Benjy has also written for DailyMail and TMZ. He was buried in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Michael has been married to Brandee Steger since November 15, 2008. He would lie in bed at night thinking, "You'll never act again. He reprised the role in eight made-for-TV movies in the 1990s. The infant is Steiger's second child. [76] The following year, he took the part of a prison psychiatrist who tries to cure the psychological demons of Stuart Whitman's character in The Mark. [16] Steiger also responded unfavorably when he learned that Kazan had been awarded an honorary Oscar by the Academy in 1999. He holds American nationality and is of Austrian, Ecuadorian and Norwegian ethnicity. 43% His mother's family is Ecuadorian. [144], In 1980, Steiger received two Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor nominations for his roles in Klondike Fever and The Lucky Star, both Canadian productions. To see this at first hand was shocking, but it was eventually useful for me as an actor even though it was a very difficult experience. If I got a role which was similar to another I'd try to do it a little different. [186] Steiger's last film role was as the billiard hall manager, Nick, in Poolhall Junkies (2002);[187] it was poorly received by critics. [16], Steiger was so devoted to his craft that during the 1970s he turned to many foreign productions, especially in Italy, to obtain the sort of roles he desired, but often clashed with directors over his method acting techniques. [127][128] Later that year he was cast as the turban-wearing German officer Guenther von Lutz in Duccio Tessari's Italian war comedy The Heroes, opposite Rod Taylor,[129] and appeared as "foul-mouthed Sicilian mobster" Eugenio Giannini opposite Gian Maria Volont's Lucky Luciano in Francesco Rosi's film of the same name. [93] Steiger offended Bosley Crowther of The New York Times, who found his character repellent. [16] In one clash in a column in the Los Angeles Times, Steiger responded to a letter sent by Heston saying that he was shocked that the American Film Institute had not honored Elia Kazan because of his testimony to the Un-American Activities Committee. [47] Steiger later remarked: "We didn't get to know each other at all. His career has been active since 1994. Benjy studied journalism at Goldsmiths University of London, graduating in 2009. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born May 27 Add to list Awards 3 wins & 1 nomination Photos 90 Rodney Stephen Steiger (/star/; April 14, 1925 July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. [83] The following year, Steiger played ruthless Neapolitan land developer and city councilman Edoardo Nottola, who uses his political power to make personal profit in a large scale suburban real estate deal, in Francesco Rosi's Italian production, Hands over the City (1963). [10] Her alcoholism caused Steiger much embarrassment, and the family was frequently mocked by other children and their parents within the community. [24] Elvis Presley was highly impressed with Steiger's "powerful and wrenching performance" in The Pawnbroker. He underwent open-heart surgery in 1976 and again in 1979 and struggled with obesity,[198] though certain roles, such as Napoleon, required him to intentionally gain weight. CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 265 Michael Steiger Premium High Res Photos Browse 265 michael steiger photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. [82] According to co-star Richard Burton, Steiger had privately admitted to him that he was in financial trouble at the time and had a face lift, which Burton thought made him look like "one half of a naked ass-hole". He earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 18. [4] Steiger later commented: "I loved the Navy. Steiger never forgave Howard, whom he referred to as a "cocksucker", for rejecting him for the part and giving it to Cyril Cusack. Appeared in a 1998 episode of The Simpsons as Captain Tenille. He always flew solo and I haven't seen him since the film. Profession Actor. [c] Steiger was particularly keen on demonstrating the showiness of Capone, speaking thunderously, slinging a camel-hair coat over his shoulders and wearing his hat at a jaunty angle. Laurel Award for Best Male Dramatic Performance, David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor, Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor, Montral World Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, List of awards and nominations received by Rod Steiger, "Steiger brought a sense of pain, guilt and authenticity to his characters", "Rod Steiger explains his mother's alcoholism", "Rod Steiger Interview by Matias A. Bombal", "Never Meet Your Hero. [5][22] The play was held at the ANTA Playhouse. His debut project came in 2015, when he co-wrote, directed and produced the one-woman show Brandee Built On Crazee, starring his wife, followed by his own series Not So Union in 2017. Concurrently, Michael played Vikram in the third and final film of the Disney Channel Original Movie trilogy The Cheetah Girls in 2008, and played Greg Severin in the 2010 romantic Assisting Venus, directed by Charles Huddleston. [147] Later in 1981, Steiger won the Montral World Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of white-bearded Orthodox rabbi Reb Saunders in Jeremy Kagan's The Chosen. His company Off The Lots, Inc. is. He joined the newly commissioned USS Taussig (DD-746) on May 20, 1944. [68] The following year, Steiger appeared with Claire Bloom (whom he later married) in a Fay and Michael Kanin stage production of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, Rashomon, where he enacted the role of the bandit originally played by Toshiro Mifune. (1971), Benito Mussolini in Last Days of Mussolini (1975), and ended the decade playing a disturbed priest in The Amityville Horror (1979). Hes also worked on such short films as The Wrights, Fifteen Years Later, and A Real Adventure. [126], Steiger played a rural Tennessee patriarch and father of Jeff Bridges, at odds with Robert Ryan's character, in Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973), which received mixed reviews. Robert Coleman of the Daily Mirror described Steiger's performance as "magnificently animalish", while Kenneth Tynan of The New Yorker thought the acting helped set new standards for Broadway. She came alive again".[14]. Michael Steger has also tried himself as a screenwriter, director and producer. Has known his wife, actress Brandee Tucker, since he was 12. Michael Mateus Steger (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor. [169] Steiger played another mobster, Sam Giancana, two years later in the miniseries Sinatra (1992). [167] Although Steiger admitted that his performance in The January Man was "way over the top", he enjoyed the experience, thereby marking a positive turning point after a period of clinical depression. A number of Black groups also accused the film of advocating racial stereotypes of the inner city, due to its portrayal of pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts. Steiger called this refusal his "dumbest career move",[117] remarking, "I got on my high horse. American noted family, the son of Oscar winning actor Rod Steiger and his 33 year-old wife, Paula. Annakin stated that he had "never known an actor to put so much thought and preparation into a performance" as Steiger. Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress. [69] A major success, it was lauded by critics and nominated for three Tony awards. [52] Steiger observed that James Dean, who auditioned for the role that went to Gordon MacRae,[52] was a "nice kid absorbed by his own ego, so much so that it was destroying him", which he thought led to his death. In 2015 Michael Steiger and Anita Wasser joined Turnus Film as producers and main partners. [55] Steiger and Palance did not get along during the production, and in one scene Palance threw several record albums at Steiger in frustration, feeling that he was trying to steal the scene. It was one of the biggest location film productions of the 1950s, shot near Nogales, Arizona with a crew of 325 people and some 70 trucks. "[103] Steiger won a plethora of other awards, including a BAFTA,[104] a Golden Globe,[105] a Laurel Award and awards for Best Actor from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle. April 25, 2023 6:57am. Mark Steiger has worked hand in hand with some of the biggest directors in hollywood on some of the largest productions that have been made over the past several years in the New York area. I explained that this solitary Jew could not rise to heights of emotion; he had been hammered by life and by people. #losfeliz #vintage #harlemragshop1934, A post shared by Michael Steger (@michaelsteger11) on Jan 28, 2019 at 12:05pm PST. "[11] His explosive screen performances were an influence on many later actors, including Robert De Niro, who used Steiger's portrayal of Al Capone as a reference for his own performance in The Untouchables (1987). Happiness has to be earned and respected. They moved through several towns, including Irvington and Bloomfield, before settling in Newark, New Jersey. He has been married to Brandee Steger since November 15, 2008. Steiger came out the winner in one of the strongest Best Actor categories in history for his performance as a small-town police . The film deals with the way the two men interact and join forces in solving the crime, as Steiger's Gillespie learns to greatly respect the black man he initially took to be a criminal. [38] The role had originally been intended for Martin Ritt, who later became a director. Is she married? By the 1980s, heart problems and depression took their toll on Steiger's career, and he found it difficult to find employment, agreeing to appear in low-budget B movies. The last scene, where I find the boy dead on the street. [125] Steiger auditioned for the role of Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), a film adaptation of Italian American author Mario Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name, but Puzo felt that Steiger was too old for the part and rejected him. [157] Steiger took a break from cinema in the mid-1980s, during which he appeared in the Yorkshire Television mini-series The Glory Boys (1984) with Anthony Perkins,[158][159] and Hollywood Wives (1985) with Angie Dickinson. [109], Later in 1968, Steiger played a repressed gay non-commissioned officer opposite John Phillip Law in John Flynn's The Sergeant for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, which earned him the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor. The Crossword Solver finds answers to classic crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles. He is an actor, writer, director and producer, known for starring in the role of Navid Shirazi in the CWs teen drama series 90210. TV Series executive producer - 7 episodes, TV Series 4 episodes, 2015 series director - 2 episodes, 2015, TV Series 5 episodes, 2015 writer - 2 episodes, 2015, TV Movie performer: "I'm the One", "Feels Like Love". [2] He was later transferred to another school when the bullying got too serious. [175], Following The Specialist (1994), Steiger appeared in Tom Clancy's Op Center (1995), a film that was edited down into a TV miniseries,[176] and featured in a Columbo television film, Strange Bedfellows. [177] The following year, he took a minor role as Doc Wallace in the Dale Rosenbloom family drama Shiloh. It was entered into the Berlin International Film Festival and became the 19th most popular film at the UK box office in 1969. [13] During the last 11 years of her life, Steiger's mother stayed sober and regularly attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Michael Steger was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. [200] Despite these challenges, Steiger continued to act into the 1990s and early 2000s. He admitted that during this period he accepted "everything I was offered", and knew that many of the films he appeared in were not great, but wanted to demonstrate his strong work ethic despite his issues. View the profiles of professionals named "Michael Steiger" on LinkedIn. Tired of fighting with his mother,[15] he ran away from home at age sixteen to join the United States Navy during World War II. Top titles Latest 'The Pawnbroker', directed by Sidney Lumet, was an independent, so was 'The Sergeant'. Terms and Policies [75] Bosley Crowther of The New York Times gave a positive review of the film, praising the "nerve-rackingly delicate plot" and the "most elaborate roles" of Steiger and his co-star, Edward G. [98] It has since been acclaimed as one of the greatest films ever made, and in 1998 was selected as the 39th best American film in the original AFI's 100 Years100 Movies list by the American Film Institute. So, his net worth will certainly increase in the coming years. Steger later graduated with . See Rod Steiger full list of movies and tv shows from their career. 56% One of his final roles was as judge H. Lee Sarokin in the prison drama The Hurricane (1999), which reunited him with In the Heat of the Night director Norman Jewison. While his best known role is that of an Iranian-American, Steger himself is actually of Ecuadorean, Native American and British heritage. A member of SAG and is actively pursuing membership into the DGA Union and permission to use the PGA mark as a producer. Rodney Stephen Steiger ( / star /; April 14, 1925 - July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. (1955), in which he performed his own singing. In the Heat of the Night (1967) won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Steiger, who was lauded for his performance as a Mississippi police chief who learns to respect an African-American officer (Poitier) as they search for a killer. Mini Bio (1) Michael Steger was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. The family lives in Los Angeles, California. Dean reportedly gave Steiger his prized copy of Ernest Hemingway's book Death in the Afternoon, and had underlined every appearance of the word "death". [16] During one audition, Steiger was cast after barely uttering a few words, the director exclaiming he had a "fresh, wonderful quality. [213] Even Kazan found several of the Actors Studio's techniques disagreeable, preferring "more humor and verve and less self-indulgence, self-pity and self-awareness". [206] A 1960 publication by Dean Jennings of The Saturday Evening Post referred to Steiger as an "angry, hot-tempered newcomer of prodigious acting talents, [who] works best only at emotional white heat", and remarked that he found it "stimulating to carry theatrical fantasy into his private life". [114][115], Steiger was offered the title role in Patton (1970), but turned it down because he did not want to glorify war. [18] His only role model as an actor was Paul Muni, who he thought was "the greatest,"[11] though he also had a deep respect for French actor Harry Baur and, according to biographer Hutchinson, he admired Charlie Chaplin "to the point of adoration. [11] One day, Fields' mistress Monti turned up on set, and watched the scene where he briefly thanks everybody. [4] He directed and produced a one-woman show called Brandee Built on Crazee starring his wife Brandee Tucker. Rosenberger. [52] Steiger portrayed a disturbed, emotionally isolated version of Jud, which television channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) believed brought a "complexity to the character that went far beyond the stock musical villain". If they want a destroyer now, they ring up the government and get a real one. Hutchinson described him as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars". [21][23], Steiger's early roles, although minor, were numerous, especially in television series during the early 1950s, when he appeared in more than 250 live television productions over a five-year period. [132] It was poorly received by critics, and Steiger found the director, whom he had admired, a bitter disappointment. So @harlemragshop1934 told me to look pissed off. #1, 10/08/2012, KSITE, 90210, from left: Tristan Wilds, Jessica Lowndes, Shenae Grimes, Michael Steger, Lori Loughlin, AnnaLynne McCord, Trevor Donovan, Jessica Stroup, Matt Lanter, 'Til Death Do Us Part', Season 5, Ep. [92] His curly-haired appearance in the film was modeled on a bust of Apollo he once saw while meeting Richardson. [11] He decided to attend a drama class, primarily because of its membership of attractive young women. [72] The film, noted for its deglamorized portrayal of the subject,[73] earned Steiger a Laurel Award for Best Male Dramatic Performance nomination. The next couple of years he was at the height of his powers. Press Esc to cancel. In 2007, Michael was quite busy with more serious roles, so he featured as Guido in the short drama film The Man Under The Tree, played Bob in another short film, entitled Meg, after which he was chosen to appear in the recurring role of Miguel in the Fox sitcom The Winner; however, it was cancelled in no time. The Best of Hollywood . (adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({}); He later attended California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, from which he graduated with honors with a BA degree in Theater, and a minor in Spanish. He was also cast as the lead role by Tim Burton in The Killers' music video "Bones" in 2006.[3]. Actor Rod Steiger and wife Paula Ellis attend the premiere of Family Business on December 13, 1989 at the Cineplex Odeon Cinema in Century City,. "[19], Steiger made his stage debut in a production of Curse you, Jack Dalton! [21] His first major role on Broadway came in Clifford Odets's production of Night Music (1951), where he played A. L. [81] Steiger agreed to a reduced fee of $50,000. Well they never went away. Lowest Rated: 43% Bleed (2016) Birthday: May 27, 1980. Steiger's performance was so convincing that, after the film was released, he received a call from a psychiatric institution asking him to attend one of their board meetings. [216] Humphrey Bogart, Steiger's co-star in The Harder They Fall, referred to Steiger's method acting as the "scratch-your-ass-and-mumble school of acting". [140] Love and Bullets, later that year, in which Steiger appeared as a mafia boss, was poorly received; Roger Ebert dismissed it as a "hopelessly confused hodgepodge of chases, killings, enigmatic meetings and separations, and insufferably overacted scenes by Steiger alternating with alarmingly underacted scenes by [Charles] Bronson". [11] The film was the biggest international box office draw of the 1960s,[97] grossing $200 million worldwide. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [163] According to director Fred Olen Ray, it was pulled from distribution within a week of release. #16, 03/04/2013, KSITE, Covert Affairs, from left: Julian Acosta, Lana Parrilla, Michael Steger, Piper Perabo, 'South Bound Suarez', Season 1, Ep. Two years later, he landed the role of Tony/Armando in the romantic comedy Ana Maria In Novela Land, was cast as Jeff in the TV thriller Fatal Flip, and then starred in his own dark comedy series, Not So Union, next to his wife. Though Hutchinson, author of Rod Steiger: Memoirs of a friendship, perceived Steiger's portrayal of Capone to be more of a caricature,[72] George Anastasia and Glen Macnow, authors of the book The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies, described it as one of the best screen portrayals of Capone. Fuller instead got one of the Native American extras to run in Steiger's place, which is why the scene was shot showing only the feet, instead of using close-ups. Several Jewish organizations propagated a boycott of the film due to "its uncompromising presentation of the Jewish pawnbroker which they felt encouraged anti-Semitism". After appearing as Mohamed Esfiri on NCIS in 2005, he had a recurring role on The Winner in 2007. He is an actor and producer, known for 90210 (2008), Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015) and True Blood (2008). And that's it, when somebody says to me 'I'll never forget', that's worth more to me than five Academy Awards, I'm in that person's life". [16], Later in 1955, Steiger played an obnoxious film tycoon, loosely based on Columbia boss Harry Cohn,[53][b] opposite Jack Palance and Ida Lupino in Robert Aldrich's film noir The Big Knife. Steiger made his film debut in Fred Zinnemann's Teresa in 1951, and subsequently appeared in films such as The Big Knife (1955), Oklahoma! [11] Lumet noted that during the production Steiger had a tendency to be overly dramatic, stating: "Sure, Rod has weaknesses of rhetoric, but you can talk them through with him. Some of his most famous movies were The Pawnbroker (1964) and In the Heat of the Night (1967). Graduate of California Polytechnic University of Pomona. with Dickie Dawson Jason Dors-Lake born 1969, died 2019, age 50 with Alan Lake Son of Diana Dors Also known as Male Age 77 (approx.) Brando stated that seven takes were needed because Steiger could not stop crying, which Steiger found to be unfair and inaccurate. I would always say the bigger the budget, the less imagination. Biographer Tom Hutchinson describes him as a "shadowy, fugitive figure," one who "haunted" Rod throughout his life and was an "invisible presence and unseen influence. Michael Steger (Michael Mateus Steger) was born on 27 May, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, United States, is an American actor. [120], In 1971, Steiger played a chauvinistic big game hunter, explorer and war hero opposite Susannah York in Mark Robson's Happy Birthday, Wanda June,[121] before agreeing to star alongside James Coburn as Mexican bandit Juan Miranda in Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker!, which was alternatively titled A Fistful of Dynamite. As a result, three U.S. destroyers were lost, but the Taussig survived, with Steiger tying a rope to himself on deck and flattening himself as waves engulfed the ship. Early life [ edit] In an interview, Steger revealed he was bullied during his childhood in the fourth grade until the sixth grade. #23, 05/08/2012, KSITE, 90210, Michael Steger (L), Matt Lanter (R), 'A Tale of Two Parties', Season 4, Ep. Occupations. [173] The following year, Steiger agreed to play the role of a Cuban mob boss opposite Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone in Luis Llosa's thriller The Specialist, citing its purpose as a "$40 million commercial" to show a new generation that he existed. ', Season 4, Ep. From there, he finally earned a main role as Navid on "90210" while branching out with episodes "Covert Affairs" (USA Network, 2010-14) and "True Blood" (HBO, 2008-14), making Steger a true star on the rise. [171] Steiger auditioned for the part of an elderly Irishman in Ron Howard's Far and Away, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Bleed, Ana Maria in Novela Land, Blast Vegas, Farah Goes Bang, The Cheetah Girls: One World, 3 Girls and the Golden Cocoon. Steiger rejected these claims, insisting that he was merely "trying to take the medium of acting to as far as I can go, and that why I sometimes go over the edge". The play was a critical success that increased Steiger's public exposure;[11] Tom Stempel noted that he brought "striking intensity to his performance as Marty, particularly in giving us Marty's pain". He commented: "Pain must never be a source of shame. Graduated with honors achieving a BA degree in Theatre and a minor in "[102] A. D. Murphy of Variety described Steiger's performance as "outstanding", writing: "Steiger's transformation from a diehard Dixie bigot to a man who learns to respect Poitier stands out in smooth comparison to the wandering solution of the murder. Universally panned by the critics, Caryn James of The New York Times wrote: "Mr. Steiger addresses the camera as if he were reciting Shakespeare, he is truly, straightforwardly, hilariously bad. [179], In 1997, Steiger played Tony Vago, the mob boss of Vincent Gallo's character in Kiefer Sutherland's Truth or Consequences, N.M., a gritty noir about a drug heist gone wrong. [184] Steiger portrayed H. Lee Sarokin, the judge responsible for freeing Carter. [1] Yet for Hutchinson, Steiger remained "out of sympathy with Hollywood" during his career, believing that accomplished actors often struggle to find challenging films as they got older. Actor 123 Credits. Second biggest news of my life! Elizabeth Taylor was guest of honour at Rod Steiger and Joan Benedicts wedding. [45] Though Steiger retained great respect for Brando as an actor,[46] he disliked him as a person and frequently complained during the production of Brando's "predilection for leaving the set" immediately after shooting his scenes. Also Known As Rodney Stephen Steiger Birth Place Westhampton, New York, USA Born April 14, 1925 Died July 09, 2002 Cause of Death Died From Pneumonia And Kidney Failure Biography Read More Alongside Marlon Brando and James Dean, Rod Steiger helped redefine film acting in America after World War II. You're no good". #8, 11/08/2011, KSITE, 90210, Michael Steger (L), Matt Lanter (R), 'Vegas, Maybe? Dennis Schwartz considered it to have been one of Steiger's creepiest roles, though he thought that the poor script had rendered the role awkward and "mildly entertaining in the sense that Steiger is asked to carry the film and hams it up". Bleed (2016), Birthday: Not only did he believe he had greater credibility and esteem as an actor in Europe, but he approved of the more relaxed filming schedule prevalent there at that time. [88][e], In 1965, Steiger played an effeminate embalmer in Tony Richardson's comedy The Loved One, about the funeral business in Los Angeles, based on the 1948 short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. [201], Steiger was one of Hollywood's most respected character actors. #19, 04/22/2013, KSITE, 90210, Michael Steger (L), Jessica Lowndes (R), 'The Empire State Strikes Back', Season 5, Ep. James Franco, actor (Jewish mother) Paul Frees, cartoon voice actor. Date of birth Tuesday 14 Apr 1925 Birth place Westhampton, New York, USA Date of death: Jul 2002 Cause of death pneumonia and kidney failure Occupations US Navy Actor (1950 (aft.)) Miles Luna Wiki Bio, girlfriend, dating Ellie, mar Graduate of California Polytechnic University of Pomona. 58K Followers, 604 Following, 706 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Michael Steger (@michaelsteger11) 57k Followers, 606 Following, 700 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Michael Steger (@michaelsteger11) . Michaels next appearances came in 2013, when he portrayed Waseem in the comedy Farah Goes Bang, featured as Oren in the made-for-television film Blast Vegas, and played Frederick in the drama thriller Non-Stop. He was particularly critical of Charlton Heston's stance on weapons, and publicly referred to him as "America's favorite fascist". [43] Film writer Leo Braudy wrote that the "incessantly repeated images of its taxicab confrontation between Brando and Rod Steiger have made the film iconic". During the 1970s, Steiger increasingly turned to European productions in his search for more demanding roles. David Dozier . Spanish. From 2008 to 2013, Steger played the role of Navid Shirazi on The CW's 90210. [153] He sank into an even deeper depression when he was not involved in acting, but it bothered him more that his acting career had taken a turn for the worse and was no longer challenging. [17], After the war, the GI Bill paid for his rent at a room on West 81st Street in New York City, an income of just over $100 a month, and four years of schooling. [56] Steiger earned critical acclaim later that year for a role as a prosecuting major in Otto Preminger's The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, alongside Gary Cooper and Charles Bickford. Mark Steiger. Robinson. [16] Poitier considered Steiger and Spencer Tracy to have been the finest actors he had ever worked with, remarking in 1995, "He's so good he made me dig into bags I never knew I had. [24][a] In a 1999 interview with BBC News, Steiger said he probably would not have done On the Waterfront if he'd known at the time that Kazan had provided the House Un-American Activities Committee with names of performers suspected of being Communists. [61] Critics panned the film, which has a four percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 27 reviews as of July 2015. [66] Paul Beckley of the Herald Tribune had thought Steiger "superbly laconic",[67] but Dennis Schwartz dismissed the film as "an ill-conceived attempt" with "too many coincidences and contrived plot points to sustain interest". Childhood And Early Life [190] In an interview with journalist Kenneth Passingham, Steiger stated that Bloom was "all I ever wanted in a woman", and that "maybe our marriage was better than most because we were both established when we met". His father is of Austrian and Norwegian descent. "[137], The following year, Steiger portrayed the comic actor W. C. Fields in an Arthur Hiller biopic, W. C. Fields and Me, for Universal Pictures.
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