Rod Steiger: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Himself on Dinner for Five
- Birthday:
- 4-14-1925
- Birthplace:
- Westhampton, New York (USA)
- Birth Name:
- Rodney Stephen Steiger
Rod Steiger was a famous character actor best known for his role as Victor Komarovsky, in the film Doctor Zhivago (1965).
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- Rod was married five times, to actress Sally Gracie (1952-1958), actress Claire Bloom (1959-1969), Sherry Nelson (1973-1979), Paula Ellis (1986-1997) and actress Joan Benedict (2000-his death in 2002). (edit)
- Rod turned down doing the film version of Marty (1955) saying he didn't want to repeat himself after doing the 1953 tv film. The producers claimed they didn't want him because they believed no one would pay to see him after having watched it before on tv.(edit)
- Rod did voice-over narration for an audiotape adapatation of Aesop's Fables with Gregory Hines and Cathy Moriarty in May 1995.(edit)
- Rod played many historical characters inlcuding Napoleon Bonaparte in Waterloo (1970); Benito Mussolini in The Last Four Days (1974) and in Lion in the Desert (1981); W.C. Fields in W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Pontius Pilate in the TV miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977); and mob boss Sam Giancana in the TV miniseries "Sinatra" (1992).(edit)
- Rod joined the U.S Navy after running away from home at the age of 16 and served on several battleships during World War Two.(edit)
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