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Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 - July 9, 2002) was an
United States|American actor.

He was born Rodney Stephen Steiger in Westhampton,
New York. He ran away from home at age sixteen to
join the US Navy during World War II. After the
war, he returned to New Jersey and joined a drama
group before studying drama full-time under Lee
Strasberg and Elia Kazan at The Actor's Studio.

Steiger appeared in over 100 film|motion pictures.
He won the Academy Award for Academy Award for
Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role for his
portrayal of Sheriff Bill Gillespie in In the Heat
of the Night (1967 in film|1967) opposite Sidney
Poitier.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for his
roles in On the Waterfront (1954 in
film|1954) and The Pawnbroker (1965
in film|1965).

Steiger had five wives,  actor|actress Sally
Gracie (married 1952-divorced 1958), actress
Claire Bloom (married 1959-divorced 1969),  Sherry
Nelson (married 1973-divorced 1979), Paula Ellis
(married 1986-divorced 1997) and actress Joan
Benedict (married 2000-his death 2002).

He was offered the title role in
Patton but turned it down because he
did not want to glorify war. The role was then
given to George C. Scott, who won the Oscar.
Steiger called this refusal his "dumbest career
move." He also turned down The
Godfather.

He died in Los Angeles of complications from
surgery for gall bladder cancer at the age of
seventy-seven. He is interred in Forest Lawn -
Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Rod Steiger has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood,
California|Hollywood.

==Steiger numbers==
Rod Steiger is the most linkable actor in the
Internet Movie Database. The average Steiger
number of a movie actor is 2.679 (compared to
Bacon number|Bacon's 2.955). Steiger has a Bacon
number of 2. William Rufus Shafter has a Steiger
number of 8. See: Small world phenomenon.

==Filmography==
*Teresa (movie)|Teresa (1951)
*On the Waterfront (1954)
*Oklahoma! (1955)
*The Big Knife (1955)
*The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
*Jubal (1956)
*The Harder They Fall (1956)
*Back from Eternity (1956)
*The Unholy Wife (1957)
*Run of the Arrow (1957)
*Across the Bridge (1957)
*Cry Terror! (1958)
*Al Capone (1959)
*Seven Thieves (1960)
*The World in My Pocket (1961)
*The Mark (1961)
*13 West Street (1962)
*Convicts 4 (1962)
*The Longest Day (1962)
*Hands Over the City (1963)
*Time of Indifference (1964)
*The Pawnbroker (1964)
*A Man Named John (1965)
*The Loved One (1965)
*Doctor Zhivago (1965)
*In the Heat of the Night (1967)
*The Girl and the General (1967)
*No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
*The Sergeant (1968)
*The Illustrated Man (1969)
*Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
*Waterloo (movie)|Waterloo (1970)
*A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
*Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
*The Moviemakers (1973) (short subject)
*Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
*The Heroes (1973)
*Mussolini: The Last Four Days (1974)
*Lucky Luciano (1974)
*Dirty Hands (1975)
*Hennessy (1975)
*W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
*Portrait of a Hitman (1977)
*Wolf Lake (movie)|Wolf Lake (1978)
*F.I.S.T. (1978)
*Breakthrough (1979)
*The Amityville Horror (1979)
*Love and Bullets (1979)
*Klondike Fever (1980)
*The Lucky Star (1980)
*Lion of the Desert (1981)
*Cattle Annie and the Little Britches (1981)
*The Chosen (1981)
*The Magic Mountain (1982)
*The Naked Face (1984)
*Catch the Heat (1987)
*The Kindred (1987)
*American Gothic (1988)
*The Exiles (1989) (documentary) (narrator)
*That Summer of White Roses (1989)
*January Man (1989)
*Tennessee Nights (1989)
*Try This One for Size (1989) 
*Men of Respect (1991)
*The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
*Guilty as Charged (1991)
*The Player (1992) (Cameo)
*The Neighbor (1993)
*Living on Borrowed Time (1993)
*The Last Tattoo (1994)
*The Specialist (1994)
*Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
*Seven Sundays (1995)
*Carpool (1996)
*Shiloh (1996)
*Mars Attacks! (1996)
*The Kid (1997)
*Truth or Consequences, N.M (1997) 
*Livers Ain't Cheap (1997) 
*Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
(documentary)
*Incognito (1997)
*The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998) (short
subject)
*Body and Soul (1998)
*Alexandria Hotel (1998)
*Animals and the Tollkeeper (1998)
*Modern Vampires (1998)
*Legacy (1998)
*Cypress Edge (1999)
*Crazy in Alabama (1999)
*Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)
*The Hurricane (1999)
*End of Days (1999)
*The Last Producer (2000)
*Lightmaker (2001)
*The Flying Dutchman (2001)
*A Month of Sundays (2001)
*The Hollywood Sign (2001)
*Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World
(2001) (documentary)
*Poolhall Junkies (2002)

==External links==
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001768/ IMDb entry
for Rod Steiger
*http://www.cinequest.org/99/guide/steiger.html
Cinequest, A Tribute to Rod Steiger





 
 
 

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Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 - July 9, 2002) was an
United States|American actor.

He was born Rodney Stephen Steiger in Westhampton,
New York. He ran away from home at age sixteen to
join the US Navy during World War II. After the
war, he returned to New Jersey and joined a drama
group before studying drama full-time under Lee
Strasberg and Elia Kazan at The Actor's Studio.

Steiger appeared in over 100 film|motion pictures.
He won the Academy Award for Academy Award for
Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role for his
portrayal of Sheriff Bill Gillespie in In the Heat
of the Night (1967 in film|1967) opposite Sidney
Poitier.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for his
roles in On the Waterfront (1954 in
film|1954) and The Pawnbroker (1965
in film|1965).

Steiger had five wives,  actor|actress Sally
Gracie (married 1952-divorced 1958), actress
Claire Bloom (married 1959-divorced 1969),  Sherry
Nelson (married 1973-divorced 1979), Paula Ellis
(married 1986-divorced 1997) and actress Joan
Benedict (married 2000-his death 2002).

He was offered the title role in
Patton but turned it down because he
did not want to glorify war. The role was then
given to George C. Scott, who won the Oscar.
Steiger called this refusal his "dumbest career
move." He also turned down The
Godfather.

He died in Los Angeles of complications from
surgery for gall bladder cancer at the age of
seventy-seven. He is interred in Forest Lawn -
Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Rod Steiger has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood,
California|Hollywood.

==Steiger numbers==
Rod Steiger is the most linkable actor in the
Internet Movie Database. The average Steiger
number of a movie actor is 2.679 (compared to
Bacon number|Bacon's 2.955). Steiger has a Bacon
number of 2. William Rufus Shafter has a Steiger
number of 8. See: Small world phenomenon.

==Filmography==
*Teresa (movie)|Teresa (1951)
*On the Waterfront (1954)
*Oklahoma! (1955)
*The Big Knife (1955)
*The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
*Jubal (1956)
*The Harder They Fall (1956)
*Back from Eternity (1956)
*The Unholy Wife (1957)
*Run of the Arrow (1957)
*Across the Bridge (1957)
*Cry Terror! (1958)
*Al Capone (1959)
*Seven Thieves (1960)
*The World in My Pocket (1961)
*The Mark (1961)
*13 West Street (1962)
*Convicts 4 (1962)
*The Longest Day (1962)
*Hands Over the City (1963)
*Time of Indifference (1964)
*The Pawnbroker (1964)
*A Man Named John (1965)
*The Loved One (1965)
*Doctor Zhivago (1965)
*In the Heat of the Night (1967)
*The Girl and the General (1967)
*No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
*The Sergeant (1968)
*The Illustrated Man (1969)
*Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
*Waterloo (movie)|Waterloo (1970)
*A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
*Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
*The Moviemakers (1973) (short subject)
*Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
*The Heroes (1973)
*Mussolini: The Last Four Days (1974)
*Lucky Luciano (1974)
*Dirty Hands (1975)
*Hennessy (1975)
*W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
*Portrait of a Hitman (1977)
*Wolf Lake (movie)|Wolf Lake (1978)
*F.I.S.T. (1978)
*Breakthrough (1979)
*The Amityville Horror (1979)
*Love and Bullets (1979)
*Klondike Fever (1980)
*The Lucky Star (1980)
*Lion of the Desert (1981)
*Cattle Annie and the Little Britches (1981)
*The Chosen (1981)
*The Magic Mountain (1982)
*The Naked Face (1984)
*Catch the Heat (1987)
*The Kindred (1987)
*American Gothic (1988)
*The Exiles (1989) (documentary) (narrator)
*That Summer of White Roses (1989)
*January Man (1989)
*Tennessee Nights (1989)
*Try This One for Size (1989) 
*Men of Respect (1991)
*The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
*Guilty as Charged (1991)
*The Player (1992) (Cameo)
*The Neighbor (1993)
*Living on Borrowed Time (1993)
*The Last Tattoo (1994)
*The Specialist (1994)
*Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
*Seven Sundays (1995)
*Carpool (1996)
*Shiloh (1996)
*Mars Attacks! (1996)
*The Kid (1997)
*Truth or Consequences, N.M (1997) 
*Livers Ain't Cheap (1997) 
*Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
(documentary)
*Incognito (1997)
*The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998) (short
subject)
*Body and Soul (1998)
*Alexandria Hotel (1998)
*Animals and the Tollkeeper (1998)
*Modern Vampires (1998)
*Legacy (1998)
*Cypress Edge (1999)
*Crazy in Alabama (1999)
*Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)
*The Hurricane (1999)
*End of Days (1999)
*The Last Producer (2000)
*Lightmaker (2001)
*The Flying Dutchman (2001)
*A Month of Sundays (2001)
*The Hollywood Sign (2001)
*Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World
(2001) (documentary)
*Poolhall Junkies (2002)

==External links==
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001768/ IMDb entry
for Rod Steiger
*http://www.cinequest.org/99/guide/steiger.html
Cinequest, A Tribute to Rod Steiger