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Rodney Stephen Steiger ( / ˈstaɪɡər / STY-gər; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters.
Rod Steiger. Actor: In the Heat of the Night. Rodney Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger, both vaudevillians. He was of German and Austrian ancestry. After his parents' divorce, Steiger was raised by his mother in Newark, New Jersey.
Rod Steiger was an American actor who had an extensive career in film, television, and stage. He made his stage debut in 1946 with Civic Repertory Theatre's production of the melodrama Curse you, Jack Dalton! .
Rod Steiger. Actor: In the Heat of the Night. Rodney Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger, both vaudevillians.
Versatile actor, Rod Steiger, created several of the most indelible screen characterizations in movie history. From Brando's sad, anxious older brother in On the Waterfront, to the morose, tormented holocaust survivor in The Pawnbroker, to the Southern Police Chief in In the Heat of the Night, Steiger always gave full throttle fearless ...
Jul 13, 2024 · Rod Steiger was an American actor who used the techniques of method acting—enhanced by his powerful delivery and intensity—to inhabit a wide variety of complex characters during a half-century-long career as a performer.
Jul 9, 2002 · Rod Steiger, the beefy, intense actor who won the Academy Award as best actor of 1967 for his role as the unrelenting police chief of a small Southern town in "In the Heat of the...
Jul 10, 2002 · Rod Steiger, whose taut and intensely personal approach to a wide variety of roles placed him among the finest character actors of the last 50 years and brought him an Academy Award in 1967 for...
Rod Steiger, the intense, serious-faced "method" actor who played the non-singing role of Jud Fry in the film, "Oklahoma!," and won an Academy Award for "In the Heat of...
Jul 9, 2002 · Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an 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.
Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger has died in Los Angeles at the age of 77. The actor succumbed to pneumonia and kidney failure last night while in hospital recovering from gall bladder surgery.
Rod Steiger was an Academy Award winning American actor who was known for brilliant portrayal of offbeat and insane characters. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Jul 10, 2002 · Rod Steiger, an Oscar-winning actor whose chameleon-like ability to inhabit diverse characters placed him firmly among a generation of acclaimed postwar performers, died Tuesday at age 77.
Apr 12, 2020 · Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British, led by the Duke of Wellington, at the Battle of Waterloo. A French victory...
Jul 10, 2002 · Rod Steiger, the gruff-voiced actor best known for his Oscar-winning turn as a Southern police chief in 1967's In the Heat of the Night, died Tuesday. He was 77.
Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, and voice actor. He was known for his roles in: In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, Oklahoma!, A Fistful of Dynamite, and in Mars Attacks!.
Nov 19, 1991 · Audrey Hepburn presenting Rod Steiger with the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in "In the Heat of the Night" - 40th Annual Academy Awards® in 1968.
Nov 19, 1991 · Presenter and Journalist Gloria Hunniford chats to acclaimed movie actor Rod Steiger. In this interview Rod speaks about some of his iconic movie roles and also how proud he is on his opera ...
Jul 10, 2002 · Veteran screen actor Rod Steiger, who won an Academy Award for his role as a bigoted small-town police chief opposite Sidney Poitier in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night, died yesterday....
Discover Rod Steiger famous and rare quotes. Share Rod Steiger quotations about films, miracles and character. "The most important thing is to be whatever..."
Rod Steiger. April 14, 1925 — July 9, 2002 • 77 y.o. (98) Actor. Facts. Steiger made his stage debut in a production of Curse you, Jack Dalton! (1946) at the Civic Repertory Theatre of Newark. Subsequent to this, he received an invitation from one of his teachers, Daniel Mann, to attend the Actors Studio, established by Elia Kazan in October 1947.
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told. Rod Steiger, in the central role, acts as "intermediary" between the Pope and the audience, interpreting John's words, thoughts and actions.
Apr 8, 2023 · Rod Steiger was an American actor known for his versatile and intense performances in film, television, and stage productions. Born on April 14, 1925, in Westhampton, New York, he started his acting career in theater and later transitioned to film in the 1950s.
