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Rod Steiger (Rodney Steiger)
actor
Born: 4/14/1925
Birthplace: Westhampton, New York
A heavy-set, compelling actor, Steiger began his career on the stage and broke into movies in the 1950s. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in On the Waterfront (1954) and won the award for playing a redneck sheriff in In the Heat of the Night (1968). He played the starring role in Al Capone (1959) and acted the part of Willy Loman in the TV production of Death of a Salesman (1966). He also has appeared in Mars Attacks! (1996), Shiloh (1997), The Hurricane (1999), Lightmaker (2001) and A Month of Sundays (2001). Steiger was married for a time to actress Claire Bloom. Died: Los Angeles, 7/9/2002
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. More on Rod Steiger from Infoplease:
- Rod Steiger - Rod Steiger Age: 77 versatile, compelling character actor who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role ...
- Rod Steiger - Biography of Rod Steiger, Star of In the Heat of the Night
- Run of the Arrow (1957) - Starring Rod Steiger, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Charles Bronson
- The Amityville Horror (1979) - Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton
- A Fistful of Dynamite - Starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn
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