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Karl Malden Dies at Age 97
Source: LA Times
The LA Times reports that Oscar Winning actor Karl Malden has died today at age 97.
One of Hollywood's strongest and most versatile supporting actors, Malden won an Oscar playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Karl Malden with Marlon Brando in 'On the Waterfront'
In a movie career that flourished in the 1950s and '60s, Malden played a variety of roles in more than 50 films, including the sympathetic priest in On the Waterfront, the resentful husband in Baby Doll, the warden in Birdman of Alcatraz, the outlaw-turned-sheriff in One-Eyed Jacks, the pioneer patriarch in "How the West Was Won," Madame Rose's suitor in Gypsy, the card dealer in The Cincinnati Kid and Gen. Omar Bradley in Patton.
He was born Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago on March 22, 1912, the son of an immigrant mother from the nation that later became Czechoslovakia and a Serbian father, who delivered milk for 38 years. Malden spoke little English until after his family moved from their Serbian enclave in Chicago to the steel-mill community of Gary, Ind., when he was 5.
Malden's father was a theater lover who staged Serbian plays in the church and in Serbian patriotic organizations in Gary. As a teenager, Malden played heavies -- usually Turks, complete with a big, black mustache -- in his father's productions.
The LA Times reports that Oscar Winning actor Karl Malden has died today at age 97.
One of Hollywood's strongest and most versatile supporting actors, Malden won an Oscar playing his Broadway-originated role as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
In a movie career that flourished in the 1950s and '60s, Malden played a variety of roles in more than 50 films, including the sympathetic priest in On the Waterfront, the resentful husband in Baby Doll, the warden in Birdman of Alcatraz, the outlaw-turned-sheriff in One-Eyed Jacks, the pioneer patriarch in "How the West Was Won," Madame Rose's suitor in Gypsy, the card dealer in The Cincinnati Kid and Gen. Omar Bradley in Patton.
He was born Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago on March 22, 1912, the son of an immigrant mother from the nation that later became Czechoslovakia and a Serbian father, who delivered milk for 38 years. Malden spoke little English until after his family moved from their Serbian enclave in Chicago to the steel-mill community of Gary, Ind., when he was 5.
Malden's father was a theater lover who staged Serbian plays in the church and in Serbian patriotic organizations in Gary. As a teenager, Malden played heavies -- usually Turks, complete with a big, black mustache -- in his father's productions.
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Comment by Trane90 on July 1, 2009 at 4:31pm -
R.I.P.
Serbia loves you
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Comment by Gerald Harvey Peckinpah on July 1, 2009 at 4:22pm -
One of the all-time great Hollywood character actors. =(
This news actually does make me very sad, indeed.
At least he lived a long, fulfilling life w/ a superb
list of film credits to his name.
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Comment by Hitchcock on July 1, 2009 at 4:19pm -
Mets fan, this isn't exactly the place to do that. This is some bad news. Seriously.
He will be greatly missed.
This has been a shitty couple of weeks.
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Comment by The Adventures of Stain-Boy on July 1, 2009 at 4:17pm -
god damn...whos next.
RIP youll be sorely missed, 97 is a great run mind.`
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Comment by Scottyb825 on July 1, 2009 at 4:14pm - Man at this point celebrity deaths have no affect on me.
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Comment by Kimura-Triangle on July 1, 2009 at 4:09pm - At first I felt sad, but the guy had a good run, 97 years old, wow..
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Comment by Nightshadow on July 1, 2009 at 4:08pm - ok 97 he lived a good long life
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Comment by Kyle Voltti on July 1, 2009 at 4:06pm - damn.... loved him in Patton
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Comment by ED METS FAN #1 on July 1, 2009 at 4:05pm - first
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