Rod Steiger Net Worth
Rod Steiger Net Worth is
$8 Million
Rod Steiger Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger was an American actor known for his performances in such films as On the Waterfront, The Big Knife, Oklahoma!, The Harder They Fall, Across the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, Doctor Zhivago, In the Heat of the Night, Waterloo, and Duck, You Sucker!, as ... | Full Name | Rod Steiger |
| Net Worth | $8 Million |
| Date Of Birth | April 14, 1925, Westhampton, New York, United States |
| Died | July 9, 2002, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Westhampton |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | Actors Studio |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Joan Benedict Steiger (m. 2000–2002) |
| Children | Anna Steiger, Michael Steiger |
| Parents | Frederick Steiger, Lorraine Driver |
| Nicknames | Rodney Stephen Steiger , Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger , Rod |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Satellite Mary Pickford Award |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor In A L... |
| Movies | In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Zhivago, On the Waterfront, The Pawnbroker, Duck, You Sucker!, The Illustrated Man, Mars Attacks!, The Amityville Horror, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Longest Day, The Harder They Fall, The Specialist, The Hurricane, Oklahoma!, End of Days, The Loved One, Run of the A... |
| TV Shows | Jesus of Nazareth, Hollywood Wives |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Full-bodied, somewhat bombastic acting style |
| 2 | His chunky frame and serious-looking face |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Waterloo (1970) | $1,000,000 |
| In the Heat of the Night (1967) | $150,000 |
| The Pawnbroker (1964) | $25,000 |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I like watching Charles Chaplin, Harry Baur, Spencer Tracy, Paul Muni. I like to watch any good actor. When I'm depressed, I'll look around for a bad film, like the old films with chariot races and pulling down the temples and that. I find them very relaxing, like reading a comic book. |
| 2 | [on winning the Best Actor Oscar for In the Heat of the Night (1967)] I wanted to win it. It's important. It gives you greater latitude in the business and that means bigger and better parts. And I need that. I'm only 42. Paul Newman is 43, [Marlon Brando] is 43, but I look like their father. |
| 3 | [on Marlon Brando] He was in a unique position. He could have done anything. But he didn't choose to. |
| 4 | When you lose your curiosity, you're dead. I don't care if you live to be 117. You're dead. |
| 5 | I'm ambivalent about Patton (1970). I'm kind of a half-assed pacifist and I must tell you, you know, your philosophy is as strong as your feelings on a particular day. If you're feeling good and you've accomplished something, you can back your philosophies to the hilt. And I don't know what happened, but I decided I'm not going to glorify this thing. I wasn't going to glorify war... I was a schmuck, because if I did Patton half as good as Mr. Scott [George C. Scott], I might have walked into The Godfather (1972). So that was a big mistake. |
| 6 | When old actors come up to me and say, "I don't know if I should do this role. It might be bad for my image", I say, "That's tough that you only have one image. My heart bleeds for you!". We are supposed to create raw people, explore life and communicate at the highest level; be it pain, joy or what have you. That's what I believe. I guess you could say it does become a philosophy, a way of life. |
| 7 | You get the Oscar and you get better scripts, better actors and better directors to work for and of course your salary goes up until you make your first mistake and then you have to start from the beginning again. |
| 8 | The first thing that you should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is forget it. |
| 9 | [on acting] It sounds pompous but it's the nearest thing I can do to being God. I'm trying to create human beings and so does He. |
| 10 | I tell young actors today to join the Merchant Marines for a year, and I tell young women to volunteer in a hospital emergency ward if they can. You get to see different people, cultures, dress - it's a marvelous education for an actor. |
| 11 | My career has been 65% virgin and 35% whore. I've refused roles many times because I'd have to lose my integrity, my dreams of doing something worthwhile with regard to character. That's the virgin part of me. |
| 12 | Method acting is anything that gets you involved personally in the part, so that you can communicate in human terms with an audience. Despite all the obstacles, the American actor has changed the acting world. |
| 13 | [on Hollywood] A community of lonely people searching for even the most basic kind of stimulation in their otherwise mundane lives. |
| 14 | [on success] Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, "I'm not opening." That's a successful guy. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His third wife, Sherry Nelson, was a former ballerina, before becoming Rod's secretary. Her marriage to him was her second. |
| 2 | His paternal grandfather, Frederick Steiger, was German, and his paternal grandmother, Anna A. Libschick, was Austrian. Rod's maternal grandparents, Frank Driver and Amelia Fesler, were of German origin. |
| 3 | When polled by the AFI Steiger named "The Good Earth" as his favorite film. |
| 4 | Had appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: On the Waterfront (1954) and In the Heat of the Night (1967). |
| 5 | He was the first person to win the best actor BAFTA two years in a row and the Oscar in the second year (For The Pawnbroker (1964) and In the Heat of the Night (1967)). The second one was Colin Firth in A Single Man (2009) and The King's Speech (2010). |
| 6 | His last televised appearance was on Jon Favreau's Dinner for Five (2001), the episode aired April 29, 2002, Steiger passed away in July. |
| 7 | He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City. |
| 8 | Member of Handgun Control Inc. |
| 9 | Was not the first choice to play the role of Sheriff Bill Gillespie in the 1967 Best Picture Academy Award-winner In the Heat of the Night (1967), for which Steiger won the Best Actor Oscar. The role was first offered to George C. Scott, who accepted, according to producer Walter Mirisch's memoir "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History". Scott backed out when his wife Colleen Dewhurst wanted him to direct her in a play on Broadway. Ironically, Steiger later turned down the lead in Patton (1970) that went to Scott, which brought him his own Best Actor Oscar. |
| 10 | 1976: Fell into a deep depression after undergoing triple heart bypass surgery. |
| 11 | He was honored with being chosen as one of AFI's 50 stars of the second half of the 20th century. |
| 12 | Won the role of Viktor Komarovsky in Doctor Zhivago (1965) only after two other actors turned the role down. After a month went by with Marlon Brando failing to respond to director David Lean's written inquiry into whether he wanted to play Komarovsky, Lean offered the role to James Mason, who was a generation older than Brando, because he did not want an actor who would overpower the character Yuri Zhivago (specifically, to show Zhivago up as a lover of Lara, who would be played by the young Julie Christie, which the charismatic Brando might have done, shifting the sympathy of the audience). Mason initially accepted the role, but eventually dropped out and Steiger was given the role. |
| 13 | Campaigned vigorously for a role in The Godfather (1972), which began shooting in early 1971, three years after Steiger had reached the top of his craft, receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor his role as Sheriff Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967). Surprisingly, the role Steiger wanted was not the title role of Don Vito Corleone (eventually played by his On the Waterfront (1954) co-star Marlon Brando), but the role of Michael Corleone, the Don's youngest son. Paramount executives found his desire to be bizarre as he was much too old for the role and turned him down without even a screen-test. |
| 14 | Shortly before his death, Steiger had undergone surgery for a (presumably malignant) gall bladder tumor. |
| 15 | Most of the solo shots of Steiger during the famous taxicab scene in On the Waterfront (1954) were done after Marlon Brando had left for the day. Brando had it in his contract that he could finish shooting before the normal quitting time so that he could make his daily session with his psychiatrist. Steiger was deeply hurt and annoyed at Brando's rudeness and lack of courtesy to a fellow actor, as it was customary, in a two-shot, for an actor in close-up to be fed his lines by the other actor or for the other actor to just be there so the first actor would have him him or her to play to. Steiger used his negative emotions to enhance his performance, and though he paid tribute to Brando as a great actor, he personally loathed him thereafter. Director Elia Kazan stood in for Brando in the back of the cab so Steiger would have someone to emote to. |
| 16 | After he played Jud Fry in Oklahoma! (1955), producer David O. Selznick wanted to sign him to a long-term contract and possibly star him in the lead of his proposed remake of Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" opposite David O. Selznick's wife, Jennifer Jones. "But I told him that I must have the right to choose my own mistakes", Steiger told his biographer, Tom Hutchinson. "His face fell - he couldn't believe anyone would refuse him. Neither could my agents!". |
| 17 | He told Robert Osborne during an interview on Turner Classic Movies that when he was in the United States Navy during World War II, he used to sing when it was his turn to stand watch on-board ship. The ship's captain, overhearing him one night, put a stop to his impromptu performances. |
| 18 | Steiger, who originated the role of Marty in the eponymous television production The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse: Marty (1953), said that he turned down the role in the 1955 movie production as the Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions contract would have bound him for years. Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster, on their part, said that they did not want to cast Steiger as they felt the public would not go for the same actor that they had seen for free on television. |
| 19 | Served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. |
| 20 | Is listed as the Centre of the Hollywood Universe by the University of Virginia's Oracle of Kevin Bacon. He can be linked to any other movie actor in the classic Kevin Bacon-game style in an average of 2.651 steps. |
| 21 | Enjoyed playing historical figures. |
| 22 | He had always said that the favorite of all his films was The Pawnbroker (1964). |
| 23 | He had an operatic voice; however, he had no ear for keeping in the same key, rendering his singing voice almost useless. |
| 24 | His daughter, Anna Steiger, is an opera singer. |
| 25 | Received the Gift of Life Award after tirelessly speaking out against the social stigma against mental disease, from which he suffered for many years. |
| 26 | He had a daughter with Claire Bloom, and a son with Paula Ellis. |
| 27 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 10, 1997. |
| 28 | He was offered the title role in Patton (1970) but refused the role, saying, "I'm not going to glorify war." The role was then given to George C. Scott, who won the Oscar for the role. Steiger calls this refusal his "dumbest career move". |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | Komarovsky | |
| E venne un uomo | 1965 | The Intermediary | |
| The Loved One | 1965 | Mr. Joyboy | |
| Time of Indifference | 1964 | Leo | |
| The Pawnbroker | 1964 | Sol Nazerman | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Mike Kirsch |
| The Movie Maker | 1964 | TV Movie | |
| Le mani sulla citt | 1963 | Edoardo Nottola | |
| Route 66 | 1962 | TV Series | Justin Lezama |
| Ben Casey | 1962 | TV Series | Charles Dirkson |
| The Longest Day | 1962 | Destroyer Commander | |
| Convicts 4 | 1962 | Tiptoes | |
| 13 West Street | 1962 | Detective Sergeant Pete Koleski | |
| The Mark | 1961 | Dr. Edmund McNally | |
| Wagon Train | 1961 | TV Series | Saul Bevins |
| The World in My Pocket | 1961 | Frank Morgan | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | 1960 | TV Mini-Series | Sherriff Harvey Denton |
| Seven Thieves | 1960 | Paul Mason | |
| General Electric Theater | 1960 | TV Series | Bruno Holder |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | 1959 | TV Series | Charles Steinmetz |
| Al Capone | 1959 | Al Capone | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Charles Steinmetz |
| Decision | 1958 | TV Series | Visitor |
| Playhouse 90 | 1958 | TV Series | Harvey Denton |
| Cry Terror! | 1958 | Paul Hoplin | |
| Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | Frank Marre |
| Across the Bridge | 1957 | Carl Schaffner | |
| Run of the Arrow | 1957 | O'Meara | |
| The Unholy Wife | 1957 | Paul Hochen | |
| Back from Eternity | 1956 | Vasquel | |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | Visitor |
| Jubal | 1956 | 'Pinky' Pinkum | |
| The Harder They Fall | 1956 | Nick Benko | |
| The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | 1955 | Maj. Allan Guillion | |
| Oklahoma! | 1955 | Jud Fry | |
| The Big Knife | 1955 | Stanley Shriner Hoff | |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1951-1955 | TV Series | Marty Pilletti |
| Producers' Showcase | 1955 | TV Series | Busch |
| Kraft Theatre | 1952-1954 | TV Series | |
| On the Waterfront | 1954 | Charley Malloy | |
| Justice | 1954 | TV Series | |
| The Philip Morris Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | |
| You Are There | 1954 | TV Series | Romeo / Richard Burbage |
| Goodyear Playhouse | 1952-1953 | TV Series | |
| Medallion Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Suspense | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Leo Whaley |
| Danger | 1950-1953 | TV Series | |
| The Gulf Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | First Man |
| Tales of Tomorrow | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Peter / Henry |
| Out There | 1951 | TV Series | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Victor Honegger |
| Teresa | 1951 | Frank | |
| Actor's Studio | 1950 | TV Series | |
| Poolhall Junkies | 2002 | Nick | |
| The Hollywood Sign | 2001 | Floyd Benson | |
| A Month of Sundays | 2001 | Charley McCabe | |
| The Flying Dutchman | 2001 | TV Movie | Ben |
| Lightmaker | 2001 | King Osso | |
| Animated Epics: Moby Dick | 2000 | TV Movie | Ahab (voice) |
| The Last Producer | 2000 | Sheri Ganse | |
| Body and Soul | 2000 | Johnny Ticotin | |
| Cypress Edge | 2000 | Woodrow McCammon | |
| End of Days | 1999 | Father Kovak | |
| The Hurricane | 1999 | Judge Sarokin | |
| Crazy in Alabama | 1999 | Judge Mead | |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul | 1999 | TV Series | |
| Hotel Alexandria | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | |
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | 1999 | Doc Wallace | |
| The Snatching of Bookie Bob | 1998 | Bookie Bob | |
| Legacy | 1998/I | Sadler | |
| The Simpsons | 1998 | TV Series | Captain Tenille |
| Modern Vampires | 1998 | TV Movie | Dr. Frederick Van Helsing |
| Animals with the Tollkeeper | 1998 | Fontina | |
| The Kid | 1997 | Harry Sloan | |
| Incognito | 1997 | Milton A. Donovan | |
| Truth or Consequences, N.M. | 1997 | Tony Vago | |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | General Decker | |
| Shiloh | 1996 | Doc Wallace | |
| EZ Streets | 1996 | TV Series | Quinn's father |
| Little Surprises | 1996 | TV Short | Joe |
| Carpool | 1996 | Mr. Hammerman | |
| Dalva | 1996 | TV Movie | John Wesley Northridge II |
| The Commish | 1996 | TV Series | Oskar Rothman / Carl Wolfe |
| The Real Thing | 1996 | Victor | |
| Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys | 1995 | The President | |
| Out There | 1995 | TV Movie | Col. Buck Gunner |
| Columbo | 1995 | TV Series | Vincenzo Fortelli |
| In Pursuit of Honor | 1995 | TV Movie | Col. Owen Stuart |
| Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story | 1995 | TV Movie | Anthony Comstock |
| OP Center | 1995 | TV Movie | Boroda |
| Seven Sundays | 1994 | Benjamin | |
| The Specialist | 1994 | Joe Leon | |
| The Critic | 1994 | TV Series | Rod Steiger |
| The Last Tattoo | 1994 | Gen. Frank Zane | |
| The Neighbor | 1993 | Dr. Myron Hatch | |
| Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Bookshop Owner |
| Kölcsönkapott idö | 1993 | Sepak | |
| Due vite, un destino | 1992 | TV Movie | Frank Argento |
| Lincoln | 1992 | TV Movie | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice) |
| The Player | 1992 | Rod Steiger | |
| Sinatra | 1992 | TV Mini-Series | Salvatore 'Sam' 'Momo' Giancana |
| Guilty as Charged | 1991 | Kallin | |
| In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas | 1991 | TV Movie | Gordon Kahl |
| The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | 1991 | Rev. Willin | |
| Men of Respect | 1990 | Charlie D'Amico | |
| Tennessee Waltz | 1989 | Judge Prescott | |
| Djavolji raj | 1989 | Martin | |
| Passion and Paradise | 1989 | TV Movie | Sir Harry Oakes |
| The January Man | 1989 | Mayor Eamon Flynn | |
| Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge | 1988 | TV Movie | Silas Slaten |
| American Gothic | 1988 | Pa | |
| Catch the Heat | 1987 | Jason Hannibal | |
| The Kindred | 1987 | Dr. Phillip Lloyd | |
| Sword of Gideon | 1986 | TV Movie | Mordechai Samuels |
| Hollywood Wives | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Oliver Easterne |
| The Glory Boys | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Professor David Sokarev |
| The Naked Face | 1984 | Lieutenant McGreary | |
| Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole | 1983 | TV Movie | Robert E. Peary |
| Der Zauberberg | 1982 | Mynheer Peperkorn | |
| The Chosen | 1981 | Reb Saunders | |
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches | 1981 | Tilghman | |
| Wolf Lake | 1980 | Charlie | |
| Lion of the Desert | 1980 | Benito Mussolini | |
| The Lucky Star | 1980 | Colonel Gluck | |
| Klondike Fever | 1980 | Soapy Smith | |
| The Amityville Horror | 1979 | Father Delaney | |
| Portrait of a Hitman | 1979 | Max Andreotti | |
| Breakthrough | 1979 | Gen. Webster | |
| Love and Bullets | 1979 | Joe Bomposa | |
| F.I.S.T. | 1978 | Senator Madison | |
| Jesus of Nazareth | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Pontius Pilate |
| W.C. Fields and Me | 1976 | W.C. Fields | |
| Hennessy | 1975 | Niall Hennessy | |
| Dirty Hands | 1975 | Louis Wormser | |
| The Last 4 Days | 1974 | Benito Mussolini | |
| Lucky Luciano | 1973 | Gene Giannini | |
| Gli eroi | 1973 | Guenther von Lutz, German baron | |
| Lolly-Madonna XXX | 1973 | Laban Feather | |
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | 1971 | Harold Ryan | |
| Duck, You Sucker | 1971 | Juan Miranda | |
| Waterloo | 1970/I | Napoleon Bonaparte | |
| Three Into Two Won't Go | 1969 | Steve Howard | |
| The Illustrated Man | 1969 | Carl | |
| The Sergeant | 1968 | MSgt. Albert Callan | |
| No Way to Treat a Lady | 1968 | Christopher Gill | |
| La ragazza e il generale | 1967 | The General | |
| In the Heat of the Night | 1967 | Gillespie | |
| BBC Play of the Month | 1966 | TV Series | Willy Loman |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma! | 1955 | performer: "Pore Jud Is Daid" 1943, "Laurey's Dream Ballet" 1943 - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Story of Film: An Odyssey | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary thanks - 2 episodes | |
| I Believe in America | 2007 | in memory of | |
| Reeseville | 2003 | dedicatee | |
| Dieter & Andreas | 1989 | Short grateful acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real James Dean | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself (Memorial Tribute) |
| Biography | 1994-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Dinner for Five | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest |
| Besuch bei Rod Steiger | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Contender: Mastering the Method | 2001 | Video documentary short | Himself / Charley 'The Gent' Malloy |
| Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World | 2001 | Documentary | |
| The Directors | 1997-2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Heaven and Earth Show | 2001 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Bravo Profiles | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Private Screenings | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Scene by Scene | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Omnibus | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| End of Days: The Beginning | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Unforgettable Diana Dors | 2000 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| The Martin Short Show | 1999 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Hollywood Squares | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| HARDtalk | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Linehan | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Journey Into Amazonia | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself - Interviewee / Marty Piletti |
| Kingdom of Shadows | 1998 | Video documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Politically Incorrect | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Past Winner (uncredited) |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | 1997 | Documentary | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1997 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| James Dean: A Portrait | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| James Dean and Me | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic | 1995 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend | 1994 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining | 1993 | Video documentary | |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
| The American Gangster | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 1992 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Earth and the American Dream | 1992 | Documentary | Reader (voice) |
| From Hollywood to Hanoi | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
| Street Scenes: New York on Film | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Reflections on the Silver Screen | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Aspel & Company | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Exiles | 1989 | Documentary | Narrator |
| This Is Your Life | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sunday, Sunday | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1977-1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Pat Sajak Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Hello Actors Studio | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Change of Heart | 1987 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Our World | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Favourite Movie Picture |
| The London Standard Film Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself |
| James Bond: The First 21 Years | 1983 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Tom Cottle: Up Close | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| I Love Liberty | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Tomorrow Coast to Coast | 1981 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Paddy Chayefsky Tribute |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Making of Lion of the Desert | 1981 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971-1977 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Dinah! | 1976 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Favourite All-Around Male Entertainer |
| Film '72 | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Moviemakers | 1973 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Jerry Visits | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Parkinson | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema | 1970 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Frost on Sunday | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Year of the Communes | 1970 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Tattooed Steiger | 1969 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair | 1968 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (offscreen dramatic readings from Ernest Hemingway's novels) (voice) |
| How It Is | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 40th Annual Academy Awards | 1968 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Writing Awards |
| Telescope | 1968 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Stars for Israel | 1967 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 38th Annual Academy Awards | 1966 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in Leading Role |
| Late Show London | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Monitor | 1960 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Himself / Character in scene from 'Roshomon' / Himself - Onstage Bow |
| This Week | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Intermission Guest |
| Film Fanfare | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| The 27th Annual Academy Awards | 1955 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Short Subject Awards |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to the Basement | 2015 | TV Series | Mr. Joyboy |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Gillespie |
| Il falso bugiardo | 2008 | Himself | |
| The Citizen Cohl: Untold Story | 2008 | Short | Himself |
| An Unlikely Weapon | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| James Dean: Forever Young | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Legenden | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Jud Fry (in 'Oklahoma!') |
| American Masters | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Charley Malloy |
| RIP 2002 | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Pvt. O'Meara |
| El informal | 2002 | TV Series | El Profeta Jeta |
| Hollywood Remembers | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Best of Film Noir | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Best of Hollywood | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Interview |
| Femmes Fatales: Sharon Stone | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Destroyer Commander (uncredited) |
| Great Performances: Dance in America | 1987 | TV Series | |
| America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary | Charlie Malloy |
| MGM 40th Anniversary | 1964 | Short | |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955-1963 | TV Series | Prosecuter - scene from 'The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell' / Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Atlantic City Film Festival | Posthumously. | |
| 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Marco Island Film Festival | ||
| 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Method Fest | ||
| 2001 | Feature Film Award | New York International Independent Film & Video Festival | Best Actor | A Month of Sundays (2001) |
| 1999 | Maverick Tribute Award | Cinequest San Jose Film Festival | ||
| 1999 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Palm Beach International Film Festival | Acting | |
| 1998 | Life Achievement Award | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | ||
| 1997 | Career Exellence Award | Montréal World Film Festival | For exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art. | |
| 1997 | Mary Pickford Award | Satellite Awards | ||
| 1997 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 10 April 1997. At 7080 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1996 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Stockholm Film Festival | ||
| 1981 | Best Actor | Montréal World Film Festival | The Chosen (1981) | |
| 1969 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) | The Sergeant (1968) |
| 1969 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Performance in a Foreign Film (Mejor Interpretación en Película Extranjera) | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1968 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1968 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Drama | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1968 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actor | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1968 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Male Dramatic Performance | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1968 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Actor | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1967 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actor | The Pawnbroker (1964) |
| 1967 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1967 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | In the Heat of the Night (1967) |
| 1964 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | The Pawnbroker (1964) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Supporting Actor | Crazy in Alabama (1999) |
| 1996 | Gemini | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995) |
| 1995 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Supporting Actor | The Specialist (1994) |
| 1994 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Actor | The Specialist (1994) |
| 1988 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Sword of Gideon (1986) |
| 1981 | Genie | Genie Awards | Best Performance by a Foreign Actor | The Lucky Star (1980) |
| 1980 | Genie | Genie Awards | Best Performance by a Foreign Actor | Klondike Fever (1980) |
| 1970 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Male Star | 14th place. |
| 1968 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Male Star | 5th place. |
| 1966 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Pawnbroker (1964) |
| 1966 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Drama | The Pawnbroker (1964) |
| 1964 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) |
| 1959 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Single Performance by an Actor | Playhouse 90 (1956) |
| 1959 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Dramatic Performance | Al Capone (1959) |
| 1955 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | On the Waterfront (1954) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | The Pawnbroker (1964) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Dramatic Performance, Male | The Pawnbroker (1964) |
Known for movies
On the Waterfront (1954)
as Charley Malloy
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
as Gillespie
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Komarovsky
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as General Decker