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Started by Syt, July 01, 2009, 02:53:12 PM

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Syt

July 01, 2009, 02:53:12 PM
Actor Karl Malden Dead at Age 97
Quote(CBS/ AP)  The family of Karl Malden, the Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actor, said Wednesday he had died at age 97.

CBS Radio news correspondent Sam Litzinger reports Malden was known for his bulbous nose, bullhorn voice and a certain gruffness he brought to more than six decades of acting roles.

Whether playing heavies such as the police inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's "I Confess," or heroes like the priest in 1954's "On the Waterfront," his talent got him cast in a slew of prestigious movies.

Then he switched to television, and was nominated for 4 Emmys for "The Streets of San Francisco."

Malden claimed to have loved every TV show and movie he'd ever been in -- even the bad ones. The actor said working was what kept him going.

He'll also be remembered for the 21 years he spent pitching commercials.

"Don't leave home without them," he memorably warned in ads for American Express traveler's checks. It was good casting for Malden, who'd already made a reputation for playing no-nonsense characters.

:(

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The Brain

#1
July 01, 2009, 03:02:16 PM
 :( RIP

Careful Syt, Malthus doesn't know who played his partner in that show.
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Caliga

#2
July 01, 2009, 03:02:23 PM
 :(

BRAD HOW THE HELL ARE YA

Not very well, it seems.  RIP :cry:
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Razgovory

#3
July 01, 2009, 03:15:04 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 01, 2009, 03:02:23 PM
:(

BRAD HOW THE HELL ARE YA

Not very well, it seems.  RIP :cry:

I'm fine.
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Scipio

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July 01, 2009, 03:19:18 PM
George, you need to learn to keep your mouth shut!
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Caliga

#5
July 01, 2009, 03:19:58 PM
Quote from: Scipio on July 01, 2009, 03:19:18 PM
George, you need to learn to keep your mouth shut!
:thumbsup:
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Caliga

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July 01, 2009, 03:20:11 PM
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jimmy olsen

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July 01, 2009, 03:30:00 PM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
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Eddie Teach

#8
July 02, 2009, 10:36:09 AM
One of the great ones. RIP.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#9
July 02, 2009, 12:09:02 PM
:( RIP Had a pretty long productive life though. we all should be half as lucky/talented.
:p

Razgovory

#10
July 02, 2009, 04:50:29 PM
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

grumbler

#11
July 02, 2009, 04:52:39 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 02, 2009, 04:50:29 PM
Cal has always been one of the slow ones.
Who is "Cal?"  :huh:
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Fireblade

#12
July 02, 2009, 07:30:26 PM
QuoteMalden was born on March 22, 1912, and grew up in Gary. He broke his nose twice playing football in high school, where his athleticism won him a scholarship to Arkansas State Teacher's College in Conway.

That's where I went to college. I wonder if the Bears sucked as much then as they do now. :P

Habsburg

#13
July 02, 2009, 07:58:33 PM
 :(

RIP Oscar winner Mr. Malden.
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