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They coulda been a contender. They coulda been somebody more original, instead of being imitations of Marlon Brando, which is who they are not.

A Mumbling Brando will tend to speak in a hesitant drawl, with a few non-verbal grunts thrown in.

Examples of Mumbling Brando include:

Done with that very intention in Muppet Treasure Island. During the song "Professional Pirate", many of the pirates list jobs they coulda had. One guy says "he coulda been a contender" in a very familiar sounding voice.
Jokingly justified in Robin Hood Men in Tights, where the Brando-analogue Don Giovanni has cotton balls in his mouth (which, incidentally, was the reason Brando had his distinctive mumble in The Godfather).
The movie Ricky1, reviewed by The Angry Video Game Nerd, has a direct spoof of Don Corleone from The Godfather who ONLY talked in grunts.
Andy Garcia's character in City Island does a particularly silly Brando impression.
Sleeper - Woody Allen is undergoing a deprogramming - something goes wrong and he assumes the persona of Blanche du Bois from A Streetcar Named Desire. To give them time to sedate him, Diane Keaton plays Stanley Kowalski, seen here.
Johnny Depp did this in Once Upon a Time In Mexico.

The Twilight Zone: In the episode "The Bard", actor "Rocky Rhodes" is a Brando-esque guy played by Burt Reynolds(!).

Stan Freberg (Creator)'s recording of "Sh-Boom," which ends with a Stella Scream.

Blake Barton in Bells Are Ringing. Ella finds him in a whole Malt Shop filled with Mumbling Brandos lounging around in motorcycle jackets and jeans. She herself enters this place with a leather jacket, flat shoes, and a bunch of marbles which she keeps in her mouth just long enough to introduce herself with a "Hey, ~~Stella~~ Fellaaaa!" Her message for Blake is to stop mumbling and buy a suit if he wants to get the part.

The Godpigeon from the Goodfeathers segments on Animaniacs; he actually requires a translator (Or, in the shorts when a translator isn't around when he's talking, subtitles).
Any scene with Space Dad in Megamind, which spoofs Brando's role of Jor-El in Superman as well as the mumble.

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