How tall is Karl Malden?

Karl Malden's listed height was 185 cm (6'1"). He was taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 185 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1912 (average 168.9 cm).

Malden next to his co-stars

Richard Widmark is 7 cm shorter than Karl Malden (178 cm), How the West Was Won co-star.

Lee J. Cobb is 3 cm shorter than Karl Malden (182 cm), On the Waterfront co-star.

Marlon Brando is 10 cm shorter than Karl Malden (175 cm), On the Waterfront co-star.

About Karl Malden

Karl Malden was an American stage, movie and television actor, born Mladen George Sekulovich on 22 March 1912 in Chicago. He first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946 and 1947.

Recreating the role of Mitch in the 1951 film of A Streetcar Named Desire, Malden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was primarily a character actor, and received a second Best Supporting Actor nomination for On the Waterfront in 1954. His other films include Baby Doll, How the West Was Won and Patton. From 1972 to 1977 he played the leading role of Lt. Mike Stone in the television crime drama The Streets of San Francisco.

Malden stood a listed 185 cm (6'1"). He was 7 cm taller than Richard Widmark, listed at 178 cm (5'10"), in How the West Was Won. In On the Waterfront he was 3 cm taller than Lee J. Cobb, listed at 182 cm (6'0"), and 10 cm taller than Marlon Brando, listed at 175 cm (5'9"). Malden died on 1 July 2009.

Frequently asked

How tall is Karl Malden in feet and inches? Karl Malden was 6'1" tall, which is 185 cm, 72.8 inches or 1.85 m.

How tall is Karl Malden compared to Richard Widmark? Richard Widmark is 7 cm shorter than Karl Malden: 178 cm (5'10") vs 185 cm (6'1").

How tall is Karl Malden compared to Lee J. Cobb? Lee J. Cobb is 3 cm shorter than Karl Malden: 182 cm (6'0") vs 185 cm (6'1").

How tall is Karl Malden compared to Marlon Brando? Marlon Brando is 10 cm shorter than Karl Malden: 175 cm (5'9") vs 185 cm (6'1").

Is Karl Malden tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 185 cm he was taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1912, whose average height is 168.9 cm.

Sources

• Karl Malden on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Karl Malden on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 185 cm.
• Karl Malden on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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• Brigitte Nielsen — 185 cm · 6'1"
• Burt Lancaster — 185 cm · 6'1"
• David Schwimmer — 185 cm · 6'1"

Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.