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Karl Malden

1912 - 2009

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Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946 and 1947. Recreating the role of Mitch in the 1951 film of Streetcar, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Malden primarily was a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "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 and On the Waterfront (1954), for which he received a second Best Supporting Oscar nomination. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Malden is the 478th most popular actor (down from 400th in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from United States (down from 721st in 2019) and the 250th most popular American Actor.

Karl Malden is most famous for his role as Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak in the 1970s television series Kojak.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karl Malden ranks 478 out of 13,578Before him are Richard Barthelmess, Joan Collins, Bill Bixby, Magda Schneider, Lillian Gish, and Chow Yun-fat. After him are Kenneth Branagh, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Harold Ramis, Walter Matthau, and Powers Boothe.

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Among people born in 1912, Karl Malden ranks 41Before him are Leonid Kantorovich, Adolf Galland, Juan Pujol García, Patrick White, Julius Axelrod, and Woody Guthrie. After him are Pierre Boulle, Herbert C. Brown, Chien-Shiung Wu, Elsa Morante, Kim Philby, and James Callaghan. Among people deceased in 2009, Karl Malden ranks 24Before him are Mercedes Sosa, Farrah Fawcett, Amin al-Hafiz, Vitaly Ginzburg, Omar Bongo, and Les Paul. After him are Raúl Alfonsín, Milorad Pavić, Robert F. Furchgott, João Bernardo Vieira, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Vivian Maier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Malden ranks 1,021 out of 20,380Before him are Babe Ruth (1895), Bill Bixby (1934), William Hanna (1910), Dorothea Lange (1895), Lillian Gish (1893), and Hulk Hogan (1953). After him are Bill Cosby (1937), Wes Craven (1939), Harold Ramis (1944), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Matthau (1920), and Carl Barks (1901).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Karl Malden ranks 250Before him are Pat Morita (1932), Jean Harlow (1911), Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), Bill Bixby (1934), and Lillian Gish (1893). After him are Harold Ramis (1944), Walter Matthau (1920), Powers Boothe (1948), Sondra Locke (1944), Linda Hamilton (1956), and Bradley Cooper (1975).