Karl Malden as Father Barry in "On the Waterfront"
Karl Malden 1912 - 2009 One of my all time favorite movies. A great peformance by Karl Malden as Father Barry in "On the Waterfront". Malden won a supporting actor Oscar in 1951 for his role as Blanche DuBois' naive suitor Mitch in "A Streetcar Named Desire" - a role he also played on Broadway. He was nominated again as best supporting actor in 1954 for his performance as Father Barry, a fearless, friend-of-the-workingman priest in "On the Waterfront." In both movies, he costarred with ...