Marlon Brando was alive in the 1960's.
Marlon Brando , Jr. ( April 3 , 1924 -- July 1 , 2004 ) was an American actor , film director and political activist . Brando was included in a list of Top Ten Money Making Stars three times in the 1950s , coming in at number 10 in 1954 , number 6 in 1955 , and number 4 in 1958 . Brando was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fourth-greatest movie star among male movie stars whose screen debuts occurred in or before 1950 . On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg . One-Eyed Jacks is a 1961 Western film directed by Marlon Brando ; it was the first and only film directed by him .