He leans over the handlebars of his motorcycle, zipped up in a black leather jacket, his biker cap tilted over his right eye.

Half a century ago, Francis Ford Coppola was putting together his adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather, but Paramount Pictures really didn’t want Marlon Brando. The 47-year-old may ...

Mann in the 2019 biography “The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando.” He was, Mr. Mann adds, regarded as the lone American actor who could compete with the best the British had to offer.

Explores Marlon Brando's unknown side as a conservation pioneer. Brando resolved to make the endangered atoll of Tetiaroa his home while shooting Mutiny on the Bounty in Tahiti.