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Thread #49400   Message #745661
Posted By: Fiolar
10-Jul-02 - 06:01 AM
Thread Name: OBIT: Rod Steiger
Subject: RE: OBIT: Rod Steiger
The movie he starred in with Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine was "Jubal." Rod was in my humble opinion one of the great actors. His ability to portray menace was better than almost any other actor. Try watching "Cry Terror" in which he starred with James Mason or his role as Capone. The scene in which he sings a duet with the actor playing Johnny Torrio in order to distract him for the killers is great stuff. He had opera singer training. His role in "Across the Bridge" could not have been played by any other actor as well and of course his Oscar winning role in "In the Heat of the Night." He was the ultimate W.C. Fields in the bioflic of the great comedian. The greats of the silver screen are sadly being thinned out. Rod Steiger will be remembered when many of those who claim to be actors today will be long forgotten.