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3	Rodney Stephen Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, known for his MethodActing technique and for playing a variety of offbeat roles.
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5	Among his best-known films are ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' (1954), ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' (1965), ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' (1967, that one earned him the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor), ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'', and ''Film/{{The Amityville Horror\|1979}}'' (1979).
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7	He was married five times and had two children.
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9	!!Filmography on TV Tropes:
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12	[[folder:Film roles]]
13	* ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' (1954) as Charlie Malloy
14	* ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' (1955) as Jud Fry
15	* ''Film/TheCourtMartialOfBillyMitchell'' (1955) as Maj. Allan Guillon
16	* ''Film/{{The Harder They Fall\|1956}}'' (1956) as Nick Benko
17	* ''Film/TheLongestDay'' (1962) as Destroyer Commander
18	* ''Film/HandsOverTheCity'' (1963) as Edoardo Nottola
19	* ''Film/ThePawnbroker'' (1964) as Sol Nazerman
20	* ''Film/TheLovedOne'' (1965) as Mr. Joyboy
21	* ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' (1965) as Victor Ipolitovich Komarovsky
22	* ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' (1967) as Chief of Police Bill Gillespie
23	* ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'' (1970) as UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
24	* ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite'' (1971) as Juan Miranda
25	* ''Film/LollyMadonnaXXX'' (1973) as Laban Feather
26	* ''Film/{{FIST}}'' (1978) as Sen. Andrew Madison
27	%%* ''Film/LoveAndBullets'' (1979) as Joe Bamposa
28	* ''Film/{{The Amityville Horror\|1979}}'' (1979) as Father Delaney
29	* ''Film/LionOfTheDesert'' (1981) as UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini
30	* ''Film/ThePlayer'' (1992) {{as Himself}}
31	* ''Film/TheSpecialist'' (1994) as Joe Leon
32	* ''Literature/{{Shiloh}}'' (1996) as Doc Wallace
33	* ''Film/MarsAttacks'' (1996) as Gen. Decker
34	* ''Film/TruthOrConsequencesNM'' (1997) as Tony Vago
35	* ''Film/ModernVampires'' (1999) as Dr. Van Helsing
36	* ''Film/TheHurricane'' (1999) as Judge Sarokin
37	* ''Film/EndOfDays'' (1999) as Father Kovak
38	* ''Film/PoolhallJunkies'' (2002) as Nick
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42	* ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' (1966) as Willy Loman[[note]]Creator/{{BBC}} TV production[[/note]]
43	* ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (1977) as Pontius Pilate
44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' episode "L.A. Jay" (1994) as Himself (voice)
45	* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episode "[[Recap/ColumboS10E10 Strange Bedfellows]]" (1995) as Vincenzo Fortelli
46	* ''Series/TheCommish'' episode "Redemption" (1996) as Oskar Rothman/Carl Wolfe
47	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]" (1998) as Capt. Tenille
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Context Creator / RodSteiger