Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11948 posts, RR: 37 Posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1317 times:
Sadly, 2009 sees the passing of yet another great star; CNN is just reporting that Karl Malden, who won an Oscar in 1951 for "A streetcar named Desire", is dead at 97.
He had a very successful career and his film roles included "Patton" (where he played Omar Bradley) and various others. His most successful TV role was "The Streets of San Francisco", in which he partnered Michael Douglas.
Homer71 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2209 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1304 times:
The first time I heard the slogan "The American Express Card: Don't leave home without it." was out of Karl Malden's mouth.
RIP
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KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1287 times:
This has been a tough week with loosing Karl, Billy, Farah, Ed, and what's his name.............
PSA53 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3004 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1262 times:
How sad.We're losing all these great talents.
Loved Malden in many roles.I mostly remembered him in "Patton" as Omar Bradley and the heavy in "Nevada Smith."But I guess his two greatest roles was Stone in TV's,"Streets Of SF" and in the movie "Streetcar"
PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7251 posts, RR: 25 Reply 4, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1254 times:
Quoting PSA53 (Reply 3): Loved Malden in many roles.I mostly remembered him in "Patton" as Omar Bradley and the heavy in "Nevada Smith."But I guess his two greatest roles was Stone in TV's,"Streets Of SF" and in the movie "Streetcar"
He also played a priest in the 1954 film On the Waterfornt.
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Ferengi80 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2007, 667 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1226 times:
A true great has gone. He really was a legend of the silver screen.
I will always remember him in "Patton", which is one of my all time favourite films. He also made a brilliant made-for-tv film in 1993, called Vanished Without a Trace here in the UK, according to IMDB it went by the name of "They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping". He was superb in this as the schoolbus driver, who helps keeps the kids calm during their harrowing ordeal.
And who can forget the horrendous special effects in the disaster movie "Meteor"? He was great in that as well, along with Sean Connery, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Natalie Wood, Trevor Howard... they spent so much on the cast there was nothing left for special effects!
God bless you, Karl. Rest in peace.
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Jetstar From United States of America, joined May 2003, 1523 posts, RR: 10 Reply 6, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1212 times:
At 97 years old, I feel is more about celebrating his long life than mourning his passing, he lived out his natural life and then some. It’s not like the recent passing of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett or Billy Mays, all who passed on too early in life.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52 Reply 9, posted (3 years 10 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1120 times:
I remember him as a real class actor, much like John Wayne, but not as famous.
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