Brando's inexperience as an editor also delayed postproduction and Paramount eventually took control of the film. Sun Sign Aries Born Place Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. On being told he was overweight by Robert Blake on The Tonight Show. Now in the aftermath of the tenth anniversary of his death, it is time to acknowledge what has been overlooked: that our foremost American actor had a mind. In hindsight, I guess my emotional insecurity as a childthe frustrations of not being allowed to be who I was, of wanting love and not being able to get it, of realizing that I was of no valuemay have helped me as an actor, at least in a small way. "[citation needed] Brando based his portrayal of Kowalski on the boxer Rocky Graziano, whom he had studied at a local gymnasium. [99], Later performances, such as his appearance in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) (for which he was nominated for a Raspberry as "Worst Supporting Actor"), The Island of Dr. Moreau (in which he won a "Worst Supporting Actor" Raspberry) (1996), and his barely recognizable appearance in Free Money (1998), resulted in some of the worst reviews of his career. The picture was originally directed by Stanley Kubrick, but he was fired early in the production. The cause of death on his death certificate was stated as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a. Kazan let Brando improvise and later expressed deep admiration for Brando's instinctive understanding, saying: what was extraordinary about his performance, I feel, is the contrast of the tough-guy front and the extreme delicacy and gentle cast of his behavior. Brando continues to be held in high regard; he was one of only six actors named in 1999 by Time magazine in its list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century. He gained a great deal of weight in the 1970s; by the early-to-mid-1990s he weighed over 300 pounds (140kg) and suffered from Type 2 diabetes. It was simply the way Brando was built. How They Met: In Rita Moreno: A Memoir . Stacker compiled a list of 25 facts from Marlon Brando's life story that you may not know, consulting newspapers, magazines, biographies, films, reviews, and fan websites. Brando, who was at home at the time, heard the gunshot and raced to the scene, giving mouth to mouth in a desperate attempt to save the man's life. Explore Marlon Brando's net worth & salary in 2022. Andy Warhol's iconic portraits of stars such as Marlon Brando and Dolly Parton are on display in the Saudi desert, at a show intended to reframe the kingdom's forbidding reputation. In his biography on the actor, Stefan Kanfer writes, "Marlon's autobiography devotes one line to his work on that film: Among all those British professionals, 'for me to walk onto a movie set and play Mark Anthony was asinine'yet another example of his persistent self-denigration, and wholly incorrect. The 1983 hurricane destroyed many of the structures, including his resort. Stella (Adler) didand later Kazan. Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. [7][78] Brando had written a longer speech for her to read but, as she explained, this was not permitted due to time constraints. Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 July 1, 2004) was an American actor. [133] Throughout the late 1960s and into the early 1980s, he had a tempestuous, long-term relationship with actress Jill Banner. "I asked for my usual percentage," he recollected in his memoir, "but they refused, and so did I." Brando also adopted Petra Brando-Corval (born 1972), the daughter of his assistant Caroline Barrett and novelist James Clavell. The film deals with themes of racism, sexual revolution, small-town corruption, and vigilantism. He developed an ability to absorb the mannerisms of children he played with and display them dramatically while staying in character. He is listed by the American Film Institute as the fourth greatest male star whose screen debut occurred before or during 1950 (it occurred in 1950). Nationality Education Marlon Brando was a high school student at the Libertyville High School, Illinois, in the later part of the 1930s. Rat Press, 2009. During the 1980s, one of Brando's girlfriends supposedly left him for refusing to lose weight despite appearing to stay on strict bland diets. He weighed over 300 pounds (140 kg) in the 1990s. He had a history of weight fluctuation throughout his career that, by and large, he attributed to his years of stress-related overeating followed by compensatory dieting. "[citation needed] After several weeks on the road, they reached Boston, by which time Bankhead was ready to dismiss him. Over the next hour, also for no apparent reason, Clayton assumes the intonation of a British upper-class twit and an elderly frontier woman, complete with a granny dress and matching bonnet. Coppola had feared Brando might be too young to play the Don, but was electrified by the actor's characterization as the head of a crime family. After the abortion was botched and Brando fell in love with Tarita Teriipaia, Moreno attempted suicide by overdosing on Brando's sleeping pills. 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His performance, spurred on by his rapport with Eva Marie Saint and Kazan's direction, was praised as a tour de force. So he decided he would go to New York and study acting because that was the only thing he had enjoyed. None of these understand who Jor-El really is from the comics. In the March 1966 issue of The Atlantic, Pauline Kael wrote that in his rebellious days, Brando "was antisocial because he knew society was crap; he was a hero to youth because he was strong enough not to take the crap", but now Brando and others like him had become "buffoons, shamelessly, pathetically mocking their public reputations." "[47] Brando allegedly did not see eye to eye with the Hungarian director Lszl Benedek and did not get on with costar Lee Marvin. "Everybody hugged him and kissed him. He also claimed numerous other romances, although he did not discuss his marriages, his wives, or his children in his autobiography.[120]. Brando also detailed his clashes with Pontecorvo on the set and how "we nearly killed each other." [130] Because Teriipaia was a native French speaker, Brando became fluent in the language and gave numerous interviews in French. I don't know another actor who could do that. "Marlon Brando interview en francais la grande poque/ alexandre lacharme vido dailymotion", "Marlon Brando's documentary is a post mortem from beyond the grave: Stevan Riley", "When the wild one met the mild one - Page 2 - latimes", "Marlon Brando's love life had an epic cast of women and men", "Lloyd Kaufman And Stephen Blackehart Have A Heart-To-Heart", "Richard Pryor's Widow Confirms Her Husband Had Sex With Marlon Brando", "Richard Pryor's Daughter Slams His Widow as a 'Bottom Feeder' for Marlon Brando Sex Claims", "Richard Pryor's Daughter Dismisses Claim He Had Sex With Marlon Brando", "Brando Is Hospitalized After Hitting Cameraman", "Amateur License KE6PZH-Brandeaux, Martin. [101], Brando's notoriety, his troubled family life and his obesity attracted more attention than his late acting career. So Michael got Dad a golf cart with a portable oxygen tank so he could go around and enjoy Neverland. His sister Jocelyn was the first to pursue an acting career, going to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. The role is regarded as one of Brando's greatest. Intense emotions buried inside you can come smoking out the back of your head, and I suppose in terms of psychodrama this can be helpful. "Marlon Brando's Oscar Win for the Godfather". Brando had been held back a year in school and was later expelled from Libertyville High School for riding his motorcycle through the corridors. Myles is one of the children out of 11 offspring of Marlon Brando. She was 20 years old, 18 years younger than Brando, who was reportedly delighted by her navet. Although Brando won the 1973 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, he did not attend the ceremony or send a representative to pick up the award if he won. Coppola also came cheap. He was our angry young manthe delinquent, the tough, the rebelwho stood at the center of our common experience. Dad could name all the trees there and the flowers, but being on oxygen it was hard for him to get around and see them all, it's such a big place. According to biographer Stefan Kanfer, the director believed that Sinatra, who grew up in Hoboken (where the film takes place and was shot), would work as Malloy, but eventually producer Sam Spiegel wooed Brando to the part, signing him for $100,000. On the tenth anniversary of Marlon Brando's death at age 80, a new book reveals that his huge sexual appetite began when he was four years old - with his housekeeper Ermi 'At night, we slept. Over the last decade, he had seen his. The turbulent life of Marlon Brando's son Christian has ended in a hospital bed at the age of 49. However, after Brando's death, the footage was reincorporated into the 2006 recut of the film, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut and 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. "[97] Brando starred alongside his friend Johnny Depp on the box office hit Don Juan DeMarco (1995), in which he also shared credits with singer Selena in her only filming appearance,[98] and in Depp's controversial The Brave (1997), which was never released in the United States. Karl MaldenBrando's co-star in three films (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and One-Eyed Jacks)spoke in a documentary accompanying the DVD of A Streetcar Named Desire about a phone call he received from Brando shortly before Brando's death. According to Dustin Hoffman in his online Masterclass, Brando would often talk to camera men and fellow actors about their weekend even after the director would call action. They had two children together: Miko Castaneda Brando (born 1961) and Rebecca Brando (born 1966). [22] Around 1930, Brando's parents moved to Evanston, Illinois, when his father's work took him to Chicago, but separated in 1935 when Brando was 11 years old. Brando met actress Rita Moreno in 1954, and they began a love affair. Bob Dylan's 2020 song "My Own Version of You" references one of his most famous performances in the line, "I'll take the Scarface Pacino and the Godfather Brando / Mix 'em up in a tank and get a robot commando".[189]. In the film, in which he portrays a fence, he starred with Robert De Niro. Firstly, it was one of the first instances of a major Hollywood star appearing in a sexually suggestive or risque scene. Marlon Brando died at the age of 80 years, mainly due to obesity-related complications. . [114] They were then scattered partly in Tahiti and partly in Death Valley. If there is a better performance by a man in the history of film in America, I don't know what it is. [30] New York Drama Critics voted him "Most Promising Young Actor" for his role as an anguished veteran in Truckline Caf, although the play was a commercial failure. After the movie's release, the sales of leather jackets and motorcycles skyrocketed. However, Brando recorded only one line due to his health and an impersonator was hired to finish his lines. Brando told a journalist: "If Wally had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after. Brando conceived the novel with director Donald Cammell in 1979, but it was not released until 2005. Upon their first meeting Sinatra reportedly scoffed, "Don't give me any of that Actors Studio shit." [146], Brando earned a reputation as a "bad boy" for his public outbursts and antics. The dead man was 26-year-old. His gross participation deal earned him $3 million. In his 2015 documentary, Listen To Me Marlon, he said before that actors were like breakfast cereals, meaning they were predictable. As biographer Stefan Kanfer describes, Penn had difficulty controlling Brando, who seemed intent on going over the top with his border-ruffian-turned-contract-killer Robert E. Lee Clayton: "Marlon made him a cross-dressing psychopath. Brando was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance. [161] Brando ended his financial support for the group over his perception of its increasing radicalization, specifically a passage in a Panther pamphlet put out by Eldridge Cleaver advocating indiscriminate violence, "for the Revolution.". "There were a few times when he was really magnificent," Bankhead admitted to an interviewer in 1962. Marlon Brando, once a world-class hunk went from crash diets during the 1950s to weighing in at nearly 400 pounds in old age. Best k .more .more 509 Dislike. (136 kg) and suffered from diabetes. Shortly after King's death, he announced that he was bowing out of the lead role of a major film (The Arrangement) (1969) which was about to begin production in order to devote himself to the civil rights movement. (1969) as his personal favorite of the films he had made, writing in his autobiography, "I think I did some of the best acting I've ever done in that picture, but few people came to see it." She invited him to dinner, but due to his busy schedule, he made a rain check. The actor was accused of deliberately sabotaging nearly every aspect of the production. [citation needed] In 1979, he made a rare television appearance in the miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, portraying George Lincoln Rockwell; he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance. 1675 worn by Brando in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now was announced to be sold at an auction for $1.61 million, translating to $1.952 million with fees. [5] He received further praise, and a first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, for his performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront. Mutiny director Lewis Milestone claimed that the executives "deserve what they get when they give a ham actor, a petulant child, complete control over an expensive picture." First of all, he answered the phone, and he was talking to me like we had seen each other a day earlier. [153][failed verification] Brando was an active ham radio operator, with the call signs KE6PZH and FO5GJ (the latter from his island). In a letter dated August 29, 1947, Williams confided to his agent Audrey Wood: "It had not occurred to me before what an excellent value would come through casting a very young actor in this part. Decades after the height of his fame, his work is still the gold standard to which actors aspire. [102] His assistant, Alice Marchak, resigned from her role due to his eccentric and unpredictable behavior. ", Upon release, Apocalypse Now earned critical acclaim, as did Brando's performance. However, he returned in 1989 in A Dry White Season, based on Andr Brink's 1979 anti-apartheid novel. Ms. Brando's lover, Dag Drollet, was shot to death at the estate of Marlon Brando in Beverly Hills on May 16, 1990. Relations between Brando and costar Frank Sinatra were also frosty, with Stefan Kanfer observing: "The two men were diametrical opposites: Marlon required multiple takes; Frank detested repeating himself." But, Robert, you're ugly, and I'm . From Superboy (1988), Lois & Clark (1993), Smallville (2001), Man of Steel (2013), and Superman and Lois (2021). [111] The cause of death was initially withheld, with his lawyer citing privacy concerns. The Lunts wanted Brando to play the role of Alfred Lunt's son in O Mistress Mine, and Lunt even coached him for the audition, but Brando made no attempt to even read his lines at the audition and was not hired. On May 16, 1990, 32-year-old Christian Brando Marlon's eldest son and only child with his first wife, actress Anna Kashfi shot and killed 26 . ", "Check Out The Original Godfather Casting List From Francis Ford Coppola's Notebook. Brando also had Type 2 Diabetes and lung cancer. "[179], Sociologist Dr. Suzanne McDonald-Walker states: "Marlon Brando, sporting leather jacket, jeans, and moody glare, became a cultural icon summing up 'the road' in all its maverick glory. "[147] His behavior during the filming of Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) seemed to bolster his reputation as a difficult star. At forty-seven, Marlon Brando was viewed in the industry as a washed-up, temperamental has-been. 10 HIS SON KILLED HIS DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND. Brando avoided military service during the Korean War.[11]. Brando portrayed Superman's father Jor-El in the 1978 film Superman. [148][149] Galella wore a football helmet the next time he photographed Brando at a gala benefiting the American Indians Development Association in 1974. The Island of Dr. Moreau screenwriter Ron Hutchinson would later say in his memoir, Clinging to the Iceberg: Writing for a Living on the Stage and in Hollywood (2017), that Brando sabotaged the film's production by feuding and refusing to cooperate with his colleagues and the film crew.[100]. Marlon Brando's Final Performance Before He Died (The Godfather Game) 10,334 views Mar 3, 2022 Marlon Brando's final and last acting job before he died. He claimed to have abhorred Lee Strasberg's teachings: After I had some success, Lee Strasberg tried to take credit for teaching me how to act. The gala was televised in thirteen countries. And he didn't talk to me for years.[85][86]. Wilson was largely tolerant of Brando's behavior, but he reached his limit when Brando mumbled through a dress rehearsal shortly before the November 28, 1946, opening. During the 1970s, Brando was considered "unbankable". He was also mentioned in "Vogue" by Madonna, "Is This What You Wanted" by Leonard Cohen on the album New Skin for the Old Ceremony, "Eyeless" by Slipknot on their self-titled album, and most recently in the song simply titled "Marlon Brando" off the Australian singer Alex Cameron's 2017 album Forced Witness. Graziano did not know who Brando was, but attended the production with tickets provided by the young man. Johnny's haircut inspired a craze for sideburns, followed by James Dean and Elvis Presley, among others. The New York Times reviewer Bosley Crowther wrote that Brando as Ken "is so vividly real, dynamic and sensitive that his illusion is complete" and noted, "Out of stiff and frozen silences he can lash into a passionate rage with the tearful and flailing frenzy of a taut cable suddenly cut. 9. He owned a private kingdom, a Polynesian island named Tetiaroa, but at the end, it turned out that Brando opted Michael's "Neverland Ranch" over the island. Paramount production chief Robert Evans, who had given Puzo an advance to write The Godfather so that Paramount would own the film rights,[66] hired Coppola after many major directors had turned the film down. "[83] Schneider declared in an interview that "Marlon said he felt raped and manipulated by it and he was 48. July 2, 2004. Marlon Brando Death Date: July 1, 2004 Death Place: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States Birth Sign: Aries Marlon Brando Height: 5 feet 9 inches Weight : 66 kg Body Measurements: Not Available Marlon Brando Net Worth: $100m Salary: Under Review Full Name: Marlon Brando Nicknames: Bud, Mr. Mumbles He said, "Now." UK: This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 02:33. When the draft board referred him to a psychiatrist, Brando explained that he had been expelled from military school and had severe problems with authority. [11][12][13] His patrilineal immigrant ancestor, Johann Wilhelm Brandau, arrived in New York City in the early 1700s from the Palatinate in Germany. He agreed to the role only on assurance that he would be paid a large sum for what amounted to a small part, that he would not have to read the script beforehand, and that his lines would be displayed somewhere off-camera. Ankeny, Jason. [33] Cornell also cast him as the Messenger in her production of Jean Anouilh's Antigone that same year. [134], Brando had a long-term relationship with his housekeeper Maria Cristina Ruiz, with whom he had three children: Ninna Priscilla Brando (born May 13, 1989), Myles Jonathan Brando (born January 16, 1992), and Timothy Gahan Brando (born January 6, 1994). He sabotaged my film", "Michael Jackson's friend and Marlon Brando's son on the Michael Jackson he knew. During his affair with . Early in his career, Brando began using cue cards instead of memorizing his lines. . Brando's remarkable insight and sense of realism were evident early on. "[17] Brando was raised a Christian Scientist. [83] Like Schneider, Brando confirmed that the sex was simulated. ", "Jewish groups riled over Brando's attacks. Try to think of the most intimate moment you've ever had in your life. I thought I was a huge failure. Unlike its immediate predecessors, Brando's last completed film, The Score (2001), was received generally positively. He earned respect among critics for his memorable performances and charismatic screen presence. "Kazan made no protest because, he subsequently confessed, 'I always preferred Brando to anybody.'"[52]. They broke their engagement when Brando discovered that his other girlfriend, Anna Kashfi, was pregnant and went on to marry her instead. "[90], In 1976, Brando appeared in The Missouri Breaks with his friend Jack Nicholson. Appearing in Edward Murrow's Person to Person interview in early 1955, he admitted to having problems with his singing voice, which he called "pretty terrible." Each of his parents let loose their demons on the young Brando. According to Stefan Kanfer's biography of the actor, Brando's manager Jay Kanter negotiated a profitable contract with ten percent of the gross going to Brando, which put him in the millionaire category. In the Vanity Fair article "The Godfather Wars", Mark Seal writes, "With the actors, as in the movie, Brando served as the head of the family. [166] In 1964, he favored a boycott of his films in South Africa to prevent them from being shown to a segregated audience. In 1978, Brando narrated the English version of Raoni, a French-Belgian documentary film directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Luiz Carlos Saldanha that focused on the life of Raoni Metuktire and issues surrounding the survival of the Indigenous tribes in north central Brazil. When Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather arrived in theaters in March of 1973, the award-winning film depicted for the world a new vision of the American gangster: He laughs, he cries, he loves . Marlon Brando, in full Marlon Brando, Jr., (born April 3, 1924, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.died July 1, 2004, Los Angeles, California), American motion picture and stage actor known for his visceral, brooding characterizations. He was classified IV-F (physically unfit for military service) and not inducted. Who is this old guinea?" As with previous films, Brando refused to memorize his lines for many scenes; instead, he wrote his lines on cue cards and posted them around the set for easy reference, leaving Bertolucci with the problem of keeping them out of the picture frame. Brando's penchant for multiple retakes and character exploration as an actor carried over into his directing, however, and the film soon went over budget; Paramount expected the film to take three months to complete but shooting stretched to six and the cost doubled to more than six million dollars. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brando was paid a record $3.7million ($17 million in inflation-adjusted dollars) and 11.75% of the gross profits for 13 days' work on Superman. Brando also participated in the singer's two-day solo career 30th-anniversary celebration concerts in 2001 and starred in his 13-minute-long music video "You Rock My World", in the same year. He spent a month in bed at the Birmingham Army Hospital in Van Nuys to prepare for the role. Nevertheless, he remains a riveting screen presence with a vast emotional range and an endless array of compulsively watchable idiosyncrasies."[177]. skye4376 6 mo. In the United States the English language has developed almost into a patois. [20] Brando harbored far more enmity for his father, stating, "I was his namesake, but nothing I did ever pleased or even interested him. [49], Later that same year, Brando co-starred with fellow Studio member William Redfield in a summer stock production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man. [103], In 2004, Brando recorded voice tracks for the character Mrs. The horror! Marlon Brando's death. Date of Death: July 1, 2004: Place of Death: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States . "institut nationale de l'audiovisuel archivepourtous " (in French). He was very, very adamant about how he didn't want to portray himself that way." ", "Quigley's Annual List of Box-Office Champions, 19321970. They were very unhappy with it. Who: Two-time Oscar-winning actor Marlon Brando, who passed away at the age of 80 in 2004, and EGOT-winning actress Rita Moreno, 89. He "tried everything in the world to ruin it for her," Bankhead's stage manager claimed. He put on a lot of weight in the 1970s, and by the early, to mid-1990s he was over 300 pounds (140 kg) and had Type 2 diabetes. I am seriously contemplating Irish citizenship. Cut! Evans was conscious of the fact that Paramount's last Mafia film, The Brotherhood (1968) had been a box office bomb, and he believed it was partly due to the fact that the director, Martin Ritt, and the star, Kirk Douglas, were Jewish, and the film lacked an authentic Italian flavor. To show him naked would have been like showing me naked. Shortly before his death, he had apparently refused permission for tubes carrying oxygen to be inserted into his lungs, which, he was told, was the only way to prolong his life. Brando supported Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 United States presidential election. He was named one of the top-earning deceased celebrities . "[91] Critics were unkind, with The Observer calling Brando's performance "one of the most extravagant displays of grandedamerie since Sarah Bernhardt",[92] while The Sun complained, "Marlon Brando at fifty-two has the sloppy belly of a sixty-two-year-old, the white hair of a seventy-two-year-old, and the lack of discipline of a precocious twelve-year-old. In some ways I think of my middle age as the Fuck You Years." Almost as famed as his. "You're right, I'm overweight. That boiled down to Laurence Olivier or Marlon Brando, who are the greatest actors in the world." [196], On his death in 2004, Brando left an estate valued at $21.6million. Bertolucci and Brando have altered the face of an art form. While most acknowledged Brando's talent, some critics felt Brando's "mumbling" and other idiosyncrasies betrayed a lack of acting fundamentals and, when his casting was announced, many remained dubious about his prospects for success. Outside of his film work, Brando appeared before the California Assembly in support of a fair housing law and personally joined picket lines in demonstrations protesting discrimination in housing developments in 1963. Marlon Brando is a cultural icon with enduring popularity. [73], In a 1994 interview that can be found on the Academy of Achievement website, Coppola insisted, "The Godfather was a very unappreciated movie when we were making it. The reclusive actor was massively obese and, reportedly, depressed. He was listed in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) records as Martin Brandeaux to preserve his privacy.[154][155]. "[137] Two of Cox's wives, however, dismissed the suggestion that the love was more than platonic. He put little effort into the role, claiming he didn't like the script, and later dismissed the entire movie as "superficial and dismal". Brando's private life was kept a secret and was even considered mysterious, until his death from lung failure in July 2004. I said, "When?" [121][122] In 1954 Dorothy Kilgallen reported they were an item. "[19] Dodie and Brando's father eventually joined Alcoholics Anonymous. The 1960s saw Brando's career take a commercial and critical downturn. Brando won the Oscar for his role as Irish-American stevedore Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront. In the 2007 TCM biopic Brando: The Documentary, childhood friend George Englund recalls Brando's earliest acting as imitating the cows and horses on the family farm as a way to distract his mother from drinking. [151] An environmental laboratory protecting sea birds and turtles was established, and for many years student groups visited. [25], He was sent to Shattuck Military Academy in Minnesota, where his father had studied before him. Brando's notoriety, his troubled family life, and his obesity attracted more attention than his late acting career. A hotel using Brando's name, The Brando Resort[152] opened in 2014. His true and passionate . When at the end of the movie, when he saw it, I discovered that he realized what we were doing, that he was delivering so much of his own experience. Marlon Brando stood at around 5 feet 9 inches tall, or around 175 cm's in height. In the 1940s, he moved to New York City and fell under the influence of Stella Adler and the Stanislavski system of acting. Weight & Body Measurement. 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