
Rod Steiger
Acting • Born 1925-04-14 – Died 2002-07-09
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.
Filmography
177 credits
Mars Attacks!
Movie • 1996
General Decker

Duck, You Sucker
Movie • 1971
Juan Miranda

Doctor Zhivago
Movie • 1965
Viktor Komarovsky

On the Waterfront
Movie • 1954
Charley Malloy

A Town Has Turned to Dust
Movie • 1958
Harvey Denton

Innocents with Dirty Hands
Movie • 1975
Louis Wormser

In the Heat of the Night
Movie • 1967
Police Chief Bill Gillespie

The Specialist
Movie • 1994
Joe Leon

The Player
Movie • 1992
Rod Steiger

The Magic Mountain
Movie • 1982
Mynher Peperkorn

Breakthrough
Movie • 1979
General Webster

Cry Terror!
Movie • 1958
Paul Hoplin

The Pawnbroker
Movie • 1965
Sol Nazerman

Modern Vampires
Movie • 1998
Dr. Frederick Van Helsing

Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Movie • 1997
Tony Vago

Carpool
Movie • 1996
Mr. Hammerman

The Amityville Horror
Movie • 1979
Father Delaney

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Movie • 2000
Self

Crazy in Alabama
Movie • 1999
Judge Louis Mead

The January Man
Movie • 1989
Mayor Eamon Flynn

The Unholy Wife
Movie • 1957
Paul Hochen

Waterloo
Movie • 1970
Napoleon Bonaparte

The Chosen
Movie • 1981
Reb Saunders

The Illustrated Man
Movie • 1969
Carl

The Longest Day
Movie • 1962
Destroyer Commander

Shiloh
Movie • 1996
Doc Wallace

End of Days
Movie • 1999
Father Kovak

Besuch bei Rod Steiger
Movie • 2001
Self

Lion of the Desert
Movie • 1981
Benito Mussolini

MGM 40th Anniversary
Movie • 1964

Hollywood Legenden
Movie • 2004
Self

Run of the Arrow
Movie • 1957
Pvt. O'Meara

The Harder They Fall
Movie • 1956
Nick Benko

Oklahoma!
Movie • 1955
Jud Fry

I Love Liberty
Movie • 1982
Self

F.I.S.T.
Movie • 1978
Sen. Andrew Madison

Poolhall Junkies
Movie • 2002
Nick

No Way to Treat a Lady
Movie • 1968
Christopher Gill

Jubal
Movie • 1956
Pinky

Al Capone
Movie • 1959
Al Capone

The Last Four Days
Movie • 1974
Mussolini

Love and Bullets
Movie • 1979
Joe Bomposa

The Loved One
Movie • 1965
Mr. Joyboy

Incognito
Movie • 1997
Milton A. Donovan

Seven Thieves
Movie • 1960
Paul Mason

Back from Eternity
Movie • 1956
Vasquel

OP Center
Movie • 1995
Boroda

The Big Knife
Movie • 1955
Stanley Shriner Hoff

Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Movie • 2000
Ahab (voice)

The Kindred
Movie • 1987
Dr. Phillip Lloyd

W.C. Fields and Me
Movie • 1976
W. C. Fields

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Movie • 1971
Harold Ryan

American Gothic
Movie • 1987
Pa

Portrait of a Hitman
Movie • 1979
Max Androtti

Hennessy
Movie • 1975
Niall Hennessy

Across the Bridge
Movie • 1957
Carl Schaffner

Legacy
Movie • 1998
Sadler

Hands Over the City
Movie • 1963
Edoardo Nottola

Men Of Respect
Movie • 1990
Charlie D'Amico

Lucky Luciano
Movie • 1973
Gene Giannini

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Movie • 2004
Self

The Flying Dutchman
Movie • 2001
Ben

The Hollywood Sign
Movie • 2002
Floyd Benson

Time of Indifference
Movie • 1964
Leo

Catch the Heat
Movie • 1987
Jason Hannibal

The Mark
Movie • 1961
Doctor McNally

Lolly-Madonna XXX
Movie • 1973
Laban Feather

Body and Soul
Movie • 2000
Johnny Ticotin

The Sergeant
Movie • 1968
MSgt. Albert Callan

13 West Street
Movie • 1962
Detective Sergeant Koleski

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

In Pursuit of Honor
Movie • 1995
Col. Owen Stuart

Guilty As Charged
Movie • 1991
Kallin

The Neighbor
Movie • 1993
Dr. Myron Hatch

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Tilghman

Kingdom of Shadows
Movie • 1998
Narrator

Animals with the Tollkeeper
Movie • 1998
Fontina

The Final Contract
Movie • 1993
Frank Argento

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Movie • 1995
The President

3 Into 2 Won't Go
Movie • 1969
Steve Howard

A Man Named John
Movie • 1965
The Intermediary

Teresa
Movie • 1951
Frank

Little Surprises
Movie • 1996

Klondike Fever
Movie • 1980
Soapy Smith

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Movie • 1991
Rev. Willin

Hello Actors Studio
Movie • 1988
Self

On Friday at Eleven
Movie • 1961
Frank Morgan

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

Forbidden City: The Great Within
Movie • 1995
Narrator (voice)

The Naked Face
Movie • 1984
Lieutenant McGreary

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

The Last Producer
Movie • 2000
Sheri Ganse

Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Movie • 1988
Silas Slaten

The Last Tattoo
Movie • 1994
General Frank W. Zane

The Real Thing
Movie • 1996
Victor

The Hurricane
Movie • 1999
Judge Sarokin

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

That Summer of White Roses
Movie • 1989
Martin

The Kid
Movie • 1997
Harry Sloan

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Movie • 2001
Self

The Heroes
Movie • 1973
Guenther von Lutz

From Hollywood to Hanoi
Movie • 1993
Self

The Unforgettable Diana Dors
Movie • 2000
Self

Out There
Movie • 1995
Col. Buck Gunner

The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
Movie • 1970
Narrator

The Girl and the General
Movie • 1967
der General

James Dean and Me
Movie • 1995
Self (uncredited)

Cypress Edge
Movie • 1999
Woodrow McCammon

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Movie • 2001
Self

Tennessee Nights
Movie • 1989
Richter Prescott

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

Tattooed Steiger
Movie • 1969
Himself

Convicts 4
Movie • 1962
Tiptoes

Wolf Lake
Movie • 1980
Charlie

Sword of Gideon
Movie • 1986
Mordechai Samuels

The Lucky Star
Movie • 1982
Colonel Gluck

Marty
Movie • 1953
Marty Pilletti

Seven Sundays
Movie • 1995
Benjamin

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

Contender: Mastering the Method
Movie • 2001
Self

Dalva
Movie • 1996
John Wesley Northridge II

A Month of Sundays
Movie • 2001
Charley McCabe

Passion and Paradise
Movie • 1989
Sir Harry Oakes

Earth and the American Dream
Movie • 1992
Reader (voice)

The Real James Dean
Movie • 2006
Self

James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self

Lincoln
Movie • 1992
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

The Evil Within
Movie • 1953
Peter

James Dean: A Portrait
Movie • 1995
Self

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Movie • 1999
Doc Wallace

The Moviemakers
Movie • 1973
Self

I Am Not Your Negro
Movie • 2017
Self

The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Captain Tenille (voice)

The Critic
TV • 1994
Rod Steiger (voice)

Route 66
TV • 1960

The Commish
TV • 1991

General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Bruno Holder

Breakout
TV • 1997
Narrator

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Victor Honegger

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Charles Steinmetz

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948

Ben Casey
TV • 1961

Suspense
TV • 1949
Leo Whaley

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self

Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951

Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
Pontius Pilate

The Heaven and Earth Show
TV • 1998

The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self

Hollywood Wives
TV • 1985
Oliver Easterne

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self

Out There
TV • 1951

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Marty Pilletti

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Hume Searcy

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self

OP Center
TV • 1995
Boroda

Sinatra
TV • 1992
Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana

Scene by Scene
TV • 1997
Self

Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist

Suspense
TV • 1949

Tales of the City
TV • 1993
Bookshop Owner

EZ Streets
TV • 1996

The Magic Mountain
TV • 1984
Mynheer Peperkorn

Suspicion
TV • 1957
Frank Marre

Columbo
TV • 1971
Vincenzo Fortelli

Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Visitor

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Willy Loman

Amityville: An Origin Story
TV • 2023
Self- Archive

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter

Film '72
TV • 1971
Self

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self

People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self

Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Sherriff Harvey Denton

The Glory Boys
TV • 1984
Professor David Sokarev

HARDtalk
TV • 1997