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Karl Malden (born on March 22, 1912) is an Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, known for his expansive manner. In a career that spanned over seven decades, he was featured in classic films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks, with Marlon Brando, and ... starred in the blockbuster movie, Patton. Among other notable film roles are Archie Lee Meighan in Baby Doll and Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won both starring Carroll Baker. His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco.
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Synopsis: In this flawed mystery-thriller from flamboyant horror director Dario Argento, Karl Malden portrays a blind man who joins forces with a reporter (James Franciscus) to catch a killer with an extra chromosome. Much of the action occurs at a research hospital, where the killer seeks to conceal theRead More
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In Twilight Time (1982), Karl Malden plays Marko Sekulovic, a widowed immigrant who retires to his home country of Yugoslavia after twenty years in the United States. Back in his home town, he cares for his two young grandchildren, instilling in them a work ethic and pride in their homeland.
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Throughout his career, Karl Malden has been accorded many of acting’s highest accolades. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Malden with an Oscar® in 1951 for his supporting performance as Blanche du Bois’ suitor Mitch in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which recreated the Broadway stage role for which he received the New York Drama Critics Circle and Donaldson Awards in 1948 (both under Elia Kazan’s direction). He received his second Oscar® nomination in 1954 for his performance as crusading priest Father Barry in “On the Waterfront” (... directed by Kazan). Malden’s association with the Academy was to deepen throughout the years. He served on the Academy Board of Governors from 1984 to 1992 and 1994 to 1999 and as its President from 1989 to 1991. Malden served on the Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild for three consecutive terms from 1963 to 1972.
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After school, Malden, like many in his hometown, took a job in a steel factory. But in 1934, he left the factory, hoping to find more meaningful work. He attended the Arkansas State Teacher’s College for a short time before enrolling at Chicago’s Goodman Dramatic School. After graduation, Malden headed for New York where he joined the Group Theatre. Founded in 1931, the Group Theatre taught the groundbreaking Stanislavski method of acting. Here, Malden would make his Broadway debut in 1937’s Golden Boy.
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Malden was honored by the County of Los Angeles for his professional accomplishments in 1990 and by the University of Judaism Committee on Humanitarianism in 2000. He has received honorary doctoral degrees from the American Film Institute, the Chicago Art Institute, Emporia State University, Indiana University, Pacific University, St. Angelo Texas College and Valparaiso University. Devoted to advancing the art of acting, he taught at Pomona College and Brigham Young University, among others, and has established a scholarship fund for aspiring actors.
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