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Capt Jingo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:44:38 -0800

Karl Malden has died. The Oscar and Emmy winner who had many brilliant appearances as secondary characters and starred in his own hugely popular TV show was 97.

By: zaelic

zaelic — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:47:21 -0800

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:49:03 -0800

Don't leave for heaven without him.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:08 -0800

Meow.

By: zarq

zarq — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:20 -0800

. :(

By: strixus

strixus — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:52:18 -0800

By: gubo

gubo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:55:34 -0800

:o(

By: Malice

Malice — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:56:17 -0800

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:56:48 -0800

I loved his work. Hard to believe he was 97. Christ, I'm old!

By: jquinby

jquinby — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:57:35 -0800

"This is my church!" .

By: Iridic

Iridic — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:58 -0800

Godspeed, Mladen Sekulovich. .

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:02:25 -0800

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:13:25 -0800

Every time I look up, another 1970s talk show stalwart is gone. Orson Bean, watch your back!

By: Tesseractive

Tesseractive — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:16:13 -0800

By: idiopath

idiopath — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:19:41 -0800

Meow.

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:21:43 -0800

That's two today. .

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:20 -0800

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:27:28 -0800

WHEN WILL THE CELEBRITY REAPER BE SATISFIED? WHEN?

By: Ron Thanagar

Ron Thanagar — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:33:27 -0800

I'll never forget his performance in the movie BABY DOLL. R.I.P.

By: peep

peep — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:12 -0800

middleclasstool: "Meow." I feel like I've been punched in the face by nostalgia.

By: Danf

Danf — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:31 -0800

Gosh, what if EVERYONE famous died this year?

By: jimmythefish

jimmythefish — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:41 -0800

Up yours Gustafson! .

By: jimmythefish

jimmythefish — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:38:10 -0800

erm...I should post after a nap.

By: D_I

D_I — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:45:50 -0800

That's two today. Alexis Arguello .

By: Captain Cardanthian!

Captain Cardanthian! — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:43 -0800

By: Dumsnill

Dumsnill — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:56:04 -0800

By: explosion

explosion — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:03:33 -0800

As mentioned on NBC Nightly News tonight, he and his wife celebrated their 70th anniversary this past winter. That itself is amazing. .

By: dancestoblue

dancestoblue — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:07:51 -0800

By: Ranucci

Ranucci — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:53 -0800

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:25:57 -0800

How many other stars had a usenet fan group devoted to their nose? None, as far as I can tell.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:37:06 -0800

. (A Quinn Martin Production)

By: chihiro

chihiro — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:39:13 -0800

By: marsha56

marsha56 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:46:37 -0800

Here's a clip of a young Karl Malden from Streetcar Named Desire.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:12 -0800

He was a great supporting actor, and, yeah, in three count 'em THREE films with Brando, which I knew but had never really, you know, processed... Wonderful that he lived to such a ripe old age. .

By: Stylus Happenstance

Stylus Happenstance — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:02:41 -0800

I really thought he died in the late 90s. I wonder who i was thinking of.

By: bz

bz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:04:27 -0800

. (Perhaps you were thinking of either Walter Matthau or Jack Klugman?)

By: marsha56

marsha56 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:06:39 -0800

And here he is in 2000 on The West Wing.

By: the other side

the other side — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:06:42 -0800

Oh, man, I had seen Malden in a number of films, but I couldn't think of which one it was that I so strongly remembered him from. Now I remember: Patton. It's remarkable that he was so memorable in that movie since he was constantly sharing the screen with George C. Scott as General Patton.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:10:41 -0800

. Aw.

By: h00py

h00py — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:19:01 -0800

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:24:51 -0800

I've often confused Malden, somehow, with Gene Hackman. Although their personas were pretty different, there's something similar about them, for me... I think maybe it's because they're both men who never really looked young, exactly. Somehow they both always seemed middle-aged, even in their youth.

By: dbiedny

dbiedny — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:27:02 -0800

•

By: readery

readery — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:27:45 -0800

By: humanfont

humanfont — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:23 -0800

By: ferdydurke

ferdydurke — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:33:02 -0800

One of the great movie speeches. From On the Waterfront.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:33:42 -0800

Streetcar is without a doubt the best black & white movie I've ever seen. Maybe the best, period. It's awesome that he got an Oscar for that role -- he deserved it. Damn, I love me some Tennessee Williams. And of course, I watched the Streets of San Francisco when I was a kid, in San Francisco. How could I not? 97, huh? Sounds like he had a good ride.

By: brandz

brandz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:38:12 -0800

By: starpoint

starpoint — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:05:41 -0800

Why are so many celebrities dying recently?

By: Flex1970

Flex1970 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:21:45 -0800

I loved when he knocked Brando the hell off his stool for blaspheme in On The Waterfront. And he was just a messed up person in One-Eyed Jacks. Man, They had some really, really good actors coming up then. RIP Mr. Malden.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:25:26 -0800

Why are so many celebrities dying recently? Age, disease, over medication. The usual. Oh, Karl - you leave a body of work that is so enviable and a character actor's face that was so memorable. You will be missed. .

By: nj_subgenius

nj_subgenius — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:54:15 -0800

Mike Stone and Omar Bradley were the roles I best liked. Dot

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:54:21 -0800

Why are so many celebrities dying recently? Eh, it's probably just Mary Hart spicing things up for the ratings.

By: Gungho

Gungho — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:01:51 -0800

The best #2 man in Hollywood.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:12:04 -0800

Wow. I got a letter in the mail just today informing me that my American Express Card had been canceled due to lack of activity. Eerie. .

By: OolooKitty

OolooKitty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:41:39 -0800

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:41 -0800

By: Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:23:09 -0800

To my eyes, the performances of most of the 1950s-60s Method actors have dated pretty poorly. Brando's supposedly "naturalistic" performances in On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire now appear highly mannered (which is not to say they're not good); and Montgomery Clift, much as I like his work, always seems to be playing versions of his same tortured self - quite the opposite of the Method method, as it were. But Malden's work, to me, has always stood out. He seems to me now to have been the very best of the first wave of Method actors, who really did revolutionize screen (and stage) acting. He was an immensely subtle actor who really could tap into the strangenesses of his characters, thus humanizing them quite beautifully. He's always been one of my favorite actors, and the screen will not see another such as him in a mighty long time.

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:34:50 -0800

By: Flex1970

Flex1970 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:17:44 -0800

He had fiery eyes.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:27:50 -0800

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:28:54 -0800

Well, that's just great. .

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:30:31 -0800

By: maryh

maryh — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:45:06 -0800

You...you...you...brag...brag...BULL!(3:45) .

By: Askiba

Askiba — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:19:06 -0800

By: mazola

mazola — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:23:14 -0800

The man deserved better than this, yet it's how I remember him. .

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:39:54 -0800

Aw, man. And I just watched The Cincinnati Kid the other night. .

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:01:22 -0800

meow

By: killy willy

killy willy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:13:08 -0800

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:19:02 -0800

It's going to be one heck of a long "In Memoriam" scroll this New Year's Eve....

By: ceri richard

ceri richard — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:08:57 -0800

97? .

By: lodurr

lodurr — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:37:13 -0800

what dr. wu said. it makes sense, though: malden was an adult who'd had to make a living when he came to acting. there's probably not much substitute for real life experience. this is sad, but to me it's not "."-sad: @ 97 with that body of work. and solid performances into his late 80s, forget dots, the man's memory deserves a toast and a film festival, not a dot.

By: dances_with_sneetches

dances_with_sneetches — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:46:27 -0800

I always wished he'd play Marty. He would have been a great Marty.

By: K.P.

K.P. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:29:38 -0800

By: blucevalo

blucevalo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:14:01 -0800

He was inescapable in movies and later in TV, with the "Streets of San Francisco" role and all of the "Don't leave home without it" ads for American Express. I really can't believe he was 97 either. I thought for sure he was, like, 78. Speaking of Montgomery Clift, Malden had a fantastic smaller part in Alfred Hitchcock's "I Confess" (Clift starred).

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:09:45 -0800

Here's another vote for his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire. What an incredible performance in a role that was, incredibly complex and nuanced. TBoth tough and vulnerable. Innocent and kind. Flawed, but hopeful. That film would've been a lot less than it was if not for his performance. .

By: Capt Jingo

Capt Jingo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:26:32 -0800

Damn, I forgot about "The Cincinnati kid," he was awesome in that too. And probably another half dozen of my other favorite movies that I'm just flaking on right now.

By: goofyfoot

goofyfoot — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:55 -0800

Oh, I'm so sorry to see this, tho at 97 he probably had accomplished what he wanted. Not only was he perfectly hangdog (and eventually angry) as Mitch in Streetcar, he played that sorta repugnant character in Baby Doll; he was a president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Mike Stone of the San Francisco PD. Vanity Fair printed a picture of him in his living room a couple years ago. I don't think he was wearing a hat, but he looked comfortable and rumpled nonetheless. A far cry from Mitch. He must have had something to do with Communist trials in the 50s. Everyone else did.