6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall was Karl Malden?
Karl Malden is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Karl Malden’s 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) is tall for a US man: about 90 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Karl Malden beside others
Karl Malden is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 8 in (51 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 5 in (103.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 1 in: Jim Parsons, Leo Woodall and James Gandolfini.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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