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, 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, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

LOS ANGELES, July 9 (UPI) -- Academy Award-winning actor Rod Steiger died Tuesday of pneumonia and kidney failure. He was 77. Steiger, who starred in more than 100 feature films and TV movies, ...

Benedict is also known for stints as a cast member of "Candid Camera" and "The Steve Allen Show." Born July 21, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, Benedict first performed at just 7 years old, onstage at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rod Steiger, who played Marlon Brando's mob-connected brother in "On the Waterfront" and won the 1967 Oscar for best actor for his role as the unrelenting ...

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 ...