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Karl Malden (born as Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago
March 22, 1912) is an United States|American
actor, known for his bulbous nose and expansive
manner. 

Malden is the son of a Serbs|Serbian father and a
Czech people|Czech mother. The Sekulovich family
roots trace back to the city of Bileca|Bileća
in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of five,
Karl and his family moved to Gary, Indiana, where
he grew up, after which he moved to New York City.
He first appeared as an actor on Broadway in 1937,
then did some radio work, before becoming a
film|movie character actor in 1940.  His acting
career was interrupted by World War II and Malden
served as a noncommissioned officer the US 8th Air
Force.

Among the many films Malden has acted in are A
Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront
(1954), Pollyanna (1960), Birdman of Alcatraz
(1962), How the West Was Won (1962), and Patton
(1970) (playing Gen. Omar Bradley). Notable TV
appearances include The Streets of San Francisco
(1972) (co-starring with a young Michael Douglas),
and the film The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro
(1989) (as wheelchair-bound senior citizen Leon
Klinghoffer).

He famously delivered the line "Don't leave home
without it!" in a series of US television
commercials for American Express in the 1970s and
1980s.

Karl Malden is a past president of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In October of
2003, Malden was named the 40th recipient of the
Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award for
career achievement and humanitarian
accomplishment.

Karl Malden inspired the newsgroup
alt.fan.karl-malden.nose.

Malden has been married to Mona Graham since
December 18, 1938. Their sixty-six year marriage
is the second longest in Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California|Hollywood history. Bob Hope's
sixty-nine year marriage to Dolores Reade, which
lasted from February 19, 1934 until his death on
July 27, 2003, is the longest.
==Filmography==
*They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
*Winged Victory (1944)
*13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
*Boomerang! (1947)
*Kiss of Death (1947)
*The Gunfighter (1950)
*Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
*Halls of Montezuma (1951)
*A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
*The Sellout (1952)
*Diplomatic Courier (1952)
*Operation Secret (1952)
*Ruby Gentry (1952)
*I Confess (1953)
*Take the High Ground! (1953)
*Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
*On the Waterfront (1954)
*Baby Doll (1956)
*Fear Strikes Out (1957)
*Bombers B-52 (1957)
*The Hanging Tree (1959) (also director)
*Pollyanna (1960)
*The Great Imposter (1961)
*One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
*Parrish (1961)
*All Fall Down (1962)
*Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
*How the West Was Won (1962)
*Gypsy (1962)
*Come Fly with Me (1963)
*Dead Ringer (1964)
*Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
*The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
*Nevada Smith (1966)
*Murderers' Row (1966)
*Hotel (movie)|Hotel (1967)
*The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
*Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
*Blue (1968)
*Hot Millions (1968)
*Patton (1970)
*The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
*Wild Rovers (1971)
*Summertime Killer (1972)
*Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
*Meteor (movie)|Meteor (1979)
*Twilight Time (1982)
*The Sting II (1983)
*Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
(documentary)
*Billy Galvin (1986)
*Nuts (film)|Nuts (1987)
*Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were
There (2003) (documentary)

==External link==
*imdb name | id=0001500 | name=Karl Malden