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Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely
Steiger in 1964
Steiger attended West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, where he showed an early interest in acting.
Steiger with Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)
Steiger as film tycoon Stanley Shriner Hoff in The Big Knife (1955)
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American Southern Gothic mystery-drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story o
Rod Steiger
…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…
Theatrical release poster