Rod Steiger

Actor Apr 14 (died age 77) Westhampton, New York, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

On the Waterfront

Charley Malloy

Film

Mars Attacks!

General Decker

Film

In the Heat of the Night

Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Film

Duck, You Sucker

Juan Miranda

Film

The Hurricane

Judge Sarokin

Film

Doctor Zhivago

Viktor Komarovsky

Film

The Longest Day

Destroyer Commander

Film

The Player

Rod Steiger

Filmography

Acting (173)

Movies (132)

I Am Not Your Negro

2017

as Self

7.7

The Real James Dean

2006

as Self

Hollywood Legenden

2004

as Self

2.0

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

as Self

Poolhall Junkies

as Nick

The Hollywood Sign

as Floyd Benson

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)

A Month of Sundays

as Charley McCabe

The Flying Dutchman

as Ben

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

2001

as Self

6.0

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

2001

as Self

7.3

Besuch bei Rod Steiger

2001

as Self

Contender: Mastering the Method

2001

as Self

7.0

The Unforgettable Diana Dors

2000

as Self

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

as Ahab (voice)

Body and Soul

as Johnny Ticotin

The Last Producer

as Sheri Ganse

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

as Self

Crazy in Alabama

as Judge Louis Mead

The Hurricane

as Judge Sarokin

End of Days

as Father Kovak

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

as Doc Wallace

Cypress Edge

as Woodrow McCammon

Legacy

as Sadler

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

1998

as Self

7.3

Modern Vampires

1998

as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

4.9

Animals with the Tollkeeper

as Fontina

Kingdom of Shadows

as Narrator

Incognito

as Milton A. Donovan

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

as Tony Vago

The Kid

as Harry Sloan

Mars Attacks!

as General Decker

Shiloh

as Doc Wallace

Carpool

as Mr. Hammerman

The Real Thing

as Victor

Dalva

as John Wesley Northridge II

2.8

Little Surprises

1996

5.2

Forbidden City: The Great Within

as Narrator (voice)

Seven Sundays

as Benjamin

Out There

as Col. Buck Gunner

In Pursuit of Honor

as Col. Owen Stuart

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

as Anthony Comstock

OP Center

as Boroda

James Dean and Me

as Self (uncredited)

James Dean: A Portrait

1995

as Self

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

as The President

The Specialist

as Joe Leon

The Last Tattoo

as General Frank W. Zane

4.8

From Hollywood to Hanoi

1993

as Self

The Final Contract

1993

as Frank Argento

The Neighbor

as Dr. Myron Hatch

The Player

as Rod Steiger

Lincoln

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

6.8

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

6.7

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991

as Rev. Willin

5.5

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas

as Gordon Kahl

Guilty As Charged

as Kallin

Men Of Respect

as Charlie D'Amico

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

Hello Actors Studio

as Self

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge

1988

as Silas Slaten

American Gothic

as Pa

The Kindred

as Dr. Phillip Lloyd

Catch the Heat

as Jason Hannibal

Sword of Gideon

as Mordechai Samuels

The Naked Face

as Lieutenant McGreary

5.3

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983

as Self

5.0

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

as Robert E. Peary

The Magic Mountain

as Mynher Peperkorn

The Lucky Star

as Colonel Gluck

I Love Liberty

1982

as Self

Lion of the Desert

as Benito Mussolini

The Chosen

as Reb Saunders

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

as Tilghman

Klondike Fever

as Soapy Smith

Wolf Lake

as Charlie

The Amityville Horror

as Father Delaney

Love and Bullets

as Joe Bomposa

Breakthrough

as General Webster

Portrait of a Hitman

as Max Androtti

F.I.S.T.

as Sen. Andrew Madison

W.C. Fields and Me

as W. C. Fields

Hennessy

as Niall Hennessy

Innocents with Dirty Hands

as Louis Wormser

The Last Four Days

as Mussolini

The Heroes

as Guenther von Lutz

Lucky Luciano

as Gene Giannini

Lolly-Madonna XXX

as Laban Feather

The Moviemakers

as Self

Duck, You Sucker

1971

as Juan Miranda

7.7

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

1971

as Harold Ryan

5.7

Waterloo

1970

as Napoleon Bonaparte

7.1

The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place

1970

as Narrator

The Illustrated Man

as Carl

Tattooed Steiger

as Himself

3 Into 2 Won't Go

as Steve Howard

No Way to Treat a Lady

1968

as Christopher Gill

6.7

The Sergeant

1968

as MSgt. Albert Callan

5.9

In the Heat of the Night

1967

as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

7.7

The Girl and the General

as der General

Doctor Zhivago

as Viktor Komarovsky

A Man Named John

as The Intermediary

The Pawnbroker

as Sol Nazerman

The Loved One

as Mr. Joyboy

MGM 40th Anniversary

Time of Indifference

as Leo

Hands Over the City

as Edoardo Nottola

The Longest Day

as Destroyer Commander

7.6

13 West Street

1962

as Detective Sergeant Koleski

Convicts 4

as Tiptoes

On Friday at Eleven

as Frank Morgan

The Mark

as Doctor McNally

Seven Thieves

as Paul Mason

Al Capone

as Al Capone

Cry Terror!

as Paul Hoplin

A Town Has Turned to Dust

1958

as Harvey Denton

Across the Bridge

as Carl Schaffner

The Unholy Wife

as Paul Hochen

Run of the Arrow

as Pvt. O'Meara

Jubal

as Pinky

The Harder They Fall

as Nick Benko

Back from Eternity

as Vasquel

Oklahoma!

as Jud Fry

The Big Knife

as Stanley Shriner Hoff

6.0

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955

as Maj. Allan Guillion

On the Waterfront

as Charley Malloy

Marty

as Marty Pilletti

The Evil Within

as Peter

Teresa

1951

as Frank

5.8

Television (41)

Amityville: An Origin Story

as Self- Archive

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

The Heaven and Earth Show

HARDtalk

Scene by Scene

as Self

Breakout

as Narrator

EZ Streets

OP Center

as Boroda

The Critic

as Rod Steiger (voice)

Tales of the City

as Bookshop Owner

Sinatra

as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana

The Commish

The Simpsons

as Captain Tenille (voice)

Hollywood Wives

as Oliver Easterne

The Magic Mountain

as Mynheer Peperkorn

The Glory Boys

as Professor David Sokarev

5.5

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

as Pontius Pilate

7.8

People's Choice Awards

1975

as Self

9.0

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Columbo

as Vincenzo Fortelli

Film '72

as Self

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Willy Loman

5.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Ben Casey

Route 66

Sunday-Night Play

as Sherriff Harvey Denton

Suspicion

1957

as Frank Marre

5.9

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Visitor

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Bruno Holder

Tales of Tomorrow

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Charles Steinmetz

Out There

Lux Video Theatre

as Victor Honegger

Suspense

as Leo Whaley

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter