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Rod Steiger
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Some of Steiger's earliest performances have survived on video. In a bizarrely self-referential episode of Tales of Tomorrow called "The Window", the station picks up the sights and sounds of two lovers planning to bump off the woman's husband. A fake series entry and a fake commercial are both interrupted by the couple's arguments. (The floor manager and announcer even played themselves onstage, just like Biff on Letterman!) Steiger must've had the censors gnawing their nails down while he glued himself nose to knees up against his co-star and practically suffocated her into silence.
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After undergoing triple heart bypass surgery in 1976, Steiger fell into a serious depression for eight years. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 77, of pneumonia and complications from surgery for a (presumably malignant) gall bladder tumor. He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles, California.
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Some film critics characterized Mr. Steiger as one of the 20th century's great character actors, more specifically as a method actor. Mr. Steiger thought of himself as an actor, period. ''There's no such thing as a straight part,'' he said. ''Every part you play is a character.'' He took issue with the way the term ''method acting'' was used.
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Steiger is the man in this episode. As a joke, Sarah Silverman throws out, "Let's talk about our first homosexual experience!" and Steiger doesn't hesitate! He has one and he tells his story!
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A man of large appetites, Steiger repeatedly became overweight and then dieted. He was subject to periods of depression, and during the 1980s he did little work for eight years because of it. "I couldn't get out of bed in the morning," he said. He recovered, and his career became busier than ever.
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