Rod Steiger

Born: 1925-04-14 in Westhampton, New York, USA

Died: 2002-07-09

Known For: Acting

Biography

Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was a European-American actor known for his performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Oklahoma!, Waterloo, The Pawnbroker, On the Waterfront, The Harder They Fall, Doctor Zhivago, and Jesus of Nazareth.

Filmography

1999

End of Days as Father Kovak
The Hurricane as Judge Sarokin
Crazy in Alabama as Judge Louis Mead
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Doc Wallace
Cypress Edge as Woodrow McCammon

1998

Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
The Heaven and Earth Show
Modern Vampires as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
Animals with the Tollkeeper as Fontina
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's as Self
Kingdom of Shadows as Narrator
Legacy as Sadler

1997

HARDtalk
Scene by Scene as Self
Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Tony Vago
Incognito as Milton A. Donovan
Breakout as Narrator
The Kid as Harry Sloan

1996

Mars Attacks! as General Decker
EZ Streets
Shiloh as Doc Wallace
Carpool as Mr. Hammerman
Dalva as John Wesley Northridge II
The Real Thing as Victor
Little Surprises

1995

OP Center as Boroda
Out There as Col. Buck Gunner
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story as Anthony Comstock
In Pursuit of Honor as Col. Owen Stuart
OP Center as Boroda
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as The President
James Dean: A Portrait as Self
James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
Forbidden City: The Great Within as Narrator (voice)
Seven Sundays as Benjamin

1994

The Critic as Rod Steiger (voice)
The Specialist as Joe Leon
The Last Tattoo as General Frank W. Zane

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Tales of the City as Bookshop Owner
The Neighbor as Dr. Myron Hatch
The Final Contract as Frank Argento
From Hollywood to Hanoi as Self

1992

The Player as Rod Steiger
Lincoln as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Sinatra as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)

1991

The Commish
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Rev. Willin
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as Gordon Kahl
Guilty As Charged as Kallin

1990

Men Of Respect as Charlie D'Amico

1989

The Simpsons as Captain Tenille (voice)
The January Man as Mayor Eamon Flynn
Passion and Paradise as Sir Harry Oakes
That Summer of White Roses as Martin
Tennessee Nights as Richter Prescott

1988

Hello Actors Studio as Self
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Silas Slaten

1987

The Kindred as Dr. Phillip Lloyd
American Gothic as Pa
Catch the Heat as Jason Hannibal

1986

Sword of Gideon as Mordechai Samuels

1985

Hollywood Wives as Oliver Easterne
Television

1984

The Naked Face as Lieutenant McGreary
The Glory Boys as Professor David Sokarev
The Magic Mountain as Mynheer Peperkorn

1983

James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as Robert E. Peary

1982

The Magic Mountain as Mynher Peperkorn
I Love Liberty as Self
The Lucky Star as Colonel Gluck
Sergey Bondarchuk as Self (archive)

1981

Lion of the Desert as Benito Mussolini
The Chosen as Reb Saunders
Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Tilghman

1980

Klondike Fever as Soapy Smith
Wolf Lake as Charlie

1979

The Amityville Horror as Father Delaney
Breakthrough as General Webster
Love and Bullets as Joe Bomposa
Portrait of a Hitman as Max Androtti

1978

F.I.S.T. as Sen. Andrew Madison

1977

Jesus of Nazareth as Pontius Pilate

1976

W.C. Fields and Me as W. C. Fields

1975

People's Choice Awards as Self
Hennessy as Niall Hennessy
Innocents with Dirty Hands as Louis Wormser

1974

The Last Four Days as Mussolini

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
The Heroes as Guenther von Lutz
Lolly-Madonna XXX as Laban Feather
Lucky Luciano as Gene Giannini
The Moviemakers as Self

1971

Columbo as Vincenzo Fortelli
Film '72 as Self
Duck, You Sucker as Juan Miranda
Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Harold Ryan

1970

Waterloo as Napoleon Bonaparte
The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place as Narrator

1969

The Illustrated Man as Carl
Tattooed Steiger as Himself
3 Into 2 Won't Go as Steve Howard

1968

The Sergeant as MSgt. Albert Callan
No Way to Treat a Lady as Christopher Gill

1967

Omnibus
In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
The Girl and the General as der General

1966

Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Willy Loman
Doctor Zhivago as Viktor Komarovsky
The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman
The Loved One as Mr. Joyboy
A Man Named John as The Intermediary

1964

Time of Indifference as Leo
MGM 40th Anniversary

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Hands Over the City as Edoardo Nottola

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Longest Day as Destroyer Commander
Convicts 4 as Tiptoes
13 West Street as Detective Sergeant Koleski

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Ben Casey
The Mark as Doctor McNally
On Friday at Eleven as Frank Morgan

1960

Route 66
Sunday-Night Play as Sherriff Harvey Denton
Seven Thieves as Paul Mason

1959

Al Capone as Al Capone

1958

Cry Terror! as Paul Hoplin
A Town Has Turned to Dust as Harvey Denton

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
Suspicion as Frank Marre
Across the Bridge as Carl Schaffner
The Unholy Wife as Paul Hochen
Run of the Arrow as Pvt. O'Meara

1956

Jubal as Pinky
The Harder They Fall as Nick Benko
Back from Eternity as Vasquel

1955

Screen Director's Playhouse as Visitor
Oklahoma! as Jud Fry
The Big Knife as Stanley Shriner Hoff
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Maj. Allan Guillion

1954

On the Waterfront as Charley Malloy

1953

The Oscars as Self
General Electric Theater as Bruno Holder
Marty as Marty Pilletti
The Evil Within as Peter

1951

Tales of Tomorrow
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Steinmetz
Out There
Teresa as Frank

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Victor Honegger

1949

Suspense as Leo Whaley

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter