This week on From the Vault we glimpse into the mind of one of the great actors of our time…
In 1967, Pacifica Radio produced a ten-part series called The Future of American Film with some of the great and up and coming filmmakers and actors of the day including Academy Award Winning screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, director Francis Ford Coppola, and featured actor Rod Steiger, our focus today. Steiger is probably best known for winning the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Chief of Police Bill alongside Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Southern murder thriller In the Heat of The Night, but his career began long before, performing alongside Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront (1954), singing his own part in the Academy Award winning film version of Oklahoma! (1955), and ultimately appearing in over 100 films during his career. In this episode, Rod Steiger discusses the joy of discovery in acting, an actor’s ability to create art and an insider’s peak at the business of Hollywood and Broadway.
From the Vault is presented through the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, past grants from the Grammy Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners.
First broadcast on Friday, June 3, 2011.
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