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Marlon Brando: His Career

By rohitremesh

  • Born as Marlon Brando, Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska to Dorothy Pennebaker and Marlon Brando, Sr.

  • Plays Stanley in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.

    Plays Stanley in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.

  • Makes his film debut in The Men. To prepare for this role he spent a whole month in bed at a veterans hospital.

    Makes his film debut in The Men. To prepare for this role he spent a whole month in bed at a veterans hospital.

  • Plays Stanley in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire with Vivian Leigh and Kim Hunter.

    Plays Stanley in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire with Vivian Leigh and Kim Hunter.

  • Stars in On the Waterfront.

    Stars in On the Waterfront.

  • Stars in One-Eyed Jacks. This is the only movie he will ever direct.

    Stars in One-Eyed Jacks. This is the only movie he will ever direct.

  • Stars in Burn!, which he later reveals to be his favorite movie to have been a part of.

    Stars in Burn!, which he later reveals to be his favorite movie to have been a part of.

  • Plays Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather with James Caan and Al Pacino.

    Plays Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather with James Caan and Al Pacino.

  • Last Tango in Paris is released in the USA after causing quite a stir in Italy due to the sodomy scene.

    Last Tango in Paris is released in the USA after causing quite a stir in Italy due to the sodomy scene.

    The director Bernardo Bertolucci has his Italian civil rights revoked. Marlon receives an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role the following year.
  • He does not show up at the Oscar ceremony,

    He does not show up at the Oscar ceremony,

    He is represented by Sasheen Littlefeather, who says on his behalf: "To his great regret Marlon Brando feels unable to accept his award. The reasons lie in the treatment of the Indian in TV and the movies in this country, and in the recent events at Wounded Knee."
  • Plays Superman's dad, Jor-El, in Superman with Christopher Reeves.

    Plays Superman's dad, Jor-El, in Superman with Christopher Reeves.

  • Plays Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now with Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen.

    Plays Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now with Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen.

  • Stars in The Island of Dr. Moreau.

    Stars in The Island of Dr. Moreau.

  • Marlon dies of lung failure at the UCLA Medical Center. Some of his ashes are spread over Death Valley.

    Marlon dies of lung failure at the UCLA Medical Center. Some of his ashes are spread over Death Valley.