Karl Malden(1912-2009)

Born Mladen Sekulovich, he always regretted that in order to become an actor, he had to change his name. Since he was proud of his heritage, when he starred in a movie or on TV, he insisted that a character carry his family name: In La ley del silencio (1954), Fred Gwynne's character was named "Sekulovich".

[on his early days] My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.