KARL MALDEN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Karl Malden was born on March 22nd, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois with the birth name Malden George Sekilovich.  His mother was Czech and his father was from Serbia and he was the oldest of three sons.  At the age of five, his family moved and raised him in the small town of Gary, Indiana where he graduated with decent grades from Emerson High School in 1931.  When he was just a teenager he joined the Karageorge Choir which was his first introduction to performing in front of an audience.  
 
Upon completing his education he found work in a steel factory for three years, he then moved to Arkansas at the age of twenty two, and attended Arkansas State Teacher's College and then decided to go to study at Goodman Theater Dramatic School.  Once he felt he had enough training in acting he left for New York to pursue a career as an actor.
 
He found work with the Group Theater and by 1937 he made his stage debut and continued to work on a number of other Broadway plays such as, "All My Sons" and "A Street Car Named Desire".  He then took a brief break to serve in the military and upon completion came right back to acting and decided now was a good time to attempt a career as a film actor.
 
Some of his film roles were on such features as, "They Knew What They Wanted" (1940) starring the great Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan and Harry Carey, "13 Rue Madeleine" (1947) starring James Cagney "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, for which he won an Oscar for his performance, "On the Waterfront" (1954) starring Marlon Brando, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint and Rod Steiger, "Baby Doll" (1956) starring with Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach, "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962) starring Burt Lancaster as convict Robert Stroud, "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964) starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Sal Mineo and Edward G. Robinson, "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) starring Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson, "Nevada Smith" (1966) starring Steve McQueen and Brian Keith and his most well known role on the television series, "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) co-starring Michael Douglas.
 
Along with a successful career as a stage, television and film actor, Malden also became the spokesperson for the American Express Traveler's Checks from 1968-1989.  He was also honored when he was elected President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which he served as for a total of five years.
 
Karl Malden married only once to Mona Greenberg whom he wed on December 18th, 1938 and they had two daughters together, Mila and Carla, and remained married until he passed away on July 1st, 2009 in Brentwood, California from natural causes.

 
Filmography

2010 The Streets of the Invisibles 
2000 The West Wing
1998 The Lionhearts 
1993 They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping 
1992 Back to the Streets of San Francisco 
1991 Absolute Strangers 
1990 Call Me Anna 
1989 The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro 
1988 My Father, My Son
1987 Nuts 
1986 Billy Galvin 
1985 Alice in Wonderland
1984 Fatal Vision
1984 With Intent to Kill 
1983 The Sting II
1982 Twilight Time
1981 Miracle on Ice 
1981 Word of Honor 
1980 Skag
1979 Meteor 
1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 
1977 Captains Courageous 
1972-1977 The Streets of San Francisco 
1973 Summertime Killer
1971 Wild Rovers
1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails
1970 Patton
1968 Hot Millions
1968 Blue
1967 Billion Dollar Brain
1967 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967 Hotel
1966 Murderers' Row
1966 Nevada Smith
1965 The Cincinnati Kid
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
1964 Dead Ringer
1963 Come Fly with Me
1962 How the West Was Won
1962 Gypsy
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz 
1962 All Fall Down 
1961 Parrish
1961 One-Eyed Jacks 
1961 The Great Impostor 
1960 Pollyanna
1959 The Hanging Tree 
1957 Bombers B-52 
1957 Time Limit 
1957 Fear Strikes Out 
1956 Baby Doll
1955 Omnibus
1954 On the Waterfront 
1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue 
1953 Take the High Ground! 
1953 I Confess
1952 Ruby Gentry 
1952 Operation Secret 
1952 Diplomatic Courier
1952 The Sellout 
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire
1950 Halls of Montezuma 
1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre 
1950 Where the Sidewalk Ends 
1950 The Gunfighter 
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour
1947 Kiss of Death
1947 Boomerang! 
1947 13 Rue Madeleine
1944 Winged Victory 
1940 They Knew What They Wanted
1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera