Rod Steiger
Acting1925Westhampton, New York, USA
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
Acting History
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
as Self
2000
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
as Ahab (voice)
1999
Crazy in Alabama
as Judge Louis Mead
End of Days
as Father Kovak
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
as Doc Wallace
The Hurricane
as Judge Sarokin
1998
Legacy
as Sadler
Modern Vampires
as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
The Simpsons
TVas Captain Tenille (voice)• 1 eps
Hollywood Squares
TVas Self - Panelist
1997
Incognito
as Milton A. Donovan
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Tony Vago
The Kid
as Harry Sloan
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
Scene by Scene
TVas Self
1996
1995
Forbidden City: The Great Within
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Clancy's Op Center
as Boroda
Columbo
TVas Vincenzo Fortelli• 1 eps
1994
The Specialist
as Joe Leon
The Critic
TVas Rod Steiger (voice)• 1 eps
1993
Tales of the City
TVas Bookshop Owner
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
The Player
as Rod Steiger
Lincoln
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1989
The January Man
as Mayor Eamon Flynn
1988
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
as Silas Slaten
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1987
1986
Sword of Gideon
as Mordechai Samuels
1984
The Naked Face
as Lieutenant McGreary
1982
The Lucky Star
as Colonel Gluck
The Magic Mountain
as Mynher Peperkorn
1981
Lion of the Desert
as Benito Mussolini
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Tilghman
The Chosen
as Reb Saunders
1980
Klondike Fever
as Soapy Smith
Wolf Lake
as Charlie
1979
Portrait of a Hitman
as Max Androtti
Breakthrough
as General Webster
Love and Bullets
as Joe Bomposa
The Amityville Horror
as Father Delaney
1978
F.I.S.T.
as Sen. Andrew Madison
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
TVas Pontius Pilate• 4 eps
1976
People's Choice Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Hennessy
as Niall Hennessy
Innocents with Dirty Hands
as Louis Wormser
1974
The Last Four Days
as Mussolini
1973
Lucky Luciano
as Gene Giannini
1971
Duck, You Sucker
as Juan Miranda
Film '72
TVas Self
1970
Waterloo
as Napoleon Bonaparte
1969
The Illustrated Man
as Carl
1968
The Sergeant
as MSgt. Albert Callan
No Way to Treat a Lady
as Christopher Gill
1967
In the Heat of the Night
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
1966
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Willy Loman• 1 eps
1965
1963
Hands Over the City
as Edoardo Nottola
1962
The Longest Day
as Destroyer Commander
13 West Street
as Detective Sergeant Koleski
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
1961
The Mark
as Doctor McNally
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
Sunday-Night Play
TVas Sherriff Harvey Denton
1959
Al Capone
as Al Capone
1958
Suspicion
TVas Frank Marre• 1 eps
1957
Hot Lead
as Pvt. O'Meara
1956
The Harder They Fall
as Nick Benko
Back from Eternity
as Vasquel
Jubal
as Pinky
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Visitor• 1 eps
1955
The Big Knife
as Stanley Shriner Hoff
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Maj. Allan Guillion
Oklahoma!
as Jud Fry
The Oscars
TVas Self• 3 eps
1954
On the Waterfront
as Charley Malloy
1953
The Philco Television Playhouse
TVas Marty Pilletti• 1 eps
General Electric Theater
TVas Bruno Holder
1951
Teresa
as Frank
1950
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Victor Honegger
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self