Broke Brando owes £11m

Marlon Brando has been reduced to hiding his Oscars to prevent their seizure by creditors, it was disclosed today.

The 80-year-old star owes banks about £11 million but has been unable to work in recent years due to poor health and obesity.

His debts have been racked up through helping defend his son Christian from manslaughter charges and palimony payments to his former maid Christina Ruiz.

Excerpts from a book which will be published later this year have emerged today.

They reveal his house is a place of shabby, worn furniture dating back to the Seventies and he hides his Oscars for fear of debt collectors.

Brando became the world's highest paid movie star when in 1978 he made $3 million for three minutes on screen as Superman's father.

He won his Oscars for his portrayal of Vito Corleone in the Godfather and for his role in the 1954 classic On The Waterfront.