Not again.

Yes, another iconic figure has left us. Academy Award-winning actor Karl Malden died today at his house in Brentwood, Calif. at age 97. Though he made it big on the big screen as Father Barry in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront and Mitch Mitchell in Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire (the Oscar-winning role), and appeared in over 50 movies, he was a stoic presence on the small screen, too. Malden portrayed Det. Lt. Mike Stone on the show The Streets of San Francisco, which ran from 1972-1977 and co-starred a green Michael Douglas as his partner. The series, which ran on ABC, earned much critical acclaim and presented a unique, intelligent take on the crime drama genre that was already running wild with shows like Hawaii Five-O, Barnaby Jones and Kojak.

• 07/01/09 4:49 PM
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