He was classified IV-F (physically unfit for military service) and not inducted. Despite a string of unimpressive performances on stage, he was adept at reading his characters, and consistently anticipated where scenes flowed. [133] Throughout the late 1960s and into the early 1980s, he had a tempestuous, long-term relationship with actress Jill Banner. At the time of his death, Brando's liquid assets were worth $23 million. [111] The cause of death was initially withheld, with his lawyer citing privacy concerns. He speaks in an Irish accent for no apparent reason. His achievements included two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe awards as well as being nominated for eight other Academy Awards throughout his career. 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. In 1953, Brando also starred in The Wild One, riding his own Triumph Thunderbird 6T motorcycle. [197] According to Forbes, his estate still earned about $9million in 2005, and that year the magazine named him as one of the top-earning deceased celebrities in the world. ", Brando's participation in the civil rights movement actually began well before King's death. [196], On his death in 2004, Brando left an estate valued at $21.6million. Eventually, Charles Bluhdorn, the president of Paramount parent Gulf+Western, was won over to letting Brando have the role; when he saw the screen test, he asked in amazement, "What are we watching? Because they've exploitedwe have seen thewe have seen the nigger and greaseball, we've seen the chink, we've seen the slit-eyed dangerous Jap, we have seen the wily Filipino, we've seen everything, but we never saw the kike. 3 The Professional Career of Ben Johnson. Submit a correction suggestion and help us fix it! Schickel, Richard. Paramount Pictures President Stanley Jaffe told an exasperated Coppola, "As long as I'm president of this studio, Marlon Brando will not be in this picture, and I will no longer allow you to discuss it. Brando was briefly engaged to the 19 year-old French actress Josanne Mariani whom he met in 1954. July 25, 2021 TheRichestCelebs. I play the role; now he exists. He spoke in favor of children's rights and development aid in developing countries. Roger Ebert, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, defended the movie's controversial denouement, opining that the ending, "with Brando's fuzzy, brooding monologues and the final violence, feels much more satisfactory than any conventional ending possibly could. Coincidentally, the psychiatrist knew a doctor friend of Brando. He died on July 1, 2004, at the age of 80 in Los Angeles, California due to respiratory failure and congestive heart failure. [174][175][176], Encyclopdia Britannica describes him as "the most celebrated of the method actors, and his slurred, mumbling delivery marked his rejection of classical dramatic training. 'I used to meet with Dustin Hoffman in Cromwell's Drugstore, and if we mentioned his name once, we mentioned it 25 times in a day.' Rat Press, 2009. The gala was televised in thirteen countries. 6 Relationship, Married, Affair. He spent a month in bed at the Birmingham Army Hospital in Van Nuys to prepare for the role. 2 Family, Parents, Siblings, Education. Though Marlon and Tarita divorced in 1972, Marlon adopted Teriipaia's daughter, Maimiti, who was born in 1977, as well as her niece, Raiatua, who was born in 1982. Family and friends report the Hollywood great was strapped for cash. In August 1963, he participated in the March on Washington along with fellow celebrities Harry Belafonte, James Garner, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster and Sidney Poitier. Brando was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. The film was based on another play by Tennessee Williams but was hardly the success A Streetcar Named Desire had been, with the Los Angeles Times labeling Williams's personae "psychologically sick or just plain ugly" and The New Yorker calling it a "cornpone melodrama". and to a scholarship fund established for the children of slain Mississippi N.A.A.C.P. [148][149] Galella wore a football helmet the next time he photographed Brando at a gala benefiting the American Indians Development Association in 1974. In 1979 Brando earned $3.5 million for his work in "Apocalypse Now. 8 Rumors and Controversies. In the written speech Brando added that he hoped his declining the Oscar would be seen as "an earnest effort to focus attention on an issue that might very well determine whether or not this country has the right to say from this point forward we believe in the inalienable rights of all people to remain free and independent on lands that have supported their life beyond living memory. Growing up, Brando showed an early passion for acting. 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. However, in her book, Brando for Breakfast, Kashfi claimed that she was half Indian and that O'Callaghan was her stepfather. [201] He was also named one of the top 10 "Icons of the Century" by Variety magazine. He was very, very adamant about how he didn't want to portray himself that way." He declined the Academy Award due to "the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee", sending Sacheen Littlefeather to the televised ceremony to refuse the award and make a statement on his behalf. Evans has claimed that Brando eventually lost out on $11 million from selling his points for $100k. Marlon Brando, one of Hollywood's most iconic actors, had a net worth of approximately $100 million at the time of his death in July 2004. Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed. He originated the role of Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway and earned an Oscar nomination when he reprised the role in the 1951 film. [135][136], Brando's close friendship with Wally Cox was the subject of rumors. Brando brought his performance as Stanley Kowalski to the screen in Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Brando wed actress Tarita Teriipaia on August 10, 1962, and son Simon was born in 1963, followed by daughter Tarita (better known as Cheyenne) in 1970; sadly, Cheyenne struggled with depression and drug abuse after the murder of her boyfriend, and she died by suicide in 1995. '", Brando's performance was glowingly reviewed by critics. 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. Following On the Waterfront, Brando remained a top box office draw, but critics increasingly felt his performances were half-hearted, lacking the intensity and commitment found in his earlier work, especially in his work with Kazan. In a Brando biography, Jay Kanter indeed confirmed that the actor earned multiple millions of dollars for his work on the movie. [138], Brando's grandson Tuki Brando (born 1990), son of Cheyenne Brando, is a fashion model. '"[citation needed], Critics were not as kind, however. [175][202], Box office successes and directorial debut: 19541959, Mosel, "Leading Lady: The World and Theatre of Katharine Cornell. 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. His co-star Christopher Reeve earned just $250,000 for his work in the film's title role! Marlons mother Dorothy was a talented amateur actress with dreams of acting professionally, and Marlons parents often indulged his talent for imitating people. He was our angry young manthe delinquent, the tough, the rebelwho stood at the center of our common experience. He was a development from the gangster leader and the outlaw. 0. . 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. It was the first time in his life that he heard good things about himself." "I asked for my usual percentage," he recollected in his memoir, "but they refused, and so did I." And he was very upset with me, and I told him, "Listen, you are a grown-up. "[citation needed]. Brando acknowledged his professional decline, writing later, "Some of the films I made during the sixties were successful; some weren't. He was also nominated the next year for Viva Zapata! Marlon Brando was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital with a rare respiratory disease in 2004 and died at the age of 80. [106], In 2004, Brando signed with Tunisian film director Ridha Behi and began preproduction on a project to be titled Brando and Brando. He also dabbled with some innovation in his last years. Earnings 2005 $9 Million. 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. [198], In December 2019, the Rolex GMT Master Ref. In the A&E Biography episode on Brando, biographer Peter Manso comments, "On the one hand, being a celebrity allowed Marlon to take his revenge on the world that had so deeply hurt him, so deeply scarred him. It was like a furnace door openingthe heat came off the screen. Marlon Brando Death and Estate Brando died of respiratory failure on July 1, 2004, at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Critics also began taking note of his fluctuating weight. Christian was further traumatised when, apparently without warning, his father's ashes were sent to his. (1952), "Julius Caesar" (1953), and "Guys and Dolls" (1955) and won an Oscar for 1954's "On the Waterfront.". Brando appointed his father to run Pennebaker. 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. They didn't like the way I was shooting it. Stella (Adler) didand later Kazan. I sometimes went to the Actors Studio on Saturday mornings because Elia Kazan was teaching, and there were usually a lot of good-looking girls, but Strasberg never taught me acting. ", "Marlon Brando's Rolex GMT Watch Sells for $1.95 Million at Auction", "People of the Century: One Century, 100 Remarkable People", "100 Icons of the Century: Marlon Brando", St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marlon_Brando&oldid=1141644460, Grobel, Lawrence. Brando made his Broadway debut in 1944 in the drama "I Remember Mama," then appeared in Broadway productions of "A Flag is Born" (1946) and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947). They broke their engagement when Brando discovered that his other girlfriend, Anna Kashfi, was pregnant and went on to marry her instead. Paramount then made Brando the director. In 1964 Brando was arrested at a "fish-in" held to protest a broken treaty that had promised Native Americans fishing rights in Puget Sound. [9], Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 3, 1924, to Marlon Brando Sr. (18951965), a pesticide and chemical feed manufacturer, and Dorothy Julia Pennebaker (18971954). Based on the 1958 novel of the same title that Pennebaker had optioned, the film, which featured Brando's sister Jocelyn, was rated fairly positively but died at the box office. That's the same as around $130 million in today's dollars. [114] They were then scattered partly in Tahiti and partly in Death Valley. The film is based on the novel by Irwin Shaw, and Brando's portrayal of the character Christian Diestl was controversial for its time. On the other hand he hated it because he knew it was false and ephemeral." ", "Marlon Brando: The King Who Would Be Man", "Movies: 5 most unexpected moments in Oscar's history", "Marlon Brando, 19242004: Illinois youth full of anger, family strife. He said, "The curtain went up and on the stage is that son of a bitch from the gym, and he's playing me. He also confessed that, while having great admiration for the theater, he did not return to it after his initial success primarily because the work left him drained emotionally: What I remember most about A Streetcar Named Desire was the emotional grind of acting in it six nights and two afternoons. Despite the objections of several of the film directors he worked with, Brando felt that this helped bring realism and spontaneity to his performances. [5] He received further praise, and a first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, for his performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront. Brando had also appeared in the spy thriller Morituri in 1965; that, too, failed to attract an audience. Occupation actor, film director Source of Wealth television, movies Country of wealth USA Date of birth April 3, 1924 Date of death July 1, 2004 (80 years) Zodiac sign Aries Birth place Omaha, Nebraska, United States $100 million 0 kg. "[42] Most critics focused on the actor rather than the film, with Time and Newsweek publishing rave reviews.[43]. Much later, it turned up at a London auction house, which contacted the actor and informed him of its whereabouts.[58]. "[104] "Michael was instrumental helping my father through the last few years of his life. Brando also dated actress Ariane "Pat" Quinn. When I got off the plane I had this rush of emotion. There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' 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. Dad had a hard time breathing in his final days and he was on oxygen much of the time. He was born on April 3, 1924, to Marlon Brando Sr. and Dorothy Pennebaker in Omaha, Nebraska. [citation needed], Brando played Sakini, a Japanese interpreter for the U.S. Army in postwar Japan, in The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956). Marlon Brando passed away from respiratory failure on July 1, 2004, at UCLA Medical Center. [31][32] In that same year, Brando played the role of Marchbanks alongside Katharine Cornell in her production's revival of Candida, one of her signature roles. The film features several intense, graphic scenes involving Brando, including Paul anally raping Jeanne using butter as a lubricant, which it was alleged was not consensual. [39][40] In the TV documentary The Making of Superman: The Movie, Brando explained: If you don't know what the words are but you have a general idea of what they are, then you look at the cue card and it gives you the feeling to the viewer, hopefully, that the person is really searching for what he is going to saythat he doesn't know what to say. The Wounded Knee Occupation of 1973 was occurring at the time of the ceremony. 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. 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. "[citation needed], By Brando's own account, it may have been because of this film that his draft status was changed from 4-F to 1-A. All net worths are calculated using data drawn from public sources. He earned $75,000 a year later for his star-making role in "A Streetcar Named Desire." He was confined to his room, but sneaked into town and was caught. So I remember driving on Mulholland Drive to his home and thinking I think I won't make it, I think I will crash before [I get there]. The faculty voted to expel him, though he was supported by the students, who thought expulsion was too harsh. Brando closed out the decade by appearing in The Fugitive Kind (1960) opposite Anna Magnani. He was also accepted into the Actors Studio, which had a major influence on his career. It earned him his first Academy Award nomination in the Best Actor category. In 1946, he appeared on Broadway as the young hero in the political drama A Flag is Born, refusing to accept wages above the Actors' Equity rate. 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. Distracted by his personal life and becoming disillusioned with his career, Brando began to view acting as a means to a financial end. . Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Nationality. At the time of his death, Marlon Brando's liquid assets were worth $23 million. 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]. "[21] When he was four, Brando was sexually abused by his teenage governess. Johnny's haircut inspired a craze for sideburns, followed by James Dean and Elvis Presley, among others. Brando refused to speak to Bertolucci for 15 years after the production was completed. Wally Cox and Marlon Brando were in a relationship for 18 years before Wally Cox died aged 48. Brando was paid $1million a week for 3 weeks work. Marlon was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in Tahiti and Death Valley, along with the ashes of his friend Wally Cox, whose ashes Brando had secretly kept after Cox's widow asked him to scatter them in 1973. Pacino also explained in the Larry King interview that, while Coppola expressed disappointment in Pacino's early scenes, he did not specifically threaten to fire him; Coppola himself was feeling pressure from studio executives who were puzzled by Pacino's performance. Madonna was paying the bill for troubled big brother Anthony Ciccone's rehab treatment in Michigan - where he REMOVED feeding and breathing tubes two days before his death at age 66 READ ALSO: Ria Hebden net worth: Bio, age, height, husband, kids, Dancing On Ice, Instagram. [23] Between 1939 and 1941, he worked as an usher at the town's only movie theater, The Liberty. During our scenes together, I sensed a bitterness toward me, and if I suggested a drink after work, he either turned me down or else was sullen and said little. Marlon Brando was born Marlon Brando Jr. on April 3, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska. James Cusick looks back at its victorious 35-year political struggle UK News. Marlon is recognized as a remarkable actor of the 20 th Century. At the time of his death, Brando's liquid assets were worth $23 million. And there were snipers and there was a lot of unrest and he kept walking and talking through those neighborhoods with Mayor Lindsay. Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 - July 1, 2004) was an American actor. [153][failed verification] Brando was an active ham radio operator, with the call signs KE6PZH and FO5GJ (the latter from his island). He retired from acting in 1980 but returned with an Oscar-nominated performance in 1989's "A Dry White Season" and went on to star in "The Freshman" (1990), "Don Juan DeMarco" (1995), and "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1996). Nevertheless, he remains a riveting screen presence with a vast emotional range and an endless array of compulsively watchable idiosyncrasies."[177]. 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." He was an ambitious, selfish man who exploited the people who attended the Actors Studio and tried to project himself as an acting oracle and guru. Candy was especially appalling for many; a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand and based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern, the film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin. The movie also reunited the actor with director Arthur Penn. [172] Similarly, Louie Kemp, in his article for Jewish Journal, wrote: "You might remember him as Don Vito Corleone, Stanley Kowalski or the eerie Col. Walter E. Kurtz in 'Apocalypse Now', but I remember Marlon Brando as a mensch and a personal friend of the Jewish people when they needed it most."[31]. "[195] His favorite actors were Spencer Tracy, John Barrymore, Fredric March, James Cagney and Paul Muni. The March 1964 fish-in protest near Tacoma, Washington where he was arrested while protesting for fishing treaty rights won him respect from members of the Puyallup tribe, who reportedly dubbed the spot where he was arrested "Brando's Landing. This technique encouraged the actor to explore both internal and external aspects to fully realize the character being portrayed. Ben Johnson (Actor) was an Academy Award-winning actor and . Though their relationship cooled, they remained friends for the rest of Sato's life, with her dividing her time between Los Angeles and Tetiaroa in her later years. [101], Brando's notoriety, his troubled family life and his obesity attracted more attention than his late acting career. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, [4] he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one Cannes Film Festival Award and three British Academy Film Awards. Brando, M., Grobel, L., Popczyski, M., & Holland, S. (2016). Marlon Brando Net Worth: Marlon Brando was an American actor, director, and activist who had a net worth of $100 million dollars at the time of his death. Marlon first rose to fame as Stanley Kowalski in the classic 1951 film "A Streetcar Named Desire," and went on to win two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in "On the Waterfront . At the time of Jack's purchase Marlon's former mansion was in a dilapidated condition. Marlon left an estate worth $23 million when he died, not including non-liquid assets and assets in trust, like his private island. To show him naked would have been like showing me naked. Years later, in his autobiography, Brando remarked: "Tony Quinn, whom I admired professionally and liked personally, played my brother, but he was extremely cold to me while we shot that picture. How many biological kids did Marlon Brando have? [7][78] Brando had written a longer speech for her to read but, as she explained, this was not permitted due to time constraints. Despite Brando's success in . ", "Jazz Community: Brown, Brando and Mandela. $312,800. "[137] Two of Cox's wives, however, dismissed the suggestion that the love was more than platonic. I have never felt at home in a place as I do here. [81] The actress confirmed that no actual sex occurred, but she complained that she was not told what the scene would include until shortly prior to filming.[82]. Brandon went above and beyond by owning a private island, even though many celebrities are renowned . It was revealed in a documentary contained in the 2001 DVD release of Superman that he was paid $3.7million for two weeks of work. Previously only signing short-term deals with film studios, in 1961 Brando uncharacteristically signed a five-picture deal with Universal Studios that would haunt him for the rest of the decade. That's the same as around $130 million in today's dollars. Even so, he had to fight the studio in order to cast the temperamental actor. [185][186][187][188], Brando has also been immortalized in music; most notably, he was mentioned in the lyrics of "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" by Bruce Springsteen, in which one of the opening lines read "I could walk like Brando right in to the sun", and in Neil Young's "Pocahontas" as a tribute to his lifetime support of Native Americans and in which he is depicted sitting by a fire with Neil and Pocahontas. "[79], The actor followed The Godfather with Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film Last Tango in Paris, playing opposite Maria Schneider, but Brando's highly noted performance threatened to be overshadowed by an uproar over the sexual content of the film. The movie was controversial due to openly discussing interracial marriage, but proved a great success, earning 10 Academy Award nominations, with Brando being nominated for Best Actor. The film drew attention for its lengthy and troubled production, as Eleanor Coppola's documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse documents: Brando showed up on the set overweight, Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack, and severe weather destroyed several expensive sets. 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. There was really no beginning. In his original review, Roger Ebert wrote, "There have been a lot of movies where stars have repeated the triumphs of their partsbut has any star ever done it more triumphantly than Marlon Brando does in The Freshman? Marlon Brando Net Worth At The Time Of His Death. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and co-starring British stage actor John Gielgud, Brando delivered an impressive performance, especially during Antony's noted "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech. . So Michael got Dad a golf cart with a portable oxygen tank so he could go around and enjoy Neverland. She appeared on Broadway, then films and television. Sale of Asset Jun. Brando told Joseph L. Mankiewicz that he was attracted to "her enigmatic eyes, black as hell, pointing at you like fiery arrows". Malden wanted to come over, but Brando put him off, telling him there was no point. [38] The screen test is included as an extra in the 2006 DVD release of A Streetcar Named Desire. 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. "Also, because he had so much power and unquestioned authority, I thought it would be an interesting contrast to play him as a gentle man, unlike Al Capone, who beat up people with baseball bats." The film's release was also postponed several times while Coppola edited millions of feet of footage. He was the father to at least 11 children, three of whom were adopted. That's the same as around $130 million in today's dollars. His mother took the three children to Santa Ana, California, where they lived with her mother. In his autobiography, Songs My Mother Taught Me, Brando expressed sadness when writing about his mother: "The anguish that her drinking produced was that she preferred getting drunk to caring for us. He reportedly made a lot of money from his career as a professional actor and television personality. Bertolucci said: I was thinking that it was like a dialogue where he was really answering my questions in a way. Afnan - November 17, 2020. Evans wanted an Italian-American director who could provide the film with cultural authenticity. Bertolucci also shot a scene which showed Brando's genitals, but in 1973 explained, "I had so identified myself with Brando that I cut it out of shame for myself. Marlon Brando is an American actor hailing from Omaha, Nebraska. He was an activist who stood for the civil rights movement. The actor was accused of deliberately sabotaging nearly every aspect of the production. 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. Brando was signed for a low fee of $50,000, but in his contract, he was given a percentage of the gross on a sliding scale: 1% of the gross for each $10million over a $10million threshold, up to 5% if the picture exceeded $60million. Brando and Kashfi had a son, Christian Brando, on May 11, 1958; they divorced in 1959.[128]. Brando also had three children with Maria Cristina Ruiz, his housekeeper: Ninna (born in May 1989), Myles (born in January 1992), and Timothy (born in January 1994). Hollywood actor Marlon Brando, who died last week, has left behind an estate worth $21.6m according to his will, quashing reports that he died virtually penniless. He portrayed Napoleon in the 1954 film Dsire. ", (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images). ", "How al Pacino Almost Lost His Role in the Godfather", "Sacheen Littlefeather and the Question of Native Identity", "American Indians mourn Brando's death-Marlon Brando (19242004). Tarita Cheyenne Brando tragically died at the age of 25 from respiratory failure. During the 1970s, Brando was considered "unbankable". Caan adds, 'The first day we met Brando everybody was in awe. Brando was one of the most respected actors of the post-war era. [102] His assistant, Alice Marchak, resigned from her role due to his eccentric and unpredictable behavior. [89], In 1973, Brando was devastated by the death of his childhood best friend Wally Cox. Marlon Brando Net Worth: Marlon Brando was an American actor, director, and activist who had a net worth of $100 million dollars at the time of his death. Brando also detailed his clashes with Pontecorvo on the set and how "we nearly killed each other." By then, I was bored with the whole project and walked away from it". Mutiny on the Bounty nearly capsized MGM and, while the project had indeed been hampered with delays other than Brando's behavior, the accusations would dog the actor for years as studios began to fear Brando's difficult reputation. ", "Capital Is Occupied by a Gentle Army." Other say $2 million. Marlon Brando Sr. was of Dutch, English, German and French-Canadian descent, while Marlons mother was of English, Scottish and Irish descent.