* Actor: Marlon Brando

He also had ambitions to work in film, like Elvis Presley and Eddie Cochran, and registered for acting classes with Lee Strasburg's Actors ' Studio, where the likes of Marlon Brando and James Dean had trained.

Set on an oceanliner, it was to star Marlon Brando as an American ambassador, and Sophia Loren as a beautiful stowaway found in his cabin.

Carroll, in an autobiography, claimed to be the daughter of Marlon Brando, alleging that she had DNA tests done to prove it.

In the 1950s, however, the arrival of stage actors like Marlon Brando, trained in more naturalistic techniques, slowly changed drama to a more realistic tenor.

* Guys and Dolls ( 1955 ) — Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, and Stubby Kaye.

Later, he attended the Actors Studio from its inception ; there, he would study acting with founding member Robert Lewis, alongside, among others, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Herbert Berghof, and Sidney Lumet, not to mention his soon-to-be wife, Anne Jackson.

There was disagreement between Paramount and Coppola on the issue of casting ; Coppola stuck to his plan of casting Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, though Paramount wanted either Ernest Borgnine or Danny Thomas.

At one point, Coppola was told by the then-president of Paramount that " Marlon Brando will never appear in this motion picture ".

A biopic based on the life of Preston Tucker and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker ' 48, Coppola had originally conceived the project as a musical with Marlon Brando after the release of The Godfather Part II.

* Most Ludicrous Racial Impersonation: Marlon Brando as a native of Okinawa in The Teahouse of the August Moon

Marlon Brando played Kurtz, and it remains one of his most famous roles.

Cunard officials, who were responsible for the security at the dock, said they had never seen anything like it, although they had experienced past visits by Marlon Brando and Robert Redford.

Spacey is well known in Hollywood for his impressions as when he appeared on Inside the Actors Studio he imitated, at host James Lipton's request: James Stewart, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon.

Marvin had a small but memorable role in The Wild One ( 1953 ) opposite Marlon Brando ( Marvin's gang in the film was called " The Beetles "), followed by Seminole ( 1953 ) and Gun Fury ( 1953 ).

Marlon Brando, Jr. ( April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004 ) was an American screen and stage actor.

Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Marlon Brando, Sr., a pesticide and chemical feed manufacturer, and his wife, Dorothy Julia ( née Pennebaker ).

His paternal grandmother, Marie Holloway, abandoned her family when Marlon Brando, Sr., was five years old.

Marlon Brando, Sr., was a talented amateur photographer.

Falk was proud to tell people that Marlon Brando turned down an offer of $ 10, 000 per week on Broadway, in favor of working on Falk's play in Boston.

Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint in the trailer for On the Waterfront ( 1954 )

Marlon Brando as Jor-El in Superman ( film ) | Superman ( 1978 )

The role of Chief Old Lodge Skins was initially offered to Marlon Brando, Paul Scofield and Laurence Olivier, all of whom turned it down.

As Stage Shows ratings had been slipping, producer Jack Philbin agreed to have Presley on because he was relatively cheap at $ 1, 250 ; after looking at a photograph of the singer, Philbin exclaimed, " He's a guitar playing Marlon Brando!

As of May 2010, My Baby's Daddy 2: Playtime's Up was a working title but its been changed to My Baby's Daddy 2: No Good Comes to Wait and the cast stars Method Man, Ice-T, and Shawn and Marlon Wayans are rumored to return.

He was run out for 18 after a mix up with Marlon Samuels ; England won the game by 1 run.

He was run out after a bad mixup with Marlon Samuels for 18, as England went on to win the match by one wicket.

In the 2000 Centurion Test, Marlon Aronstam contacted him offering R500, 000 for the charity of his choice together with a gift if Cronje declared and made a game of it.

Jay Kanter, Brando's agent, producer and friend defended him in Daily Variety: " Marlon has spoken to me for hours about his fondness for the Jewish people, and he is a well-known supporter of Israel.

" Similarly, Louie Kemp, in his article for Jewish Journal, wrote: " You might remember him as Don Vito Corleone, Stanley Kowalski or the eerie Col. Walter E. Kurtz in " Apocalypse Now ," but I remember Marlon Brando as a mensch and a personal friend of the Jewish people when they needed it most.

Marlon Brando is a cultural icon whose popularity has endured for over six decades.

Image: Eva marie saint marlon brando waterfront 10. jpg | Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint in the trailer for On the Waterfront ( 1954 )

Directing Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire.

In 1951, after introducing and directing one of the Actors Studio's brightest young talents, Marlon Brando, in the stage version, he went on to cast him in film version of the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, which made Brando a star and won 4 Oscars, being nominated for 12.

It too was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, but won 8, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, for Marlon Brando.

Prior to his death, Marlon Brando provided some voice work for Vito, which was eventually deemed unusable and was dubbed over by a Brando impersonator.

Burton turned down the lead for Lawrence of Arabia, also turned down by Marlon Brando, which went to newcomer Peter O ' Toole.

At age 20, Fonda started his acting career at the Omaha Community Playhouse, when his mother's friend Dodie Brando ( mother of Marlon Brando ) recommended that he try out for a juvenile part in You and I, in which he was cast as Ricky.

He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), in which he played Marlon Brando's character's brother.

Pickens appeared in dozens of films, including Old Oklahoma Plains ( 1952 ), Down Laredo Way ( 1953 ), One-Eyed Jacks ( 1961 ) with Marlon Brando, Dr. Strangelove ( 1964 ), Major Dundee ( 1965 ) with Charlton Heston, the remake of Stagecoach ( 1966 ; Pickens played the driver, portrayed in the 1939 film by Andy Devine ), Never a Dull Moment ( 1968 ), The Cowboys ( 1972 ) with John Wayne, Ginger in the Morning ( 1974 ) with Fred Ward, Blazing Saddles ( 1974 ), Poor Pretty Eddy ( 1975 ), Rancho Deluxe ( 1975 ), The Getaway with Steve McQueen, Tom Horn ( 1980 ), also with McQueen, An Eye for an Eye ( 1966 ) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ( 1973 ) in a small but memorable role.

Steven Seagal earned a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance in the film, but lost against Marlon Brando for The Island of Dr. Moreau.