Rod Steiger, the burly and beloved star born a century ago this week, could have become the greatest film actor of all time. Or at least, like his character’s brother in On the Waterfront, he coulda ...

Rod Steiger, one of the finest character actors of the past 50 years and an Academy Award winner in 1967 for his depiction of the bigoted Southern sheriff in “In the Heat of the Night,” died Tuesday ...