What do Judd Fry in “Oklahoma,” the lead character in “The Pawnbroker,” Napoleon, Al Capone and Rasputin have in common? All these gloomy characters have been played by actor Rod Steiger. Steiger has ...

Rod Steiger, the burly and beloved star born a century ago this week, could have become the greatest film actor of all time. Or at least, like his character’s brother in On the Waterfront, he coulda ...

Rod Steiger, one of the finest character actors of the past 50 years and an Academy Award winner in 1967 for his depiction of the bigoted Southern sheriff in “In the Heat of the Night,” died Tuesday ...

LOS ANGELES, July 9 (UPI) -- Academy Award-winning actor Rod Steiger died Tuesday of pneumonia and kidney failure. He was 77. Steiger, who starred in more than 100 feature films and TV movies, ...

Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rod Steiger, who played Marlon Brando's mob-connected brother in "On the Waterfront" and won the 1967 Oscar for best actor for his role as the unrelenting ...