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Karl Malden

Born Mladen George Sekulovich, Karl Malden was an American character actor who gave exceptional performances on screen as well as on stage. Malden is best remembered for movies such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, and as Detective Mike Stone on The Streets of San Francisco

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Filmography

Unsolved Mysteries

1988
as Host

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990
as Karl Malden

Come Fly With Me

1963

Gypsy

1962
as Herbie Sommers

Patton

1970
as Gen. Omar N. Bradley

Tesla Nation

2018
as Karl Malden

How the West Was Won

1962
as Zebulon Prescott

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971
as Franco Arno

On the Waterfront

1954
as Father Barry

Take the High Ground!

1953
as Sgt. Laverne Holt

Bombers B-52

1957
as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan

Hotel

1967
as Keycase Milne

Twilight Time

1982
as Marko Sekulović

Absolute Strangers

1991
as Fred Zusselman

My Father, My Son

1988
as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.

Dead Ringer

1964
as Sergeant Jim Hobbson

The Sellout

1952
as Capt. Buck Maxwell

Wild Rovers

1971
as Walter Buckman

With Intent to Kill

1984
as Thomas E. Nolan

The Cincinnati Kid

1965
as Shooter

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951
as Harold Mitchell

Ruby Gentry

1952
as Jim Gentry

Winged Victory

1944
as Adams (as Cpl. Karl Malden)

Parrish

1961
as Judd Raike

Billion Dollar Brain

1967
as Leo Newbigen

Vanished Without a Trace

1993
as Ed Ray

Baby Doll

1956
as Archie Lee Meighan

They Knew What They Wanted

1940
as Red

The Streets of San Francisco

1972
as Det. Lt. Mike Stone

Kiss of Death

1947
as Sgt. William Cullen

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989
as Leon Klinghoffer

Meteor

1979
as Harry Sherwood, NASA

Call Me Anna

1990
as Doctor Harold Arlen

The Sting II

1983
as Gus Macalinski

Censorship and Desire

2006
as Self

I Confess

1953
as Inspector Larrue

Billy Galvin

1988
as Jack Galvin

Who Is Norman Lloyd?

2007
as Karl Malden

Miracle on Ice

1981
as Herb Brooks

Pollyanna

1960
as Reverend Paul Ford

Halls of Montezuma

1951
as C.E. "Doc" Jones

One-Eyed Jacks

1961
as Dad Longworth

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967
as Judge Higgins

Broadway: The Golden Age

2003
as Himself

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

1992
as Mike Stone

Skag

1980

A Father ... A Son ... Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

2005
as Himself

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979
as Wilbur Hubbard

Summertime Killer

1972
as Captain John Kiley

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950
as Det. Lt. Thomas

Diplomatic Courier

1952
as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada

The Gunfighter

1950
as Mac

Cheyenne Autumn

1964
as Captain Wessels

A Streetcar on Broadway

2006
as Karl Malden

Murderers' Row

1966
as Julian Wall

The Hanging Tree

1959
as Frenchy Plante

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954
as Dr. Marais

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962
as Harvey Shoemaker

Fear Strikes Out

1957
as John Piersall

Nuts

1987
as Arthur Kirk

Operation Secret

1952
as Maj. Latrec

Word of Honor

1981
as Mike McNeill

Hot Millions

1968
as Carlton J. Klemper

Nevada Smith

1966
as Tom Fitch

The Streets of the Invisibles

2011
as Mike Stone (voice) (archive footage)

The Great Impostor

1960
as Father Devlin

All Fall Down

1962
as Ralph Willart

Blue

1968
as Doc Morton

Director

Movie Time Limit 1957

Guest Star

Episode The West Wing
Take This Sabbath Day 		2000
Episode Unsolved Mysteries
Special 2 		1987
Episode Unsolved Mysteries
Special 3 		1987
Episode Biography
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters 		2000