
Rod Steiger
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Amityville: An Origin Story as Self- Archive
2017I Am Not Your Negro as Self
2006The Real James Dean as Self
2004Hollywood Legenden as Self
2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
2002The Hollywood Sign as Floyd Benson
2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
2002Poolhall Junkies as Nick
2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self
2001Contender: Mastering the Method as Self
2001A Month of Sundays as Charley McCabe
2001The Flying Dutchman as Ben
2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul as Self
2001Besuch bei Rod Steiger as Self
2000Body and Soul as Johnny Ticotin
2000The Last Producer as Sheri Ganse
2000The Unforgettable Diana Dors as Self
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self
2000Animated Epics: Moby Dick as Ahab (voice)
1999End of Days as Father Kovak
1999Crazy in Alabama as Judge Louis Mead
1999The Hurricane as Judge Sarokin
1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Doc Wallace
1999Cypress Edge as Woodrow McCammon
1998Modern Vampires as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
1998Legacy as Sadler
1998Hollywood Squares
1998The Heaven and Earth Show
1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's as Self
1998Animals with the Tollkeeper as Fontina
1998Kingdom of Shadows as Narrator
1997Incognito as Milton A. Donovan
1997Scene by Scene as Self
1997Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Tony Vago
1997Breakout as Narrator
1997The Kid as Harry Sloan
1996Mars Attacks! as General Decker
1996Shiloh as Doc Wallace
1996EZ Streets
1996Little Surprises
1996Carpool as Mr. Hammerman
1996Dalva as John Wesley Northridge II
1996The Real Thing as Victor
1995Out There as Col. Buck Gunner
1995Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as The President
1995Forbidden City: The Great Within as Narrator (voice)
1995James Dean: A Portrait as Self
1995In Pursuit of Honor as Col. Owen Stuart
1995Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story as Anthony Comstock
1995OP Center as Boroda
1995OP Center as Boroda
1995Seven Sundays as Benjamin
1995James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
1994The Specialist as Joe Leon
1994The Last Tattoo as General Frank W. Zane
1994The Critic as Rod Steiger (voice)
1993The Neighbor as Dr. Myron Hatch
1993Tales of the City as Bookshop Owner
1993From Hollywood to Hanoi as Self
1993The Final Contract as Frank Argento
1992Lincoln as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
1992Sinatra as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana
1992Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992The Player as Rod Steiger
1991The Commish
1991In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as Gordon Kahl
1991Guilty As Charged as Kallin
1991The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Rev. Willin
1990Men Of Respect as Charlie D'Amico
1989The Simpsons as Captain Tenille (voice)
1989Tennessee Nights as Richter Prescott
1989Passion and Paradise as Sir Harry Oakes
1989The January Man as Mayor Eamon Flynn
1989That Summer of White Roses as Martin
1988Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Silas Slaten
1987Catch the Heat as Jason Hannibal
1987American Gothic as Pa
1987The Kindred as Dr. Phillip Lloyd
1986Sword of Gideon as Mordechai Samuels
1985Hollywood Wives as Oliver Easterne
1984The Glory Boys as Professor David Sokarev
1984The Naked Face as Lieutenant McGreary
1984The Magic Mountain as Mynheer Peperkorn
1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as Robert E. Peary
1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
1982The Lucky Star as Colonel Gluck
1982I Love Liberty as Self
1982The Magic Mountain as Mynher Peperkorn
1981The Chosen as Reb Saunders
1981Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Tilghman
1981Lion of the Desert as Benito Mussolini
1980Wolf Lake as Charlie
1980Klondike Fever as Soapy Smith
1979The Amityville Horror as Father Delaney
1979Portrait of a Hitman as Max Androtti
1979Love and Bullets as Joe Bomposa
1979Breakthrough as General Webster
1978F.I.S.T. as Sen. Andrew Madison
1977Jesus of Nazareth as Pontius Pilate
1976W.C. Fields and Me as W. C. Fields
1975Hennessy as Niall Hennessy
1975Innocents with Dirty Hands as Louis Wormser
1974The Last Four Days as Mussolini
1973Lucky Luciano as Gene Giannini
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973The Heroes as Guenther von Lutz
1973Lolly-Madonna XXX as Laban Feather
1973The Moviemakers as Self
1971Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Harold Ryan
1971Film '72 as Self
1971Duck, You Sucker as Juan Miranda
1971Columbo as Vincenzo Fortelli
1970Waterloo as Napoleon Bonaparte
1970The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place as Narrator
19693 Into 2 Won't Go as Steve Howard
1969The Illustrated Man as Carl
1969Tattooed Steiger as Himself
1968The Sergeant as MSgt. Albert Callan
1968No Way to Treat a Lady as Christopher Gill
1967The Girl and the General as der General
1967In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie
1965Doctor Zhivago as Viktor Komarovsky
1965A Man Named John as The Intermediary
1965BBC Play of the Month as Willy Loman
1965The Loved One as Mr. Joyboy
1965The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman
1964Time of Indifference as Leo
1964MGM 40th Anniversary
1963Hands Over the City as Edoardo Nottola
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Longest Day as Destroyer Commander
1962Convicts 4 as Tiptoes
196213 West Street as Detective Sergeant Koleski
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Ben Casey
1961On Friday at Eleven as Frank Morgan
1961The Mark as Doctor McNally
1960Route 66
1960Seven Thieves as Paul Mason
1959Al Capone as Al Capone
1958A Town Has Turned to Dust as Harvey Denton
1958Cry Terror! as Paul Hoplin
1957Suspicion as Frank Marre
1957Run of the Arrow as Pvt. O'Meara
1957Across the Bridge as Carl Schaffner
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957The Unholy Wife as Paul Hochen
1956Back from Eternity as Vasquel
1956The Harder They Fall as Nick Benko
1956Jubal as Pinky
1955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Maj. Allan Guillion
1955The Big Knife as Stanley Shriner Hoff
1955Oklahoma! as Jud Fry
1955Screen Director's Playhouse as Visitor
1954On the Waterfront as Charley Malloy
1953Marty as Marty Pilletti
1953The Evil Within as Peter
1953The Oscars as Self
1953General Electric Theater as Bruno Holder
1951Out There
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Steinmetz
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Hume Searcy
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1951Teresa as Frank
1950Lux Video Theatre as Victor Honegger
1949Suspense as Leo Whaley
1949Suspense
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Marty Pilletti
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self







