Biography and 15 the Best Rod Steiger Movies
15.Crazy in Alabama
Melanie Griffith, Meat Loaf
Released: 1999
Directed by: Antonio Banderas
14.Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Rod Steiger, Susannah York
Released: 1971
Directed by: Mark Robson
13.The Mark
Rod Steiger, Stuart Whitman
Released: 1961
Directed by: Guy Green
12.The Chosen
Rod Steiger, Robby Benson
Released: 1981
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
11.The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Elizabeth Montgomery, Gary Cooper
Released: 1955
Directed by: Otto Preminger
10.Back from Eternity
Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger
Released: 1956
Directed by: John Farrow
9.Lion of the Desert
Oliver Reed, John Gielgud
Released: 1981
Directed by: Moustapha Akkad
8.Jubal
Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine
Released: 1956
Directed by: Delmer Daves
7.Waterloo
Orson Welles, Christopher Plummer
Released: 1970
Directed by: Sergei Bondarchuk
6.Doctor Zhivago
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie
Released: 1965
Directed by: David Lean
5.The Hurricane
Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber
Released: 1999
Directed by: Norman Jewison
4.On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint
Released: 1954
Directed by: Elia Kazan
3.The Harder They Fall
Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger
Released: 1956
Directed by: Mark Robson
2.Duck, You Sucker!
as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time… The Revolution, is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn and Romolo Valli.
Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story of Juan Miranda, an amoral Mexican outlaw, and John Mallory, an ex-Irish Republican Army revolutionary. After they accidentally meet under less-than-friendly circumstances, Juan and John involuntarily become heroes of the Revolution despite being forced to make heavy sacrifices.
It is the second film of Leone’s Once Upon a Time Trilogy, which includes the previous Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and the subsequent Once Upon a Time in America (1984). The last western film directed by Leone, it is considered by some to be one of his most overlooked films.
1.In the Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
Released: 1967
Directed by: Norman Jewison
And the film, according to many critics, is considered the best of R.S.
.The Pawnbroker
Morgan Freeman, Rod Steiger
Released: 1965
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Biography
Steiger received his first film roles in the early 1950s. His first major one was in Teresa (1951), but his first lead role was in the TV version of The Philco Television Playhouse: Marty (1953). The movie version, however, had Ernest Borgnine in the lead and won him an Academy Award. Steiger’s breakthrough role came in 1954, with the classic On the Waterfront (1954). Since then he has been a presence on the screen as everything from a popular leading man to a little-known character actor. Steiger made a name for himself in many different types of roles, from a crooked promoter in The Harder They Fall (1956) to the title character in Al Capone (1959). He was one of dozens of stars in the epic World War II film The Longest Day (1962). In 1964, he received his second Oscar nomination for The Pawnbroker (1964). The next couple of years he was at the height of his powers. In 1965, he starred in the dark comedy The Loved One (1965), and in David Lean’s epic Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1966, he starred in the BBC Play of the Month (1965) episode “Death of a Salesman” as Willy Loman in the TV version of his stage play “Death of a Salesman,” but in 1967, he landed what many consider his greatest role: Sheriff Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967), opposite Sidney Poitier. Steiger deservedly took home the Best Actor Oscar for his work in that film.
He took another controversial role as a man with many tattoos in The Illustrated Man (1969) and as a serial killer in the classic No Way to Treat a Lady (1968). After that, he seemed to have withdrawn from high-profile movies and became more selective in the roles he chose. He turned down the lead in Patton (1970) and also in The Godfather (1972). Among his more notable roles in the 1970s are Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971), Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973), as Benito Mussolini in The Last 4 Days (1974), Portrait of a Hitman (1979), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), F.I.S.T. (1978) and The Amityville Horror (1979). He starred in the critically acclaimed The Chosen (1981) with Robby Benson and Maximilian Schell, perhaps the highlight of his 1980s movie career. Steiger increasingly moved away from the big Hollywood pictures, instead taking roles in foreign productions and independent movies. As the 1980s ended, Steiger landed a role as the buttoned-up New York City Chief of Police in The January Man (1989).
Steiger was seriously affected by depression for 8 years. As he returned to the screen in the late 1990s he began creating some of his most memorable roles. He was the doctor in the independently-made movie Shiloh (1996), about an abused dog. He was the crazed, kill-’em-all army general in Mars Attacks! (1996) who always called his enemies peace-mongers. He took a small part as a Supreme Court judge in The Hurricane (1999) and as a preacher in the badly produced film End of Days (1999). He was still active in films moving into the new millennium.
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