Rod Steiger

Career timeline

1. 1925 · Born

   Born in Westhampton, New York, USA

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   The Philco Television Playhouse (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Columbo (TV)

4. 2002 · Latest release

   Poolhall Junkies (Movie)

5. 2002 · Died

   July 9, 2002

Career in numbers

2 1940s

15 1950s

13 1960s

12 1970s

13 1980s

22 1990s

1 2000s

• Drama51
• Comedy16
• Crime16
• Action8
• Thriller8
• War7

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Rod Steiger in our catalogue.

Ted Post

5 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

3 titles together

Robert Mulligan

2 titles together

Mark Snow

2 titles together

Amy Wright

2 titles together

John Debney

2 titles together

Robert Ryan

2 titles together

Robert Mitchum

2 titles together

William Asher

2 titles together

Fielder Cook

2 titles together

1. 2002 Poolhall Junkies as Nick 6.4 Movie
2. 1999 End of Days as Father Kovak 6.1 Movie
3. 1999 Crazy in Alabama as Judge Louis Mead 6.0 Movie
4. 1999 The Hurricane as Judge Sarokin 7.4 Movie
5. 1998 Modern Vampires as Dr. Frederick Van Helsing 4.9 Movie
6. 1998 The Heaven and Earth Show TV
7. 1997 Incognito as Milton A. Donovan 5.8 Movie
8. 1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Tony Vago 6.1 Movie
9. 1997 HARDtalk TV
10. 1996 Mars Attacks! as General Decker 6.4 Movie
11. 1996 Shiloh as Doc Wallace 6.1 Movie
12. 1996 EZ Streets TV
13. 1996 Carpool as Mr. Hammerman 5.2 Movie
14. 1996 Dalva as John Wesley Northridge II Movie
15. 1995 In Pursuit of Honor as Col. Owen Stuart 5.8 Movie
16. 1995 OP Center as Boroda TV
17. 1994 The Specialist as Joe Leon 6.0 Movie
18. 1994 The Critic as Rod Steiger (voice) 7.4 TV
19. 1993 Tales of the City as Bookshop Owner 7.7 TV
20. 1992 Sinatra as Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana TV
21. 1991 The Commish 7.3 TV
22. 1991 In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as Gordon Kahl Movie
23. 1990 Men Of Respect as Charlie D'Amico 4.8 Movie
24. 1989 The Simpsons as Captain Tenille (voice) 8.0 TV
25. 1989 The January Man as Mayor Eamon Flynn 5.0 Movie
26. 1987 American Gothic as Pa 6.0 Movie
27. 1987 The Kindred as Dr. Phillip Lloyd 6.0 Movie
28. 1985 Hollywood Wives as Oliver Easterne TV
29. 1985 Television TV
30. 1984 The Glory Boys as Professor David Sokarev TV
31. 1984 The Naked Face as Lieutenant McGreary 5.5 Movie
32. 1984 The Magic Mountain as Mynheer Peperkorn TV
33. 1982 American Playhouse as Bookstore Owner TV
34. 1981 The Chosen as Reb Saunders 7.2 Movie
35. 1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Tilghman 6.5 Movie
36. 1981 Lion of the Desert as Benito Mussolini 7.3 Movie
37. 1979 The Amityville Horror as Father Delaney 6.3 Movie
38. 1979 Love and Bullets as Joe Bomposa 5.7 Movie
39. 1979 Breakthrough as General Webster 5.8 Movie
40. 1978 F.I.S.T. as Sen. Andrew Madison 6.5 Movie
41. 1977 Jesus of Nazareth as Pontius Pilate 7.8 TV
42. 1975 Innocents with Dirty Hands as Louis Wormser 6.2 Movie
43. 1974 The Last Four Days as Mussolini 6.3 Movie
44. 1973 Lucky Luciano as Gene Giannini 6.4 Movie
45. 1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX as Laban Feather 5.9 Movie
46. 1971 Duck, You Sucker as Juan Miranda 7.7 Movie
47. 1971 Columbo as Vincenzo Fortelli 8.1 TV
48. 1970 Waterloo as Napoleon Bonaparte 7.1 Movie
49. 1969 The Illustrated Man as Carl 5.6 Movie
50. 1968 No Way to Treat a Lady as Christopher Gill 6.6 Movie
51. 1967 Omnibus TV
52. 1967 In the Heat of the Night as Police Chief Bill Gillespie 7.7 Movie
53. 1965 Doctor Zhivago as Viktor Komarovsky 7.6 Movie
54. 1965 The Loved One as Mr. Joyboy 6.2 Movie
55. 1965 The Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman 7.1 Movie
56. 1963 Hands Over the City as Edoardo Nottola 7.4 Movie
57. 1962 The Longest Day as Destroyer Commander 7.6 Movie
58. 1961 Ben Casey TV
59. 1961 The Mark as Doctor McNally 6.2 Movie
60. 1960 Route 66 6.7 TV
61. 1960 Sunday-Night Play as Sherriff Harvey Denton TV
62. 1959 Al Capone as Al Capone 6.6 Movie
63. 1958 Monitor TV
64. 1957 Run of the Arrow as Pvt. O'Meara 6.1 Movie
65. 1956 The Harder They Fall as Nick Benko 7.2 Movie
66. 1956 Jubal as Pinky 6.9 Movie
67. 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Maj. Allan Guillion 6.8 Movie
68. 1955 The Big Knife as Stanley Shriner Hoff 6.0 Movie
69. 1955 Oklahoma! as Jud Fry 6.6 Movie
70. 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse as Visitor TV
71. 1954 On the Waterfront as Charley Malloy 7.9 Movie
72. 1953 General Electric Theater as Bruno Holder TV
73. 1951 Out There TV
74. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Steinmetz TV
75. 1951 Tales of Tomorrow TV
76. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Victor Honegger TV
77. 1949 Suspense as Leo Whaley TV
78. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse TV

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