Actor
Karl Malden, who achieved just about everything possible as an actor, died today at 97. Malden was from a generation of honest, muscular actors. He held his own against Brando in
A Streetcar Named Desire and
On the Waterfront, anchored over 100 episodes of
The Streets of San Francisco and worked with dignity as a pitchman for American Express. ("Don't leave home without it.")
Malden hadn't worked regularly