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Rod Steiger. Actor: In the Heat of the Night. Rodney Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger, both vaudevillians. He was of German and Austrian ancestry. After his parents' divorce, Steiger was raised by his mother in Newark, New Jersey.
Apr 10, 2024 · Rod Steiger. In full: Rodney Stephen Steiger. Born: April 14, 1925, Westhampton, New York, U.S. Died: July 9, 2002, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (aged 77) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1968): Actor in a Leading Role. Golden Globe Award (1968): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama. (Show more)
Jul 9, 2002 · Rod Steiger, the beefy, intense actor who won the Academy Award as best actor of 1967 for his role as the unrelenting police chief of a small Southern town in "In the Heat of the Night," died...
Jul 10, 2002 · Rod Steiger, whose taut and intensely personal approach to a wide variety of roles placed him among the finest character actors of the last 50 years and brought him an Academy Award in 1967 for...
Jul 9, 2002 · Rod Steiger. Biography. Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an 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.
Steiger sat unhappily in his director's chair in the middle of a vast field, while the Russians used aerial bombs and an enormous outdoor loudspeaker to give orders to the troops. Bondarchuk spoke little English. His three non-Russian expressions, Steiger observed, were "How are you?" and "I come back soon" and "Bonjour."
Jul 14, 2002 · R od Steiger, who has died at the age of 77 was, with his fellow Actors Studio graduate Marlon Brando, the screen's greatest exponent of the Stanislavski Method, whereby a performer digs deep...
