- His last significant trip from his Hollywood Hills home was to visit close pal Michael Jackson.
- Started his screen career as a muscular leading man, and ended it as an elderly woman. (July 15, 2004)
- Despite widespread reports that he was virtually destitute at the time of his death, he leaves an estate valued at around $21.6m, including his real estate in Tetiaroa, a chain of 11 small islands in Tahiti, and of various paintings, sketches and scripts.
- Was cremated in a private funeral attended only by family and cloaked in the kind of secrecy that shrouded the last years of his life. (July 8, 2004)
- Had lived for years as a recluse in his hilltop home in Los Angeles and, despite his huge professional success, was reportedly in serious debt when he died.
- According to a new book, Brando In Twilight, by Patricia Ruiz, Brando owes nearly $20 million and has hidden his two Academy Awards from debt-collectors. (July 1, 2004)
- Has reportedly told family and friends he is ready to die, and has written the script for his own funeral - He was told in February he is suffering with congestive heart failure. (October 27, 2003)
- Has been revealed as the unexpected grandfather of wild rocker Courtney Love in a new book -- Love's mother, psychologist Linda Carroll, claims she has taken DNA tests to confirm Love is Brando's daughter. (August 13, 2003)
- Brando claims he has no money - His ex-lover and one-time maid Maria Christina Ruiz is suing the star for $100 million for breach of contract but Brando claims he can't pay. (April 1, 2003)
- The world premiere of a documentary about Brando has been canceled - because the movie legend is threatening to sue the director. (October 23, 2002)
- Brando will coach Michael Jackson to play Poe in THE NIGHMARE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. (August 2002)
- Turned down the Oscar for THE GODFATHER in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans.
- It has been observed that Brando has perhaps loved food and womanizing too much.
- He has at least 11 children.
- Brando worked as a department store elevator operator for four days before he was famous.
- Two years before Brando declined his Oscar for Best Actor in the 1972 movie, THE GODFATHER, he'd applied to the Academy to replace the one he'd won for ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), which had been stolen.
- He has owned a private island off the Pacific coast, the Polynesian atoll known as Tetiaroa, since 1966.
- In 1995, as a guest on Larry King Live, kissed Larry King on the mouth.
- His son Miko Brando was once a bodyguard for Michael Jackson. Jackson and Brando have remained good friends since.
- Born to alcoholic parents, Brando was left alone much of the time as a child.
- His daughter, Cheyenne, committed suicide in 1995.
- He refused to take a religious oath at his son's murder trial, citing reasons that he is an atheist.
- A woman filed a $100 million palimony lawsuit against Marlon Brando, claiming the actor fathered her three children during a 14-year romantic relationship.
- Oscar nominee Jon Voight almost walked out on pal Marlon Brando's latest project - when he was confronted by Osama Bin Laden.
- Was given a standing ovation by restaurant goers after threatening to throw out a cigarette-smoking diner.
- Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren co-starred in A COUNTESS FROM HONGKONG, a 1967 comedy.
- Wore a small radio receiver to aid him remembering his lines in THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1996). Co-star David Thewlis claimed He'd be in the middle of a scene and suddenly he'd be picking up police messages and Marlon would repeat, `There's a robbery at Woolworths'.
- Offered the role of Frankie Machine in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955), but Frank Sinatra jumped at the opportunity and was signed before Brando could accept.
- In APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) some of the photographs in the dossier on Col. Kurtz are taken from Reflections in a GOLDEN EYE (1967) in which Marlon Brando played an Army Officer.
- Made his first TV appearance in I'm No Hero on 1/9/1949. His next TV appearance would be in 1979.
- He was paid $1 million in advance for his work in APOCALYPSE NOW (1979). He threatened to quit and keep the advance. Coppola told his agent that he didn't care, and if they couldn't get Brando, they would try Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford, and then Al Pacino. Brando eventually turned up late, drunk, 40kg overweight, and admitted he hadn't read the script or even Heart of Darkness, the book it was based on. He read Coppola's script, and refused to do it. After days of arguments over single lines of dialogue, an ad-lib style script was agreed upon, and this was shot according to Brando's stipulations that he appears in shadows.
- Harry Belafonte's performance in UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT (1974) is a send-up of his in THE GODFATHER (1972).
- Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) was paid $100,000. Kazan received $100,000 plus 25 per cent of the box office.
- Robert De Niro was reportedly the victim of his several practical jokes during filming THE SCORE (2001), including a remote controlled electronic whoopee cushion.
- He received $4 million for his ten minutes on screen in SUPERMAN (1978). He did not want to do this movie, and at one point suggested that Richard Donner film a 'green bagel' for which Brando would supply a voice-over. He said this was logical since Nobody knows what Kryptonians look like anyways.
- His Oscar for Best Actor in ON THE WATERFRONT was either lost or stolen. The award did show up later when Brando was contacted by a London auction house, intending to sell the item.
- In THE WILD ONE (1954) he and most of the Black Rebels ride Triumphs and other British motorcycles, while Lee Marvin and his boys ride Harley-Davidsons. The Triumph motorcycle that he rides was his personal bike.
- Paid $1 million to play Father McFeely in the THE EXORCIST (1973) spoof at the beginning of the SCARY MOVIE 2 (2001). He took the money and accepted the role, but got pneumonia a few days before shooting his scenes. He dropped out of the project, but was still allowed to keep the money, and was replaced by James Woods.
- The scene in ON THE WATERFRONT where Eva Marie Saint drops her glove and he picks it up and puts it on his hand was unplanned. Saint dropped her glove accidentally and Brando improvised the rest.
- THE SCORE the first movie to star both Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando. They are the only actors ever to both win academy awards for playing the same role, that of Vito Corleone in the THE GODFATHER (1972) and THE GODFATHER: PART II (1974).
- Marlon had a lot of contact with Native Americans especilly in the 1960s and 70s and was a great supporter of their causes. He always respected Native American women and girls and was never known to come on to any of them.
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for A DRY WHITE SEASON (1990)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at BAFTA Awards for A DRY WHITE SEASON (1990)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for A DRY WHITE SEASON (1990)
- Nominated for Best Actor at BAFTA Awards for LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1974)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1974)
- Nominated for Best Actor at BAFTA Awards for THE GODFATHER (1973)
- Nominated for Best Actor at BAFTA Awards for THE NIGHTCOMERS (1972)
- Nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for THE UGLY AMERICAN (1964)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for SAYONARA (1958)
- Nominated for Best Foreign Actor at BAFTA Awards for THE YOUNG LIONS (1958)
- Nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for SAYONARA (1958)
- Nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1957)
- Nominated for World Film Favorite - Male at Golden Globe Awards (1955)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for JULIUS CAESAR (1954)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for VIVA ZAPATA! (1953)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1952)
Quotes- "If my father were alive today, I don't know what I would do. After he died, I used to think, `God, just give him to me alive for eight seconds because I want to break his jaw.'"
- "The more sensitive you are, the more likely you are to be brutalised, develop scabs and never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything because you always feel too much."
- "Would people applaud me if I were a good plumber?"
- "I put on an act sometimes, and people think I'm insensitive. Really, it's like a kind of armour because I'm too sensitive. If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me, I've got to get out."
- "I don't want to spread the peanut butter of my personality on the mouldy bread of the commercial press."
Awards- Razzie Awards: Worst Supporting Actor, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1997)
- Tokyo International Film Festival: Best Actor Award, A DRY WHITE SEASON (1989)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special, ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATION (1979)
- National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1974)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1974)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, ON THE WATERFRONT (1974)
- Academy Awards: Best Actor, THE GODFATHER (1973)
- Golden Globe Awards: World Film Favorites (1973)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, THE GODFATHER (1972)
- Golden Globe Awards: World Film Favorites (1972)
- Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, THE APPALOOSA (1967)
- Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple - Least Cooperative Actor (1961)
- San Sebastián International Film Festival: Golden Seashell, ONE-EYED JACKS (1961)
- Laurel Awards: Top Male Dramatic Performance, THE YOUNG LIONS (1958)
- Golden Globe Awards: World Film Favorites (1955)
- British Academy Award: Best Foreign Actor, in ON THE WATERFRONT (1955)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
- Academy Awards: Best Actor, ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
- British Academy Award: Best Foreign Actor, JULIUS CAESAR (1954)
- British Academy Award: Best Foreign Actor, VIVA ZAPATA! (1953)
- Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor, VIVA ZAPATA! (1952)
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