Karl Malden

Karl Malden inspired the newsgroup alt.fan.karl-malden.nose. His son, Sheridan Morley, is a well-known critic. 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. Renowned for excelling at repartee and generally being an eloquent conversationalist, Morley gained the epitheton of being a "wit". Karl Malden is a past president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A versatile actor who, especially in his younger years, played roles as divergent as those of Louis XVI (Marie Antoinette, 1938), Oscar Wilde (1960) and a missionary in The African Queen (1951), Morley personified the conservative Brit in many comedy and caper films. 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). Born Robert Adolph Wilton Morley in Semley, Wiltshire, England, he attended RADA and made his West End stage debut in 1929 and his Broadway debut in 1938 but was soon won over to the big screen.

Omar Bradley). In his Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognizable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips, and double chin, […] particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag". 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. Robert Morley (May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992) was a British actor who, often in supporting roles, was time and again cast as the archetypal English gentleman representing the Establishment. He first appeared as an actor on Broadway in 1937, then did some radio work, before becoming a movie character actor in 1940. Marie Antoinette (1938) (King Louis XVI). 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. Major Barbara (1941) (Andrew Undershaft).

The Sekulovich family roots trace back to the city of Bileća in Herzegovina. The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) (Charles James Fox). Malden is the son of a Serbian father and a Czech mother. The African Queen (1951) (Reverend Samuel Sayer). Karl Malden (born as Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago March 22, 1912) is an American actor, known for his bulbous nose and expansive manner. Beat the Devil (1953) (Crook #1). Beau Brummell (1954) (King George III).

The Doctor's Dilemma (1959) (Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington). The Battle of the Sexes (1959) (Robert MacPherson). Oscar Wilde (1960) (Oscar Wilde). Murder at the Gallop (1963) (Hector Enderby) (opposite Margaret Rutherford).

Jacobs). Of Human Bondage (1964) (Dr. Topkapi (1964) (Cedric Page). Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) (Lord Rawnsley).

The Loved One (1965) (Sir Ambrose Ambercrombie). Life at the Top (1965) (Tiffield). The Alphabet Murders (aka The ABC Murders) (1965) (Captain Arthur Hastings). Hot Millions (1968) (Caesar Smith).

Cromwell (1970) (The Earl of Manchester). Theatre of Blood (1973) (Meredith Merridew). Great Expectations (1974) (TV) (Uncle Pumblechook). Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (aka Too Many Chefs) (1978) (Max).

The Human Factor (1980) (Dr Percival). The Old Men at the Zoo (1982) (TV mini-series) (Lord Godmanchester). Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) (King of Hearts). Little Dorrit (1988) (Lord Decimus Barnacle).