
Rod Steiger
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1925-04-14
- Died
- 2002-07-09
- Place of birth
- Westhampton, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Род Стайгер · Rodney Stephen Steiger · راد استایگر
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
TV Shows (43)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Simpsons
1989
as Captain Tenille (voice)

Columbo
1971
as Vincenzo Fortelli

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Marty Pilletti

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Ben Casey
1961

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Willy Loman

Omnibus
1967

Route 66
1960

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Commish
1991

The Oscars
1953
as Self

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self

Suspense
1949
as Leo Whaley
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Victor Honegger

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Visitor

The Critic
1994
as Rod Steiger (voice)

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Pontius Pilate

Suspicion
1957
as Frank Marre
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Sherriff Harvey Denton

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Scene by Scene
1997
as Self

Tales of the City
1993
as Bookshop Owner

EZ Streets
1996

HARDtalk
1997

General Electric Theater
1953
as Bruno Holder

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Charles Steinmetz / Hume Searcy

Hollywood Wives
1985
as Oliver Easterne

OP Center
1995
as Boroda

Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
as Self- Archive

Sinatra
1992
as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana

The Glory Boys
1984
as Professor David Sokarev

The Magic Mountain
1984
as Mynheer Peperkorn
Out There
1951
Breakout
1997
as Narrator
Movies (134)

Mars Attacks!
1996
as General Decker

On the Waterfront
1954
as Charley Malloy

The Longest Day
1962
as Destroyer Commander

In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Police Chief Bill Gillespie

Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Viktor Komarovsky

End of Days
1999
as Father Kovak

The Specialist
1994
as Joe Leon

The Player
1992
as Rod Steiger

Duck, You Sucker
1971
as Juan Miranda

The Hurricane
1999
as Judge Sarokin

The Amityville Horror
1979
as Father Delaney

Waterloo
1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte

Oklahoma!
1955
as Jud Fry

Lion of the Desert
1981
as Benito Mussolini

F.I.S.T.
1978
as Sen. Andrew Madison

Out There
1995
as Col. Buck Gunner

The Harder They Fall
1956
as Nick Benko

Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Tony Vago

Carpool
1996
as Mr. Hammerman

I Am Not Your Negro
2017
as Self

Crazy in Alabama
1999
as Judge Louis Mead

Poolhall Junkies
2002
as Nick

Al Capone
1959
as Al Capone

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self

The Kindred
1987
as Dr. Phillip Lloyd

Jubal
1956
as Pinky

Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Laban Feather

The Pawnbroker
1965
as Sol Nazerman

The Naked Face
1984
as Lieutenant McGreary

Incognito
1997
as Milton A. Donovan

The Loved One
1965
as Mr. Joyboy

Men Of Respect
1990
as Charlie D'Amico

Time of Indifference
1964
as Leo

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self

Shiloh
1996
as Doc Wallace

Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)

Hennessy
1975
as Niall Hennessy

American Gothic
1987
as Pa

Love and Bullets
1979
as Joe Bomposa

The January Man
1989
as Mayor Eamon Flynn

The Chosen
1981
as Reb Saunders

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
as Tilghman

Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
1995
as Anthony Comstock

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
as Self

In Pursuit of Honor
1995
as Col. Owen Stuart

The Last Producer
2000
as Sheri Ganse

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
1999
as Doc Wallace

Modern Vampires
1998
as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

Seven Thieves
1960
as Paul Mason

Cry Terror!
1958
as Paul Hoplin

The Last Four Days
1974
as Mussolini

13 West Street
1962
as Detective Sergeant Koleski

Lucky Luciano
1973
as Gene Giannini

Breakthrough
1979
as General Webster

I Love Liberty
1982
as Self

That Summer of White Roses
1989
as Martin

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self

No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
as Christopher Gill

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)

The Unholy Wife
1957
as Paul Hochen

Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998
as Fontina

Hands Over the City
1963
as Edoardo Nottola

The Mark
1961
as Doctor McNally

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991
as Gordon Kahl

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
1988
as Silas Slaten

The Magic Mountain
1982
as Mynher Peperkorn

Innocents with Dirty Hands
1975
as Louis Wormser

The Big Knife
1955
as Stanley Shriner Hoff
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
as Self

Back from Eternity
1956
as Vasquel

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Maj. Allan Guillion

Run of the Arrow
1957
as Pvt. O'Meara

Across the Bridge
1957
as Carl Schaffner

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
as Rev. Willin

The Sergeant
1968
as MSgt. Albert Callan

OP Center
1995
as Boroda

The Illustrated Man
1969
as Carl
Lincoln
1992
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
1995
as The President

The Heroes
1973
as Guenther von Lutz

Guilty As Charged
1991
as Kallin

The Last Tattoo
1994
as General Frank W. Zane

The Flying Dutchman
2001
as Ben

W.C. Fields and Me
1976
as W. C. Fields

Catch the Heat
1987
as Jason Hannibal

Convicts 4
1962
as Tiptoes

The Hollywood Sign
2002
as Floyd Benson
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self

Seven Sundays
1995
as Benjamin

Passion and Paradise
1989
as Sir Harry Oakes

Body and Soul
2000
as Johnny Ticotin

Little Surprises
1996

Klondike Fever
1980
as Soapy Smith

A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
as Harvey Denton

The Neighbor
1993
as Dr. Myron Hatch

Sword of Gideon
1986
as Mordechai Samuels

Marty
1953
as Marty Pilletti

A Month of Sundays
2001
as Charley McCabe

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
as Self

Cypress Edge
1999
as Woodrow McCammon

3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Steve Howard

The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
1970
as Narrator

The Real Thing
1996
as Victor

Teresa
1951
as Frank

On Friday at Eleven
1961
as Frank Morgan

A Man Named John
1965
as The Intermediary

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
as Harold Ryan

Dalva
1996
as John Wesley Northridge II

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983
as Robert E. Peary

The Unforgettable Diana Dors
2000
as Self

The Real James Dean
2006
as Self

James Dean and Me
1995
as Self (uncredited)

Tennessee Nights
1989
as Richter Prescott

Forbidden City: The Great Within
1995
as Narrator (voice)

Animated Epics: Moby Dick
2000
as Ahab (voice)

The Girl and the General
1967
as der General

Contender: Mastering the Method
2001
as Self

Portrait of a Hitman
1979
as Max Androtti

Wolf Lake
1980
as Charlie
About Rod Steiger
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. With 177 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Rod Steiger has appeared in 134 films and 43 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rod Steiger Movies
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as General Decker
- On the Waterfront (1954) — as Charley Malloy
- The Longest Day (1962) — as Destroyer Commander
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) — as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) — as Viktor Komarovsky
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