The movie, which became the most commercially successful film of all time when it was released — along with his Oscar-nominated performance as Paul in Last Tango in Paris ( 1972 ), another smash hit — revitalized Brando's career and reestablished him in the ranks of top box office stars, placing him at number 6 and number 10 in Top 10 Money Making Stars poll in 1972 and 1973, respectively.

It was the type of performance that later led critic Stanley Crouch to write, " Brando's main achievement was to portray the taciturn but stoic gloom of those pulverized by circumstances.

In more recent years the movie has been criticized and Brando's performance branded an example of yellowface casting.

Despite Brando's dedication, the producer, Stanley Kramer, and director, Fred Zinnemann, were at first worried about Brando's performance in rehearsals because he mumbled his lines and gave little response to his fellow actors.

This was Brando's first film, and with no prior film experience he had employed the stage technique of holding back in rehearsals and saving the projection for the performance.

Brando's performance in the movie earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he received the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival.

Brando's performance in the movie earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and he received the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival.

Brando's casting was met with some skepticism when it was announced, as he had acquired the nickname of " The Mumbler " following his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ).

During his career the media has been fond of pointing out Scolari's facial resemblance to actor Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando's portrayal of Don Vito Corleone in the film The Godfather.

-When Joey refers to himself as the " Godfather of Games " in front of a crowd seeking to Duel Yugi, he vocally imitates famous actor Marlon Brando ( an obvious reference to Brando's role as Vito Corleone in The Godfather.

Godfather's Pizza is also known for its commercials featuring " The Godfather ", a knock-off of Marlon Brando's character, Don Vito Corleone, from the 1972 film The Godfather.

The character has also had a major influence on entertainment, most notably: the movie The Freshman, where Marlon Brando's character is almost a parody of Corleone ; the Only Fools and Horses episode " Miami Twice ", where the primary antagonist is Don Vincenzo " Vinny the Chain " Ochetti, another parody of Corleone ; and the comic book mini-series, Batman: Year One and Batman: The Long Halloween, where the character Carmine Falcone is loosely based on Vito Corleone.

The character is based on Marlon Brando's portrayal of Don Vito Corleone from the 1972 film The Godfather.

He tries to maintain an image as a rough and tough fox cub, even to the point where he adopts an alternative identity as Damien Dog Foxioli ; the Cubfather ( this is the author's comic take on Marlon Brando's character Don Vito Corleone in the movie The Godfather ).

Besides stand-up, Pinette does impressions of The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley, Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, Hervé Villechaize ( Tattoo from Fantasy Island ), an Ewok, actor Marlon Brando ( notably Brando's role in The Godfather ), as well as various ethnic accents.

Considered perhaps the most anticipated film of 1976, being Brando's followup to The Godfather and Last Tango in Paris and one of Nicholson's first films since Chinatown and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the film became a notorious critical and commercial failure.

Cagney was among Stanley Kubrick's and Marlon Brando's favorite actors, and was considered by Orson Welles to be " maybe the greatest actor to ever appear in front of a camera.

Brando's first screen role was as the bitter paraplegic veteran in The Men in 1950.

By Brando's own account, it may have been because of this film that his draft status was changed from 4-F to 1-A.

However, after Brando's death, the footage was reincorporated into the 2006 re-cut of the film, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.

Two years after Brando's death, he " reprised " the role of Jor-El in the 2006 " loose sequel " Superman Returns, in which both used and unused archive footage of him as Jor-El from the first two Superman films was remastered for a scene in the Fortress of Solitude, and Brando's voice-overs were used throughout the film.

Production was suspended in July 2004 following Brando's death, at which time Behi stated that he would continue the film as an homage to Brando, with a new title of Citizen Brando.

He had four more children by unidentified women: Stephen Blackehart ( born 1967 ), Michael Gilman ( born 1967 ), who was adopted by Brando's longtime friend Sam Gilman, Dylan Brando ( born 1968 ), and Angelique Brando.

In 2007, a 165-minute biopic of Brando, Brando: The Documentary, produced by Mike Medavoy ( the executor of Brando's will ) for Turner Classic Movies, was released.

" Brando's powerful ' Wild One ' image was still as of 2011 being marketed by the makers of his Triumph Thunderbird motorcycle in a range of clothing inspired by his character from the film and licenced by Brando's estate

Protagonist Terry Malloy's ( Brando's ) fight against corruption was in part modeled after whistle-blowing longshoreman Anthony DiVincenzo, who testified before a real-life Waterfront Commission on the facts of life on the Hoboken Docks and had suffered a degree of ostracism for his deed.

" A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar nominations, winning 4, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role.

* Marlon Brando's final stage appearance was in Arms and the Man in 1953.

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

This film was Brando's final completed film before his death in 2004.

" Williams was a co-founder of the group and a key member of its playwright's wing, and later wrote A Streetcar Named Desire, Brando's greatest early role.

Playing the role of an Okinawan villager was to prove a challenge for Marlon Brando's method acting techniques.

Adler was Marlon Brando's first professional acting teacher.

Coppola chose Brando over Ernest Borgnine on the basis of Brando's screen test, which also won over the Paramount leadership.

In 1937, Brando's parents reconciled and moved together to Libertyville, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago.

Brando's ancestry included German, Dutch, English, and Irish.

Brando's sister Frances left college in California to study art in New York.

He boycotted the award ceremony, sending instead American Indian Rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who appeared in full Apache dress, to state Brando's reasons, which were based on his objection to the depiction of American Indians by Hollywood and television.

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Tahitian actress Tarita Teriipia, who played his love interest in Mutiny on the Bounty, became Brando's third wife on August 10, 1962.

Brando's grandson Tuki Brando ( born 1990 ), son of Cheyenne Brando, is a successful fashion model.

In May 1990, Dag Drollet, the Tahitian lover of Brando's daughter Cheyenne, died of a gunshot wound after a confrontation with Cheyenne's half-brother Christian at the family's hilltop home above Beverly Hills.

The filming of Mutiny on the Bounty affected Brando's life in a profound way, as he fell in love with Tahiti and its people.

Brando's notoriety, his troubled family life, and his obesity attracted more attention than his late acting career.

Karl Malden, Brando's fellow actor in A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, and One-Eyed Jacks ( the only film directed by Brando ), talks in a documentary accompanying the DVD of A Streetcar Named Desire about a phone call he received from Brando shortly before Brando's death.