Karl Malden (March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009[1][2]) was an Academy Award winning American actor. In a career that spanned over seven decades, he was featured in classic films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks, with Marlon Brando, and also Patton. Among other notable film roles are Archie Lee Meighan in Baby Doll and Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won. His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco.