Nickname:	Karl Malden / Cpl. Karl Malden / Malden Sekulovich /
Known for:	Patton, On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire
Birth name:	Mladen Sekulovich
Birthday:	22 March 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height:	6' 0½" (1.84 m)

Born Mladen Sekulovich, he always regretted that in order to become an actor, he had to change his name. Since he was proud of his heritage, when he starred in a movie or on TV, he insisted that a character carry his family name: In "On The Waterfront", Fred Gwynne's character was named "Sekulovich". According to his memoir "When Do I Start," he arranged a meeting between his "Meteor" (1979) co-star Sean Connery and his friend Marlon Brando at Connery's request. Brando drank heavily at the get-together with Connery to get back at Malden, as he had earlier admonished him about Brando's drinking as alcoholism ran through his family and had ruined the career of his sister Jocelyn Brando. Brando did not get drunk, despite the intake of alcohol. In 1971, he accepted the Oscar for "Best Director" on behalf of Franklin J. Schaffner, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony His sixty-seven year marriage to Mona Greenberg is the second longest in Hollywood history. Bob Hope and Dolores Hope's sixty-nine year marriage, from 1934 until his death in 2003, is the longest. Was a close friend of The Magnificent Seven star Brad Dexter. who was also of Serbian descent. President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1992 Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1963 has two daughters, Mila and Carla. Carla co-authored his autobiography "When Do I Start"

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