Rod Steiger
Rodney Stephen Steiger (/ˈstaɪɡər/; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Cited as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars," he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in On the Waterfront (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker (1964) which won him the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film In the Heat of the Night (1967) which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, the son of a vaudevillian. He had a difficult childhood, with an alcoholic mother from whom he ran away at the age of 16. After serving in...
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I Am Not Your Negro
The Real James Dean
The Hollywood Sign
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Poolhall Junkies
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Contender: Mastering the Method
A Month of Sundays
The Flying Dutchman
Lightmaker
Body and Soul
The Last Producer
Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Crazy in Alabama
The Hurricane
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Cypress Edge
Modern Vampires
Legacy
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Incognito
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
The Kid
Mars Attacks!
Shiloh
Little Surprises
Carpool
Dalva
The Real Thing
Out There
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
James Dean: A Portrait
In Pursuit of Honor
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
OP Center
Seven Sundays
James Dean and Me
The Specialist- HUHumphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend
The Neighbor
From Hollywood to Hanoi
The Final Contract
Guilty As Charged
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Men of Respect
Tennessee Nights
The January Man
That Summer of White Roses
Hello Actors Studio
American Gothic
The Kindred
Catch the Heat
Sword of Gideon
The Naked Face
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
The Lucky Star
The Magic Mountain
The Chosen
Lion of the Desert
Wolf Lake
The Amityville Horror
Portrait of a Hitman
Love and Bullets
Breakthrough
Klondike Fever
F.I.S.T.
W.C. Fields and Me
Hennessy
Innocents with Dirty Hands
The Last Four Days
Lucky Luciano
Lolly-Madonna XXX
The Heroes
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Duck, You Sucker
Waterloo
3 Into 2 Won't Go
The Illustrated Man
The Sergeant
No Way to Treat a Lady
The Girl and the General
In the Heat of the Night
Doctor Zhivago
The Loved One
The Pawnbroker
A Man Named John
Time of Indifference
Hands Over the City
Convicts 4
13 West Street
An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
The Mark
Seven Thieves
Al Capone
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Cry Terror!
Run of the Arrow
Across the Bridge
The Unholy Wife
Back from Eternity
The Harder They Fall
Jubal
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The Big Knife
Oklahoma!
On the Waterfront
Marty
Teresa