How old was Rod Steiger in the movie In the Heat of the Night?
Rod Steiger was 41 in In the Heat of the Night when he played the character 'Police Chief Bill Gillespie'.
That was over 57 years ago in 1967.
In 2002 he died aged 77, starring in 117 films in his career, 89 of those after In the Heat of the Night was first released. If he were alive today he would be 99.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In In the Heat of the Night, I think Rod Steiger looks:
Did you know?
- Director Norman Jewison has worked with Rod Steiger a total of 4 times in his career.
- Rod Steiger's first movie was as 'Frank' in Teresa, released in 1951 when he was 24
- In the Heat of the Night scores 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB.
