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US actor Karl Malden dead at 97

Jul 1, 2009, 20:21 GMT

Washington - Karl Malden, 97, an Academy-Award winning actor who played the priest in the classic film On the Waterfront, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in California, The Los Angeles Times reported. Malden appeared in more than 70 films and TV shows during his long careers, and won an Oscar for his portrayal of Mitch in the film version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. With his famously rough voice and bulbous nose, Malden knew he didn't have the looks to be a leading man. Instead, he became a dependable and respected supporting actor. In the 1970s, he took the lead in the TV series Streets of San Francisco, a police drama that co-starred Michael Douglas. Malden appeared in a long-running series of American Express commercials, in which he reminded viewers, 'Don't leave home without it.' Malden was born in Chicago in 1912 to a Czech mother and Serbian father, and worked in a steel mill before studying theater. He married Mona Greenberg in 1938, and they remained together until his death.

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