View Full Version : Karl Malden Dead at 97...
roger teekell
July 1st, 2009, 4:41 pm
Just announced by his family in Hollywood.
http://www.knx1070.com/Karl-Malden-Dead---97/4717059
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) -- Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden, best known for roles in films like "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront" and the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco," died Wednesday at age 97, his agent said.
Malden, also remembered as the commercial spokesman in a trench coat for American Express travelers checks, died in his sleep at about 2:30 a.m. in his Los Angeles area home, the agent, Budd Moss, said.
Malden had been in failing health in recent years.
Frau Blucher
July 1st, 2009, 4:42 pm
Just announced by his family in Hollywood.
And there is number six....
jwil59
July 1st, 2009, 4:45 pm
Sail on Karl
I pray comfort for your family and friends.
roger teekell
July 1st, 2009, 4:47 pm
And there is number six....
What an ICONIC ACTOR he was..
SO many accomplishments..
super cool ski instructor
July 1st, 2009, 4:57 pm
I really enjoyed him...RIP and prayers to all who lost him.
Frau Blucher
July 1st, 2009, 5:00 pm
What an ICONIC ACTOR he was..
SO many accomplishments..
I know. Very soon we won't have anyone left from Hollywoods golden days!!
roger teekell
July 1st, 2009, 5:03 pm
Memories..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olvk2yRa5cs
Frau Blucher
July 1st, 2009, 5:03 pm
Karl Malden was also from Gary, Indiana...
roger teekell
July 1st, 2009, 5:06 pm
And more...Here with legendary actress Bette Davis..
Starts about 1:07 of the clip..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN0Dfh7gaTA
roger teekell
July 1st, 2009, 5:07 pm
Karl Malden was also from Gary, Indiana...
Really?
I wasn't aware..
That's bazzar.
Frau Blucher
July 1st, 2009, 5:11 pm
Really?
I wasn't aware..
That's bazzar.
I thought it a tad bizarre myself!
MrShotShot
July 1st, 2009, 5:12 pm
RIP.
Loved him as Omar Bradley in Patton.
roger teekell
July 1st, 2009, 5:17 pm
I thought it a tad bizarre myself!
I just found this tribute for his 97th Birthday....:frown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlLzbsoZWk
VinMI
July 1st, 2009, 7:16 pm
How sad:(. I hadn't heard about Karl Malden in years. Thanks for posting.
LouC
July 1st, 2009, 9:41 pm
His part in the movie Patton was in my top 3 favorite of his roles. In fact he helps save that movie for me when it come to the idiotic tank battle scenes.
But I am embarrassed to admit I thought he had already passed away.
RIP Karl
Dual867PowerMac
July 1st, 2009, 10:40 pm
God bless you, Karl. :pray:
We should all live as long.
RogerDodger
July 2nd, 2009, 12:51 am
RIP
A true Hollywood legend.
wayoverthehill
July 2nd, 2009, 12:59 am
He wasn't pretty, but he was a great actor. Loved him as Oscar in the Odd Couple with Jack Lemmon.
roger teekell
July 2nd, 2009, 1:08 am
He wasn't pretty, but he was a great actor. Loved him as Oscar in the Odd Couple with Jack Lemmon.
He was in the Odd couple??
Dual867PowerMac
July 2nd, 2009, 3:38 am
He wasn't pretty, but he was a great actor. Loved him as Oscar in the Odd Couple with Jack Lemmon.
That was Walter Matthau in the film version and Jack Klugman on the television series. ;)
5thIDSoldier
July 2nd, 2009, 11:06 am
RIP.
Loved him as Omar Bradley in Patton.
Yeah, me too. I actually got to tell him that when I met him in Vegas in 1982.
Hallelujah Sunrise
July 2nd, 2009, 2:44 pm
To me, he will always be the minister in the movie, Pollyanna.
sgdp
July 3rd, 2009, 3:18 am
Another Region Rat!!! :(( RIP Karl!
wayoverthehill
July 3rd, 2009, 10:45 am
He was in the Odd couple??:doh:I never could keep him and Walter Mathau straight! I plead a brain fart.
wayoverthehill
July 3rd, 2009, 10:47 am
That was Walter Matthau in the film version and Jack Klugman on the television series. ;)Yeah, I realize that now. Senior moment there.
notluzn
July 3rd, 2009, 12:55 pm
He will be missed. The greats are leaving us folks. Heart Breaking really
grapabeaux
July 3rd, 2009, 2:09 pm
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/07/03/malden-brought-depth-moral-responsibility-to-film-roles/#more-175470
Some of you might remember the 1999 Academy Awards, the year the great Elia Kazan was finally given an honorary Oscar (http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/22/arts/amid-protests-elia-kazan-receives-his-oscar.html). The decision to honor Kazan was met with controversy and anger, especially among those who pride themselves on their tolerance, open-mindedness, charity and forgiveness. You see, before Kazan knew better he flirted with Communism, but being a true liberal with an open mind, after learning of the horrors of Stalin’s regime he turned against it and then committed a Hollywood sin worse than furthering an ideology responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths, he named names.
Knowing full well what it would mean, it was Karl Malden (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001500/)http://s3.amazonaws.com/blueorganizer/images/shared/icons/star_12.gif, a former Academy President, who proposed and publicly pushed for Kazan to receive this long overdue tribute. And that, along with a 70-year marriage, says an awful lot about the man....