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Burt Lancaster portrays Robert Stroud, a man twice convicted of murder who becomes an expert in the science of birds during his 53 years in solitary confinement in the 1962 movie "Birdman of Alcatraz" . Karl Malden and Telly Savalas also star.

Irwin Allen. Story: Not too long after the rescue of the previous film's six survivors, a pair of rivaling ships come across the capsized ocean liner in search of a fortune that is said to be hidden on board.

Opposite George C. Scott's flamboyant film portrait of Gen. George Patton, Karl Malden was the perfect choice for the role of Omar Bradley, the national symbol of the regular Joe infantryman of World War II.

His friends called him "Sukie," easier to pronounce than his tongue-challenging birth name of Mladen Sekulovich.

HBO2 has an Entourage marathon all night. At 8, ABC has a new Surviving Suburbia , then a new Goode Family .

In his nearly 20 years in the insurance industry, including 15 years at CIGNA, where he retired last year as vice president of corporate communications, Wendell Potter was the guy who defended the $12 million annual compensation for the top guy or deferred comment on the latest lawsuit charging dropped coverage for those in dire need.

With the spate of recent celebrity deaths, last week's passing of 97-year-old Karl Malden almost slipped through unnoticed.

Media coverage of Michael Jackson's death swamped the attention paid to the death of Karl Malden on July 1. Both were Gary natives.

You can see Malden, center, with Lee J. Cobb, and Eva Marie Saint in On The Waterfront on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel Friday at 8 p.m. A younger generation who knew Karl Malden for his co-starring role on the TV series The Streets of San Francisco, and later for a series of credit card commercials, may be surprised to learn that in the ...

Turner Classic Movies honors the late Karl Malden this Friday night, filling its primetime schedule with three of his finest and best-known performances: 8:00 p.m. Eastern On The Waterfront 10:00 p.m. A Streetcar Named Desire 12:15 a.m Birdman of Alcatraz Malden, the very definition of a character actor, took hom his one and only Oscar for his role ...

Posted By: Jerre Wroble Most Utahns were sad to learn of Michael Jackson's untimely death on June 25.

Last night as I was writing notes for this book on the experience of living in the Fairmont Royal York, on hotel living and hotel culture, it occurred to me that many if not most of the crazy adventures I have lived, and wonderful, although sometimes surreal experiences I have had, all are connected in one way or another to a hotel.

Superstar entertainer Michael Jackson, born in 1958, and blue-collar actor Karl Malden, born in 1912, lived worlds apart yet shared a few things in common.

The American actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, died yesterday at the age of 97.

By Trista Turley Catholic News Service WASHINGTON - Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden, who famously portrayed Father Pete Barry, a mob-combating Catholic priest in 1954's "On the Waterfront," died July 1 in Los Angeles of natural causes.

Hello there Larry King here live from the Staples Center where literally hundreds are expected for the all-star salute to Karl Malden set to start any minute here.

It's my most prized piece of movie memorabilia and yet you'd never notice it.A Blue in color and only five inches wide by three inches tall, it rests inside the glass frame of an autographed poster of "A Streetcar Named Desire" that I keep at home.

Get Adobe Flash Player to see this content. WSTC-WNLK News Updates - Jul. 2 2009, 12:00am-1:00am Thu, 2 Jul 2009 + Automatically Generated Transcript " In this case Jackson's family members say they are still planning to hold some kind of up.

Sacramento, California - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement regarding the death of Karl Malden: "As a 14-year-old boy in Austria, I saw Karl Malden in the movie, 'One-Eyed Jacks.' His incredible and powerful performance in that film had a huge impact on me and further fueled my love for American films and my desire ...

US actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, has died at home in Los Angeles aged 97.

THE BOY WHO NEVER GREW UP: Neverland is a shell of the fantasy home created by Michael Jackson.

Karl Malden, who died today, spoke to the MONITOR in 1959 about acting and working with directors such as Kazan and Hitchcock.

Karl Malden, Everyman Actor, Dies at 97 In many ways, Mr. Malden was the ideal Everyman.

Good Bye Mladen Sekulovich Posted on: July 1, 2009 9:55 PM, by Greg Laden A.K.A. Karl Malden.

Karl Malden, the film actor who died today at 97, is being remembered in religionland for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of a tough dockside priest, Father Pete Barry, in the 1954 film, "On the Waterfront.'' Malden's role is one of the most famous depictions of a Catholic priest on film.

Sadly, Karl Malden has died at the age of 97 . The Oscar winning actor died Wednesday of natural causes at his Brentwood home.

Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll' With the great, titan of acting and frequent genius Karl Malden passing , I'm posting one of my favorite Malden movies and performances -- Baby Doll.

The voice sobbing on the phone was my oldest surviving friend, Vincent Lovecraft, my co-star in so many movies, always as the lustful villain who swore at me again and again his timeless catch-phrase: "Love me - or DIE! " But now he wasn't threatening me; he was trying through tears to ask me, "Where were you when you heard about - about - [sob] ...

The death of Karl Malden today is another in a barrage of the celebrity death watch saga over the past several days that basically started with Ed McMahon , Farrah Fawcett , Michael Jackson , and Billy Mays .

WNLK News Updates - Jul. 1 2009, 9:00pm-10:00pm + " Seemingly analyst Jeffrey Toobin says the entertainment attorney may well knew what he was there -- some ground as a very well known respected attorney.

Actor Karl Malden has died. His family says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" died at the age of 97.

Mr. Malden's half-century in show business carried him from theater to films to television's "The Streets of San Francisco."

Karl Malden played everything from priests to generals, villains to song-and-dance men over the course of a career that began in the late 1940s.

Malden won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Mitch in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Malden starred in TV's 'The Streets of San Francisco' and made famous the American Express catchphrase 'Don't leave home without it.' He appeared in more than 50 films over his long career.