Rod Steiger on Brando and Bogart - Later with Bob Costas 11/19/91 

Right, he is one of the greatest actors ever, very underrated.

Indeed

He well deserved his Oscar for In The Heat Of The Night.

@@keythdanielsen5533 One of his best perfomances.

@@jim5746 Definitely. Did you ever see No Way To Treat A Lady, where he plays a serial killer?

at age 11, before ratings systems started, I watched Hackman bleed to death from a .38 slug to the head in 'Bonnie & Clyde'. nobody had ever yet seen that on screen. there was no blood really, before that. and on TV, I saw Steiger as Capone, and I was an instant fan. when Martin Balsam tries to calm him down, and maybe leave town for a while, "what!!? I ain't leavin' town! "but Al"..."don't Al me! everybody's Al, Al! " his Italian temper really comes out. he and DeNiro were the best Capones.

If you look like Rod Steiger or Gene Hackman you better be talented.

Two giants of the movies I Loved everything Gene Hackman has ever done, for me he was the greatest character actor of all, I Loved him in the movie Scarecrow with young AL Pacino.

@@drbonesshow1 It's not like YOU look like Tyrone Power either.

@@georgevincent1834 No, I'm not gay.

Wait until you see part two....Steiner goes deep into his psyche and depression. Should be uoaded in a few hours.

Well said & well put. I heartily concur.

But Steiger never gave him a chance to interject, did he? He doesn’t come up for air.

I could not agree more.

*Rod Steiger has been one of my favorites since I was a kid.

The Chosen is so-not even underrated, it’s unheralded.

Yeah, he stole every scene he was in.

Indeed, they both act up a storm in that one, despite their different approaches. Just goes to show, the method or path that an actor chooses is secondary to what that final result is. Clearly, they were known for delivering the goods, as it were.

@@waynej2608 Bogie in 'Treasure of Sierra Madre' was incomparable, and taken for granted, as he didn't even get a nomination for that.

He gave the most moving performance in the Pawn Broker.

@@wendyqallab6906 that film was sort of ahead of his time. still gripping.

@@tonym994 Agree. The fact that he wasn't even nominated for Treasure...just boggles the mind.

One of the all time greats .Stella he was awesome in manhunt in the dakotas portraying Gordon kahl

I remember his radio show, he had 'the Kid', Ted Williams on. he asked Ted what's it like to hit a ball just right and crush it out of the ballpark? what analogy would you use?" "well (to great laughter),there may be something I'd compare it to if we weren't on the air" that was one funny moment.

Totally agree. Then again, it's difficult to think of a Steiger role that was anything less.

Indubitably !

I agree as Pinky he was over the top

Yes ....and The Big Knife ??

palooka ville ..lol

That is one of his best performances

Steiger nailed that role! He was a crazy psycho. Great actor!! But don't forget the memorable performance by George Segal as the detective.

MO Brummell 😂 It doesn’t mean your a bad person😂

Welcome aboard! I have plenty of Later episodes awaiting their turn

Sorry, typos. GREAT MOVIE, the Pawnbroker. Rod just defined himself. The average man in the street, was why people believe him in any role.

totally gripping TV

As stupid a remark ever

@@carlpiazza1950 wha my name lol

Yes, someone else on RU-vid uploaded this video but the entire video and not part of it, where I commented on that. Go natural - It’s always better. The calf-length socks and the short pants showing off his cankles is also pretty bad. If you check out that other video, at one point he throws his leg over the arm of the chair, which was pretty weird. Appearance-wise, this was probably his least flattering moment.

So raw

eottoe2001 no way can anyone be a genius actor this description is so often inappropriate. An actor can be talented certainly but not a genius.

@@johndean4765 that is an interesting view for a Monday. I'll have to think about it. Hitchcock would probably agree with you. His view of actors was interesting, too.

"Whooom!"

I think playing “off” another actor (Poitier, Brando) is easier than summoning feelings independently. That’s why I believe The Pawnbroker was the superior performance. These old icons were such characters!

My favorite with Sidney Portia, They call me Mr. Tibbs

In the Heat of the Night is overrated, imo, and his role wasn't anything special. I recommend Run of the Arrow (1957) by Samuel Fuller.

Thanks for the reply I have a whole Playlist of interviews from people, performs,entertainers and so on, Thanks I love these ones from the past.👍

Agreed he even makes john Phillip law watchable

Fuller was "out there", in a good way.. I will track down 'Run of the Arrow'. never saw it.

@@tonym994 You're in for a treat!

His part was so small anyone could've done it.

'Heat of the night' was a Government propaganda movie ...totally overrated ....won awards for political reasons ...far better is Rod Steigers performance as WC Fields ..or Hennesey !

We're you raised by Quakers ?

@@stevejoshua9536 No, by a Catholic mother and father who also happened to be Czech. In 1960, when I was 10 yrs. old, I was staying at a hotel in Austria when us kids, who had just finished viewing 'The Ten Commandments' were sent off to bed so the adults could watch 'Some Like It Hot'. Go figure

I had the same reaction about that hairpiece 😂

@@pauldavies5611 *I never gave much thought to a 'rug' until I see just how bad and obvious they are...even Connery said 'Fk this!' and got rid of his and found "I'm making more and better movies with that damned thing off my head than I did with it and audiences don't give a damn over it"*

@@gerrynightingale9045 Yes, I agree. Although, except for “Diamonds Are Forever”, he looked pretty good with a hairpiece. But he’s right, his movies were better after he got rid of it.

@@pauldavies5611 *My family moved to Las Vegas in '63...years later I was 'bagging' at 'Mayfair' market off Sahara and i bagged groceries for Connery and Jill St. John and put 5-bags into the trunk of one of the 'movie cars from 'Diamonds Are Forever'...a Mustang Mach-One and got a $5 tip!* *Connery looked like a 'Greek God' statue come to life, no make-up, no nothing* *Jill looked like a 'nice looking girl' but that was all...no 'boner city' for her* ( *Not knocking her...but other people disappear around him* ) *Sean was was 'the most perfect-looking person' I've ever seen in 68-yrs and I saw MANY in Vegas in the 'old days'...I used to mow Terri Moore's yard and she was a 'stunner' even then...she looked just as she did in 'Mighty Joe Young' except for some 'eye wrinkles' that actually made her look better!* ____________ *My 'all-time fave' of Connery is 'The Wind & The Lion' and 'least' is 'Zardoz' which was, imo, a 'complete mess'*

@@gerrynightingale9045 Wow! That's a nice story. So they used the movie Mustang to go shopping? That's interesting. I love that car, wish I had one. Yes, Connery was certainly the best looking Bond of the bunch, imo. It's interesting that in movies before the Bond series he's not that striking. I'm thinking of 'Hell's Drivers', 'Darby and the Little People', 'The Longest Day'' (at least those are the ones I've seen). My favorite movie of his is 'Goldfinger' with 'The Wind and the Lion' a close second. And yes, 'Zardoz' was just kind of silly.