if you don't?

Dad Longworth says: No, I won't kill you. Yer gun days are over.

Dad Longworth says: You're a one-eyed jack around these parts, dad, but I seen the other side of your face.

Dad Longworth says: Is this the thanks I get for takin' you outta the bean fields. I gave your daughter my name, MINE! His execution will be a day early. That's all!

Kid Rio says: I am going to get a trial, ain't I.

Dad Longworth says: Yeah Kid, you'll get a trial and then we're going hang you.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley says: speaking to Patton: I've done this job because I've been trained to do it..... you do it because....you love it.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley says: [speaking to Patton] I've done this job because I've been trained to do it... you do it because... you love it.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley says: [who's in charge of this operation?]: I don't know but they ought to hang him.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley says: [who's in charge of this operation?] I don't know but they ought to hang him.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley says: George, if you were named admirable of the Turkish navy, you could come up with the appropriate medal.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley says: Up against Rommel what we need is the best tank man we've got.

Father Barry says: Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary. They better wise up! Taking Joey Doyle's life to stop him from testifying is a crucifixion. And dropping a sling on Kayo Dugan because he was ready to spill his guts tomorrow, that's a crucifixion. And every time the Mob puts the pressure on a good man, tries to stop him from doing his duty as a citizen, it's a crucifixion. And anybody who sits around and lets it happen, keeps silent about something he knows that happened, shares the guilt of it just as much as the Roman soldier who pierced the flesh of our Lord to see if he was dead.

Reverend Paul Ford says: DEATH COMES UNEXPECTEDLY!

Father Barry says: You want to know what's wrong with our waterfront? It's the love of a lousy buck. It's making love of a buck - -the cushy job - -more important than the love of man!