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    Who is no longer alive: Bill Bradley (Pro basketball player turned politician, former US senator from New Jersey), tennis player Jimmy Connors, actor Rod Steiger ("In the Heat of the Night", "On the Waterfront"), or actor Robby Benson ("Ode To Billy Joe" and "One on One")?

    Question #63797. Asked by may. (Mar 22 06 10:17 AM)


    Brainyblonde

    		Rod Steiger

    Mar 22 06, 10:25 AM
    xfacilitatorx

    		Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 - July 9, 2002) was an American actor.

    He was born Rodney Stephen Steiger in Westhampton, New York. He ran away from home at age sixteen to join the US Navy during World War II. After the war, he returned to New Jersey and joined a drama group before studying drama full-time under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan at The Actor's Studio.

    Steiger appeared in over 100 motion pictures. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Sheriff Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967) opposite Sidney Poitier.

    http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Rod_Steiger

    http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Rod_Steiger

    Mar 22 06, 3:56 PM

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