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Also Known As	Rodney Stephan Steiger • Rodney Stephen Steiger
Born	April 14, 1925 • New York
Died	July 9, 2002 (aged 77) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1968) • Academy Award (1968): Actor in a Leading Role • Golden Globe Award (1968): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Married To	Joan Benedict Steiger (married 2000) • Claire Bloom (1959–1969) • Sherry Frances Donatt (1973–1980) • Sally Gracie (1952–1959) • Paula Lee Ellis (1986–1997)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil" (1979) • "The Sergeant" (1968) • "The Glory Boys" (1984) • "On the Waterfront" (1954) • "The Amityville Horror" (1979) • "The Hollywood Sign" (2001) • "Lolly-Madonna XXX" (1973) • "The Lucky Star" (1980) • "EZ Streets" (1996) • "Run of the Arrow" (1957) • "E venne un uomo" (1965) • "Giù la testa" (1971) • "Animals with the Tollkeeper" (1998) • "Route 66" (1962) • "Columbo" (1995) • "The Harder They Fall" (1956) • "Justice" (1954) • "The Longest Day" (1962) • "Teresa" (1951) • "Lion of the Desert" (1980) • "The Last Producer" (2000) • "The Last Tattoo" (1994) • "The Gulf Playhouse" (1953) • "Convicts 4" (1962) • "Suspicion" (1958) • "Danger" (1950–1953) • "Legacy" (1998) • "End of Days" (1999) • "Medallion Theatre" (1953) • "The Specialist" (1994) • "Out There" (1951) • "Back from Eternity" (1956) • "The Neighbor" (1993) • "BBC Play of the Month" (1966) • "The Commish" (1996) • "You Are There" (1954) • "The Big Knife" (1955) • "Livers Ain't Cheap" (1996) • "Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys" (1995) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957–1958) • "Cypress Edge" (1999) • "Al Capone" (1959) • "Producers' Showcase" (1955) • "Tales of the City" (1993) • "Oklahoma!" (1955) • "General Electric Theater" (1960) • "Across the Bridge" (1957) • "Kölcsönkapott idö" (1993) • "Suspense" (1952–1953) • "The Critic" (1994) • "An einem Freitag um halb zwölf" (1961) • "Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season" (1999) • "Guilty as Charged" (1991) • "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" (1971) • "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1951–1955) • "13 West Street" (1962) • "Ben Casey" (1962) • "Catch the Heat" (1987) • "Sinatra" (1992) • "The Philip Morris Playhouse" (1954) • "Le mani sulla città" (1963) • "Waterloo" (1970) • "Decision" (1958) • "Poolhall Junkies" (2002) • "The Loved One" (1965) • "The Kid" (1997) • "La ragazza e il generale" (1967) • "Carpool" (1996) • "Men of Respect" (1990) • "Wagon Train" (1961) • "Kraft Television Theatre" (1952–1954) • "The Unholy Wife" (1957) • "Body and Soul" (2000) • "Wolf Lake" (1980) • "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1956) • "Three Into Two Won't Go" (1969) • "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" (1991) • "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) • "Les innocents aux mains sales" (1975) • "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) • "The Pawnbroker" (1964) • "Mussolini ultimo atto" (1974) • "Lucky Luciano" (1973) • "Actor's Studio" (1950) • "Truth or Consequences, N.M." (1997) • "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) • "Lux Video Theatre" (1951) • "The Chosen" (1981) • "Der Zauberberg" (1982) • "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1960) • "W.C. Fields and Me" (1976) • "Love and Bullets" (1979) • "A Month of Sundays" (2001) • "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell" (1955) • "Tennessee Nights" (1989) • "Gli eroi" (1973) • "Incognito" (1997) • "The January Man" (1989) • "The Player" (1992) • "On Trial" (1959) • "Hennessy" (1975) • "F.I.S.T" (1978) • "Crazy in Alabama" (1999) • "Klondike Fever" (1980) • "Hollywood Wives" (1985) • "The Mark" (1961) • "No Way to Treat a Lady" (1968) • "Seven Thieves" (1960) • "The Kindred" (1987) • "Jubal" (1956) • "The Simpsons" (1998) • "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1999) • "Mars Attacks!" (1996) • "American Gothic" (1987) • "The Illustrated Man" (1969) • "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1964) • "Hotel Alexandria" (1999) • "The Naked Face" (1984) • "Shiloh" (1996) • "Cry Terror!" (1958) • "Tous les jours dimanche" (1994) • "Portrait of a Hitman" (1979) • "Playhouse 90" (1958) • "Gli indifferenti" (1964) • "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1952–1953) • "Djavolji raj" (1989) • "Cattle Annie and Little Britches" (1981) • "Tales of Tomorrow" (1952–1953) • "The Hurricane" (1999) • "Lightmaker" (2001)