Actor Karl Malden, who won Academy Award for playing Mitch in the 1951 film “A Streetcar Named Desire,” died Wednesday. He was 97.

Malden died of natural causes in his sleep at Brentwood home, his family said.

The actor’s acting career spanned from theater to film and television, to some very famous commercial work.” In 1970, two decades after he won Oscars, Malden starred in the 1970s TV series “The Streets of San Francisco, which was his best-known TV role.

Malden starred in classic films including On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks with Marlon Brando.

Malden served as President Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences from 1989-92.

He was born in Gary, Indiana. He married Mona in 1938 and has two daughters– Mila and Carla.