Karl Malden

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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 also 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. <p>The eldest of three brothers and star and breadwinner of his family, Malden was born Mladen George Sekulovich (or, Mladen George Sekulović, Serbian: Младен Секуловић) in Chicago, Illinois on 22 March, 1912. He was the product of a Serb father, Petar Sekulovich, and Minnie Sekulovich, a Czech seamstress. The family moved from Chicago to the Serbian quarter of Gary, Indiana...