Karl Malden

Karl Malden

1912-03-22 Chicago, Illinois, USA 81 Credits

Biography

Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Секуловић; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an Serbian-American actor. He was primarily a character actor who for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun authenticity to roles in theater, film and television, especially in such classic films as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) — for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor — On the Waterfront (1954), Pollyanna (1960), and One-Eyed Jacks (1961...

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Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

Whoopi Goldberg is an award-winning comedian actress and human rights advocate. She has achieved amazing success in the entertainment industry. From t...

Tesla Nation

Tesla Nation

2018

as Himself (archive footage)

Acting

We are all one. People are interconnected by invisible forces. Creative documentary about the history of Serbian immigration to the USA. Road movie th...

The Streets of the Invisibles

2011

as Mike Stone (voice)

Acting

Mike Stone (Karl Malden) and Steve Keller (Michael Douglas) are back on today's streets to catch a homicidal maniac who should have been incarcerated ...

An Actor Named Brando

An Actor Named Brando

2006

as Self

Acting

A short overview of Brando's career.

Censorship and Desire

Censorship and Desire

2006

as Self

Acting

Censorship issues with the film "A Streetcar Named Desire."

A Man Named Brando

2006

as Self

Acting

Documentary short on Marlon Brando included in the DVD extras of The Streetcar Named Desire.

Baby Doll: See No Evil

Baby Doll: See No Evil

2006

as Self

Acting

A documentary on the filming of the controversial film Baby Doll (1956).

A Streetcar on Broadway

A Streetcar on Broadway

2006

as Self

6.5
Acting

Interviews and photos about the play on Broadway

A Streetcar in Hollywood

A Streetcar in Hollywood

2006

as Self

6.5
Acting

How the play was adapted to Film

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2005

as Self

6.4
Acting

Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed to his talented son Michael, it became obvious to...

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from inter...

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

2000

as Self

Acting

A career overview of film and TV actor Richard Widmark.

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

1999

as Self

Acting

The life of legendary actor Anthony Perkins is recounted by friends and family, colleagues and co-stars, revealing the man underneath Norman Bates.

Vanished Without a Trace

Vanished Without a Trace

1993

as Ed Ray

8.1
Acting

Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they hijack the school bus and take 26 children and the driv...

Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

6.7
Acting

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness l...

Oscar's Greatest Moments

Oscar's Greatest Moments

1992

as Himself - Host / Narrator

10.0
Acting

Highlights from Oscar ceremonies between 1971 and 1991.

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

1992

as Mike Stone

5.5
Acting

Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. At the same time, he is investigating another brut...

Absolute Strangers

Absolute Strangers

1991

as Fred Zusselman

Acting

A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a l...

Call Me Anna

Call Me Anna

1990

as Doctor Harold Arlen

4.5
Acting

Patty Duke portrays herself in this made-for-tv biopic about her struggles as a child star growing into adulthood.

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Self

Acting

Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never staye...

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

1989

as Leon Klinghoffer

Acting

The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release ...

My Father, My Son

My Father, My Son

1988

as Elmo Zumwalt Jr.

5.5
Acting

When an Admiral orders the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam, he has no idea the deadly consequences of his actions for his son.

Nuts

Nuts

1987

as Arthur Kirk

6.3
Acting

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Billy Galvin

Billy Galvin

1986

4.0
Acting

Conflict arises between a steelworker and his son. The father wants the boy to have a chance to make more of himself than he did, but the son wants to...

With Intent to Kill

With Intent to Kill

1984

as Thomas E. Nolan

3.0
Acting

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have exper...

The Sting II

The Sting II

1983

as Gus Macalinski

4.7
Acting

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that...

Twilight Time

Twilight Time

1982

as Marko Sekulović

5.3
Acting

After spending 20 years in America, aging widower Marko Sekulovic (Karl Malden) returns to his Yugoslavian homeland to take care of his two young gran...

Miracle on Ice

Miracle on Ice

1981

as Herb Brooks

6.3
Acting

The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by contr...

Word of Honor

Word of Honor

1981

as Mike McNeill

6.0
Acting

A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of the ...

Skag

Skag

1980

as Pete 'Skag' Skagska

Acting

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life...

Meteor

Meteor

1979

as Harry Sherwood

5.1
Acting

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible cat...

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

as Wilbur Hubbard

5.1
Acting

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are sti...

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

1977

as Disko Troop

6.0
Acting

A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea cap...

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone

8.0
Acting

SFPD Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone (Karl Malden) is partnered with a young college-educated Inspector, Steven Keller (Michael Douglas), as they i...

Summertime Killer

Summertime Killer

1972

as Captain John Kiley

5.8
Acting

During his childhood, a boy sees four men drown his father; now, the grown young man makes it his business to kill each member of the foursome. His la...

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers

1971

as Walter Buckman

6.3
Acting

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too ol...

The Cat o' Nine Tails

The Cat o' Nine Tails

1971

as Franco Arnò

6.7
Acting

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

Patton

Patton

1970

as Gen. Omar N. Bradley

7.5
Acting

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and p...

Hot Millions

Hot Millions

1968

as Carlton J. Klemper

6.6
Acting

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.

Blue

Blue

1968

as Doc Morton

5.3
Acting

A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a Mexican gang.

Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain

1967

as Leo Newbigen

5.7
Acting

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

as Judge Higgins

6.5
Acting

To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives c...

Hotel

Hotel

1967

as Keycase Milne

6.1
Acting

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock...

Murderers' Row

Murderers' Row

1966

as Julian Wall

5.8
Acting

The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mi...

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1966

as Tom Fitch

6.8
Acting

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and...

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

as Shooter

7.0
Acting

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

as Capt. Wessels

6.7
Acting

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer

1964

as Sergeant Jim Hobbson

6.9
Acting

The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impers...

Come Fly with Me

Come Fly with Me

1963

as Walter Lucas

4.4
Acting

Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

as Zebulon Prescott

7.0
Acting

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...

Gypsy

Gypsy

1962

as Herbie Sommers

6.4
Acting

Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention t...

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

as Harvey Shoemaker

7.5
Acting

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stro...

All Fall Down

All Fall Down

1962

as Ralph Willart

6.2
Acting

Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry. When Berry-Berry ...

Parrish

Parrish

1961

as Judd Raike

5.4
Acting

Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's riva...

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

as Sheriff Dad Longworth

6.7
Acting

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captur...

The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor

1960

as Father Devlin

6.9
Acting

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite succ...

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

1960

as Reverend Paul Ford

7.0
Acting

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

1959

as Frenchy Plante

6.7
Acting

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a ma...

Bombers B-52

Bombers B-52

1957

as MSgt. Chuck V. Brennan

5.6
Acting

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

Time Limit

Time Limit

1957

as Prisoner (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits ...

Time Limit

Time Limit

1957

Director

7.0
Directing

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits ...

Fear Strikes Out

Fear Strikes Out

1957

as John Piersall

7.1
Acting

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Baby Doll

Baby Doll

1956

as Archie Lee Meighan

7.1
Acting

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for fi...

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954

as Father Barry

7.9
Acting

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in lo...

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954

as Dr. Marais

6.3
Acting

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon ...

Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground!

1953

as Sgt. Laverne Holt

5.7
Acting

Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he r...

I Confess

I Confess

1953

as Inspector Larrue

7.1
Acting

Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a pri...

Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry

1952

as Jim Gentry

6.5
Acting

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Operation Secret

Operation Secret

1952

as Maj. Latrec

5.0
Acting

After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Bas...

Diplomatic Courier

Diplomatic Courier

1952

as Sgt. Ernie Guelvada

6.0
Acting

During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting poi...

The Sellout

The Sellout

1952

as Capt. Buck Maxwell

5.5
Acting

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

as Harold Mitchell

7.6
Acting

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downwar...

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma

1951

as C.E. "Doc" Jones

5.9
Acting

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into bat...

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

as Det. Lt. Thomas

7.2
Acting

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

1950

as Mac

7.3
Acting

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

1947

as Sgt. William Cullen

7.0
Acting

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Boomerang!

Boomerang!

1947

as Det. Lt. White (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the p...

13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine

1947

as Jump Master (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, B...

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

1944

as Adams

5.5
Acting

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with ...

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

as Red

5.5
Acting

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accept...