Rod Steiger, the burly and beloved star born a century ago this week, could have become the greatest film actor of all time. Or at least, like his character’s brother in On the Waterfront, he coulda ...

Rod Steiger, one of the American screen's most distinctive non-star actors, who won an Oscar for his role as a curmudgeonly Southern sheriff in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night, died this week ...

Rod Steiger, an Oscar-winning actor whose chameleon-like ability to inhabit diverse characters placed him firmly among a generation of acclaimed postwar performers, died Tuesday at age 77. Steiger, ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on Aug. 3, 1967. This story was written by Wanda Hale.) It’s a pleasure, all too rare, to watch two splendid actors pitted against each other with equal force ...

2002-07-10 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Rod Steiger, the acclaimed actor who starred in such films as "The Pawnbroker" and "In the Heat of the Night," died Tuesday at 77. The Oscar-winning actor died of ...

Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger, who portrayed sinners like Al Capone and saints like Pope John XXIII in a career spanning more than five decades, died yesterday at age 77. Steiger died at a Los ...

The Oscar award-winning actor had starred alongside 50s heartthrob Marlon Brando in the film On The Waterfront; Rod Steiger played a pivotal part in The Pawnbroker, and A Fistful of Dynamite, leaving ...

The many obituaries for Rod Steiger, the veteran Hollywood actor who died earlier this month, paid tribute to his memorable roles in The Pawnbroker and In the Heat of the Night. These were just the ...

What do Judd Fry in “Oklahoma,” the lead character in “The Pawnbroker,” Napoleon, Al Capone and Rasputin have in common? All these gloomy characters have been played by actor Rod Steiger. Steiger has ...

Rod Steiger, one of the finest character actors of the past 50 years and an Academy Award winner in 1967 for his depiction of the bigoted Southern sheriff in “In the Heat of the Night,” died Tuesday ...

One of the last great method actors, Rod Steiger's skill was in portraying characters of brooding menace and complexity. His crafted on screen torment was a vital ingredient of two of his most ...