LOS ANGELES (AP) - Family of Karl Malden, the Academy Award- and Emmy-winning actor, says he has died at age 97.

The son of Yugoslav immigrants, Karl Malden labored in the steel mills of Gary, Indiana before enrolling in Arkansas State Teachers College. While not a prime candidate for stardom with his over sized nose and bullhorn voice, Malden was best known to TV fans of the 1970s as Lieutenant Mike Stone, the no-nonsense protagonist of the long-running cop series The Streets of San Francisco.

Malden also supplemented his income with a series of ads for American Express. His commercial catchphrases "What will you do?" and "Don't leave home without it!

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