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
2023
- Amityville: An Origin Story as Self- Archive
2006
- The Real James Dean as Self
2004
- Hollywood Legenden as Self
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
2002
- Poolhall Junkies as Nick
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
- The Hollywood Sign as Floyd Benson
2001
- The Flying Dutchman as Ben
- Besuch bei Rod Steiger as Self
- Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul as Self
- A Month of Sundays as Charley McCabe
- Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self
- Contender: Mastering the Method as Self
2000
- Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
- The Last Producer as Sheri Ganse
- Animated Epics: Moby Dick as Ahab (voice)
- Body and Soul as Johnny Ticotin
- The Unforgettable Diana Dors as Self
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
- The Heaven and Earth Show
- Modern Vampires as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
- Animals with the Tollkeeper as Fontina
- Legacy as Sadler
- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's as Self
- Kingdom of Shadows as Narrator
1997
- The Kid as Harry Sloan
- Incognito as Milton A. Donovan
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Tony Vago
- Scene by Scene as Self
- Breakout as Narrator
1996
- Mars Attacks! as General Decker
- Shiloh as Doc Wallace
- Carpool as Mr. Hammerman
- EZ Streets
- Little Surprises
- The Real Thing as Victor
- Dalva as John Wesley Northridge II
1995
- In Pursuit of Honor as Col. Owen Stuart
- OP Center as Boroda
- Out There as Col. Buck Gunner
- Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as The President
- Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story as Anthony Comstock
- Seven Sundays as Benjamin
- James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- OP Center as Boroda
- Forbidden City: The Great Within as Narrator (voice)
- James Dean: A Portrait as Self
1994
- The Specialist as Joe Leon
- The Critic as Rod Steiger (voice)
- The Last Tattoo as General Frank W. Zane
1993
- Tales of the City as Bookshop Owner
- The Final Contract as Frank Argento
- The Neighbor as Dr. Myron Hatch
- From Hollywood to Hanoi as Self
1992
- Lincoln as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- The Player as Rod Steiger
- Sinatra as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana
1991
- The Commish
- In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as Gordon Kahl
- The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Rev. Willin
- 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
- Tennessee Nights as Richter Prescott
- Passion and Paradise as Sir Harry Oakes
- That Summer of White Roses as Martin
1988
- Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Silas Slaten
- Hello Actors Studio as Self
1987
- American Gothic as Pa
- The Kindred as Dr. Phillip Lloyd
- Catch the Heat as Jason Hannibal
1986
- Sword of Gideon as Mordechai Samuels
1985
- Hollywood Wives as Oliver Easterne
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
1981
- The Chosen as Reb Saunders
- Lion Of The Desert as Benito Mussolini
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Tilghman
1980
- Wolf Lake as Charlie
- Klondike Fever as Soapy Smith
1979
- Breakthrough as General Webster
- Love and Bullets as Joe Bomposa
- The Amityville Horror as Father Delaney
- 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
- Innocents with Dirty Hands as Louis Wormser
- Hennessy as Niall Hennessy
1974
- The Last Four Days as Mussolini
1973
- Lucky Luciano as Gene Giannini
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- The Heroes as Guenther von Lutz
- Lolly-Madonna XXX as Laban Feather
- The Moviemakers as Self
1971
- Columbo as Vincenzo Fortelli
- Duck, You Sucker as Juan Miranda
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Harold Ryan
- Film '72 as Self
1970
- Waterloo as Napoleon Bonaparte
- The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place as Narrator
1969
- The Illustrated Man as Carl
- 3 Into 2 Won't Go as Steve Howard
- Tattooed Steiger as Himself
1968
- The Sergeant as MSgt. Albert Callan
- No Way to Treat a Lady as Christopher Gill
1967
- The Girl and the General as der General
- In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
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
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
- Seven Thieves as Paul Mason
1959
- Al Capone as Al Capone
1958
- A Town Has Turned to Dust as Harvey Denton
- Cry Terror! as Paul Hoplin
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Suspicion as Frank Marre
- Run of the Arrow as Pvt. O'Meara
- Across the Bridge as Carl Schaffner
- The Unholy Wife as Paul Hochen
1956
- Jubal as Pinky
- Back from Eternity as Vasquel
- The Harder They Fall as Nick Benko
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Visitor
- The Big Knife as Stanley Shriner Hoff
- Oklahoma! as Jud Fry
- 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
- Teresa as Frank
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Out There
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Steinmetz
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Victor Honegger
1949
- Suspense as Leo Whaley
1948
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter