Rod Steiger winning an Oscar® for Best Actor

[TheGardner22]

he forgot to thank his beautiful wife Claire Bloom :(

[stericaflorin]

This man is Napoleon of the cinema. 

[ianwilson2007]

what kind of friggin accent is he attempting here? He's American and pretending to be British for some reason. Does he thinks it makes him sound classier or more intelligent? What a cock

[notredamehesamighty]

What a horrible task it would have been to have made the decision between all of these incredible actors. Of course, all of them won Oscars at one point or another. While I agree with another poster that Steiger's performance in "The Pawnbroker" was Oscar-worthy, it was refreshing to see a comedic performance win when Lee Marvin won it for "Cat Ballou".

Finally, these collection of films may have been the finest one-year slate of movies in Hollywood history... even better than '39.

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

@notredamehesamighty As far as individual years go, this is one of the best, with '39, '62, '93, '94, among them (at least IMO).

[Tails137]

Ah, back when the Oscars used to redefine dapper each year.

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

I heard a story that said that Rod Steiger went through 263 packs of chewing gum in the film.

[ecam222]

What a year it was for great films. Rod Steiger was such a terrific actor. I can't say it wasn't well deserved.

[drachirzim]

1967 was the best year for films. Then 1950. Then 39. That order

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

@drachirzim 1962 was the best, IMO.

[AStopMotionChannel]

@drachirzim

I'd also throw 1974 in that hat too. But that's just me.

[RomulanFord]

You know, I think this Academy Awards is trick photography!

[RomulanFord]

You know, I think this Academy Awards is trick photography!

[JuniorMints93]

Pore Jud just won an Oscar. Go Rod Steiger! :D

[renues]

I'll Never Watch A James Franco Movie Again.

[1luiszepol]

Great words!!!

[pandemits]

great actor great man.

[19ccj65]

God!  What elegance, you are timeless Ms. Hepburn.

[emeluc]

Magnificent words

[toplaycool21]

Wow, the nominees come from very important films.

[Ulysses61]

This was just making up for his loss for The Pawnbroker!

[lovemusicsomuch]

@Ulysses61 that's right dammit

[mmcckkgg]

He deserved it but it was also a way to make-up for the biggest injustice in Oscar History when Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou beat him out for The Pawnbroker.

[Lamporre]

@mmcckkgg

K that wasn't the biggest injustice. Donald Sutherland's whole career is the real injustice of the Oscars. Not a single nomination his whole damn career, and after such roles in Ordinary People, JFK, Land of the Blind, MASH, and A Dry White Season

[thadxxx]

Audrey is just smoking. That's so MAJOR star power there.. It's not like that anymore.Where have all the stars gone???

[kenfig]

@thadxxx EveRyoNe's lAzy THese dAYS aNd wANt sHOrt CuTs sO THEy setTLe foR pOOr sCrIPTs, C.G.I. & SHit aCTinG

[zim83]

He should have won in 1965 for "The Pawnbroker".

[ThePhil909]

my fav actor with daniel day lewis best actors ever! paul newman is great to cool hand luke oh my god those were the days

[ThePhil909]

my fav actor with daniel day lewis best actors ever!

[MrCombat1965]

One glaring difference between this broadcast and today's award shows is there were no teenage types screaching loudly after someone speaks.

[vsktx]

The field of actors nominated that year was one of the most distinguished ever. ALL of them masters at their craft. Glad I did not have to make the choice. Mr. Steiger deserved the oscar as NO one could play a repulsive discriminating red neck like he could and I mean that as the finest of compliments to his work. Well deserved.

[msdenardin]

A great year for acting.

[highlandsh]

MLK was assassinated the very next year. What a world.

[jamsid33]

those were some awesome movies

[TheMasterSergeant1]

Actors & Actresses of yesteryears , They had style and class !

[Balmucho]

One of the best performances ever. Rod Steiger what a maaan

[franzchick66]

love audrey's dress!

[cochranexyz]

@franzchick66 I love Audrey!

[scottmanduzy]

Talk about a rich field of nominees!

[czj617]

What a tough series of performances to choose from for Best Actor... yet at the same time, I wouldn't have given it to anyone else, Steiger was spectacular in In the Heat of the Night.

[pudgeuncle]

All five of them deserved to win. What a great year!

[TheDavelogan]

There aren't guys this good in the movies these days. Watch 'Dr Zhivago' in my opinion his best performance. Also check out his Napoleon in 'Waterloo', which is a really underrated film.

But 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2009 were recent tight races, 2007 saw one performance pretty much trump everything else from that year by miles, but the other four were great. There are still great actors working today. It's the ones who dominate the media for reasons other than performance who are shit.

[DeckyStrikesBack]

Audrey was GORGEOUS!

[tennispro561]

Paul Newman should have won for Luke---it's a crime.....

[xgs724]

Poitier was WAY BETTER than Steiger in that movie

[ortleyman]

The new generation of actors today suck. The only ones that are truely worth watching are Nicholson, De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman and Ed Harris. I'm fed up with Sean Penn's political bullshit and Tom Cruises act. He still looks like he is a 22 year old peckerhead. Between the movies and the music that we have to endure GOD HELP US ALL!

[Seasass]

@ortleyman I daresay that Steiger's remarks might have been considered political bullshit by some in that era.

[UFOSPACE1999]

@Seasass Well Rod was apart of the Martin Luther King Marches. Rod Steiger was always speaking out against those SOUTHERN WHITE BOYS!!!!!...

[OuchTatHurtz]

Man what a tough year to win an oscar. Every one of those actors is a legend.

[jamietotz]

WOW WHAT A LINE UP! I'm still waiting for a strong lineup in the Oscars nowadays... a NON-POLITICIZED line up, I mean

[scottmanduzy]

wow what a collection of outstanding performances that year. Steiger was great as a bigoted sheriff in the south but come on.

[blkchk]

Classy speech.

[jamilioestevez]

This was big...... Very underrated speech and what a great performance!

[prorokini]

He was a fantastic actor. And very good-looking, too.

[frickadele]

omg...the selection of movies...and the actors...back then...were quality acts.

Today...it's Shrek against Toy Story.

Young Americans... are going through the Dark Ages...and you have to feel sorry for them.

The powers that be...are pushing the world's populace...backwards....and on purpose.

Keep them poor...stupid...pregnant.

The cycle of life...controlled by the rich.

The never ending story.

[edmund184]

@frickadele There's no question it's a shock to see how so many great movies there were in just one year, compared with now. Cultually we live in such an impoverished time.

[seanbl1]

Great actor...

[kimmijo]

Look at the quality of the actors and films back then. How far we have fallen.

[blkchk]

@kimmijo So true.

[MetallicBill]

Rod got even more enjoyable in his later years, he was so off the cuff playing bad ass badguys, it was a hoot!

[spareaxe]

Wow, he won over some great movies all...in the heat of this night. Kool

[jeffsummstl]

Bonnie and Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night...man, that's a fine collection of films, all in one year (1967).

[617AV86892]

@jeffsummstl I agree but look at the sad collection of dysfunctional drug addicted nobodies today. The leading males today arent qualified to be fluffers to these guys. Well i take that back thats all todays stand for nothing GLOBAL ONE WORLD ASS clowns are qualified for ! We have no real males in Hollywood , much less stars anymore !

[skylur44]

@617AV86892 I can, sadly, only think of two (although there are probably more) Harrison Ford and Johnny Depp.

[MetallicBill]

@617AV86892 Bruce Willis?? I always thought Ted Danson is class.

[JimmySteller]

@jeffsummstl

A great year indeed.

[singingindark12]

@jeffsummstl

sounds like.. that year gave some migraines to academy award committee to pick the best picture. definitely sounds like it was a tough year for choosing the best picture (besides 1976 (Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, All the President's Men) and 1994 (Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, and Pulp Fiction)

I LOVED The Graduate for that year's film btw.

[celticlofts]

@jeffsummstl: Yes and today what are we being served up by Hollywood? Remakes of remakes.. Stuff that was rubbish the first time round served up the second time round.. Sad isn't it.. Yes we can look forward to Batman 26 and Jaw 11... let's not forget classics like snakes on a plane or Scary movie 6 .. ok scary movie was good.. but you get my drift... Hollywood wants the safe bet . they don't want to take a risk anymore..

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

@jeffsummstl And what a lineup for Best Actor as well. Tracy, Hoffman, Steiger, Beatty, AND Newman. Most years two would be good enough.

[alanklayner1]

He deserved!He was a great actor!

[cobolsaurus]

We men in our 40s look so good... Rod was the same age I am now when he won this oscar =-)

[boogaludo]

he deserves all my respect ...he was the best actor on earth...

[ra86226]

@LoveAnna13 Oh She was so close to perfect. So mannered and sweet and gracious.

[MrCombat1965]

Call me crazy, but I would have been more honored just to kiss Audrey Hepburn's hand! She was always a doll.

[Chutson353]

@TheNapoMarco Que c'est vrai - he is one of the finest American actors of our time - so versatile - such a chameleon - such a powerful presence.

[92af]

Rod Steiger was a bathticket

[RobGoth100]

Why is he speaking with an English accent?

[ebf1957]

You'll never see a list of actors nominated in a category with such strong performances. BTW, Steiger should've won for "The Pawnbroker", but Oscar voters preferred a safer actor (no offense to Lee Marvin),

[kenfig]

Absolutely ebf, these actors are all in a different league to the ones today ; and as you say,the films and performances for the contenders are all giants

[mynameisiansmum]

What a competitive year. All five were worthy.

[leafyutube]

My Audrey looks great as always.

[BearP89]

at 0:39 seconds, when everyone is clapping, Rod Steiger walks past a man reading a newspaper...kinda rude

[etrax2000]

maybe not a newspaper but a program with notes on the background of the nominees.

[WeMustBeStopped]

That'd be the program, Bear89...I laugh at you!! Ha Ha!!

[KOHF34]

Very well deserved, RIP Rod.

[etrax2000]

the glamour days !

[ReiHaruno]

Wow... beautiful nominees!

[laveenaz1]

One of the best years ever for movies so it had to be an impossible task to make a selection. I wasn't upset with Steiger winning the award because his performance was acting at its' best. Sidney should have been nominated and theme song is an all time favorite.

[ElMaruecan82]

Great A-list nominees, Steiger deserved his oscar (Newman should've won for The Hustler anyway ...) but I agree with the comments about Poitier, he starred in 3 movies in 1967 : "In the Heat of the Night" , " Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "To Sir with Love" ... but he got no nominations !

[pegleg747]

Rod Steiger was always a class act.

The tag team performance of Steiger and Poitier in The Heat of the Night is one of my favorites ever.

[2nd2nun1]

OMG. Talk about five legendary best actor heavyweights. You don't see that anymore...

[JMoruzzi]

I've just finished Mark Harris's brilliant book 'Pictures at a Revolution', about the Best Picture contenders from this year. Harris sees it as a perfectly balanced clash between old Hollywood and the new.

[Stephanie3189]

My rank:

1. Rod Steiger

2. Dustin Hoffman

3. Warren Beatty

4. Paul Newman

5. Spencer Tracy

[MyName42]

I prefer Newman, too, but still: Is this the best group of 5 nominees EVER? Every one was iconic, and not one has been forgotten.

(Though I think Poitier should have been nominated over Spencer Tracy, who already had enough Oscars to go around.)

[sidkun]

thats a weird dress shes wearinf.

[hayoajojing]

Sorry, i prefer Newman in Cool Hand Luke.

His best performance ever

[kenfig]

A Damn good clip

[TheFrogger15]

Why was Rod Steiger even nominated for 'Best Actor? He was a supporting actor in "The Heat of the Night. Paul Newman was robbed, he was great as Cool Hand Luke.

[blackraid]

No who got ROBBED was Poitier!!!! like other black actor before & after him...thats who was robbed.....screw Newman...just terrible.

[diggsde]

Abolutely agree! Poitier was easily the best actor, Newman like many other actors like him were not in Poitier's league. Rod Stieger was a good actor though but Poitier should have got the oscar for best actor oscar

[torgman]

But Poitier had his Oscar by the time this happened.

[audreyhepburnangel]

♥♥♥Audrey Hepburn♥♥♥

[gillan5]

Rod Steiger and Marlon Brando in "on the waterfront" the scene in the car is widely valued as the best scene in film history; besides wach the pawnbroker with Steiger or In der Zauberberg from Thomas Mann.

[dougeski]

I agree...Rod Who?

[92af]

Rod Steiger was the worst actor ever

[Hemloch]

@92af fuck you

[mooville32]

I wish there was footage of George Kennedy getting the best supporting for Cool Hand Luke. Wouldn't you love to see & hear what he had to say back then?

[mooville32]

I wish there was footage of George Kennedy getting his best supporting for Cool Hand Luke. Wouldn't you love to seen and hear what he had to say?

[89plainsman]

Wow, that was a good year for this particular category as well as for film.

[GusHammond]

Boring! No clips.

[duckwrangler]

The atmosphere of this ceremony was unique - it has been postponed following the assassination on Martin Luther King. It also gives the comment "We SHALL overcome" a greater meaning.

[redcottage33]

Kudos to Steiger for his performance because it was an amazing transformation and execution. It is good that Steiger give recognition to Poitier; however, isn't it sad that Poitier was not nominated. It would have made history!

[1915fas]

Not really. He had already won for Lilies of the Field. That film seems to have been forgotten for some reason.

[MarvelDCComicsHero]

I picked Paul Newman

[tambourmn]

nice to see people all dressed up with a place to go. A far cry from our nose-ringed , tattooed , butt in your face current world. I wonder if the Academy today would have picked Steiger over the younger guys Hoffman, Beatty or Newman. Anyway a stellar performance from Rod in the "heat", and he should have split the trophy into two and given the other half of it to the incredible Sidney Poitier!

[audreyhepburnangel]

I love her face, her voice, her elegance...ALL!! I love Audrey!!! is very very sweet!!

[jesiahbailey]

all those legends in one nomination. WOW

[UFOSPACE1999]

what is truly bad that year, Sidney wasn't even nominated for anything that year.

[shteeeeeven12345]

god, the academy must of had to think real hard on who they were gonna give this award to this year because all these guys did a great job. but i am glad they gave it to rod steiger because he was just so awesome in "in the heat of the night"

[arikariri]

Miss Hepburn...

I Love Her!

[jkfromcincty]

This was a competitive field for the Best Actor in 1967, but Steiger had the edge with his sterling performance. In an unexpected (and horrifying) upset, Katharine Hepburn was given the Best Actress Award for playing a dull wife and mother in"Guess Who's Coming to DInner?". Hers was, by far, the weakest performance in her category. I love Hepburn, but this remains the worst choice of any actor/actress winner in Academy history. It was clearly a hold over recognition for a wonderful career.

[UFOSPACE1999]

WHAT DA FUCK are u talking about Katherine Gave out a brilliant performance in Guess who's Coming to Dinner. And Katherine won again the following year!!! FOR Lion in Winter, another powerful performance.

[GEVMM]

Kate Hepburn was great, as always. 'I love Hepburn, but this remains the worst choice of any actor/actress winner in Academy history', don't u think you're overreacting? What about Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday? That year the Oscar should have gone to either Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard or Bette Davis in All about Eve. There's been a LOT of upsets in Oscars history, so don't badmouth The Great Kate, please.

[semionovao]

She is so hot, divine, perfect!!!!

[greecefanatic]

He was one of the very best actors ever...! Miss you so much!!! Tks for posting it!!

[spareaxe]

Tention...on the nominees facial expressions, seems they took acting seriously back then.

[RlrbladeMan07]

The divine Audrey Hepburn...how Miss Hepburn is missed, so classy, so fine a Woman.

I would have voted for Spence Tracy and had he lived I bet he would have won for his monumental perf in "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner". Tracy's final speech

and Kate Hepburn's response is worth 4 years of acting school.

Sometimes Oscar gets it wrong, Swanson should have won for "Sunset Blvd", Pacino: "Dog Days Afternoon"

Susan Hayward :"Smash Up" ,

Mary Tyler Moore for "Ordinary People" etc

[maggiethefox]

One of the greatest ...if not the greatest ..actor that ever lived. RIP Rod

[audreychou83]

More audrey hepburn videos please !!!! Thanks !!

[vandergraaf78]

great speech! especially when he thanks to Sidney Poitier!

[wownouser]

wow what a great speech! I just saw "In the heat of the night" and Rod Steiger gave such a remarkable performance on that film! he so deserved this Oscar!

[tranurse]

audrey hepburn was just such a lady. all of us other women look butch in comparison. i wish i was half as refined as she was.

[marmaladebomb1]

dammit, actors were so much classier than todays. There is a genuine humility that you rarely see today

[INTERNETVID]

great actor, no question about it.

[fdomf]

i can't get enough of audrey

[mrm4xim4m]

wow very nice speech

[xNicoleSx]

OMG

Audrey Hepburn = one of the most talented and beautiful and unique actresses of all time god bless her ♥

And damn, Warren Beaty Dustin Hoffman and Paul Newman looks HANDSOME

[deanriam]

Wow, talk about an underdog winning, nobody even remembers his name if you compare him to the other 4.

[MDSCFALNM]

Well maybe people who have no appreciation for screen acting...

[blinkzone1]

Bonnie and Clyde should have won best picture

Great speech by Rod Steiger

[burtonrules123]

audrey was sooo cute!!!! i could just eat her up!

[levanyzzuf]

The Maharishi?

[mec441]

I must say he was rather dashing when he was younger.

[Soul0125]

audrey was such a refined young lady...

[mec441]

Yes she was!! Even though this was Rods acceptance speech, you can't take your eyes offf of her. She is gorgeous! The definition of elegance.

[singingindark12]

Dustin Hoffman looks so young!! He looks sad... cmon, Dusty!! :-)

[kevjkx]

Very well deserved

[swmmr58]

Maybe, but I think it was pennace for his loss in 1965 for "the pawnbroker", which was arguably a better performance.

[Tigerlily21]

Great classy speech. You notice the winners today ramble on and on but you watch these old lips with Brando, Steiger, Diane Keaton, etc an they were so brief and gracious. Class acts. So cool to see young Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman and Paul Newman. Paul and Warren were two of the most beautiful men ever. And Audrey could DRESS.

[FartFartManMan21]

yes at 0:56 that was his wife at the time claire bloom

[jackinla8]

claire bloom didn't appear all that thrilled to see her husband at the time win. Rod

Steiger was terrific in The Pawnbroker.

[dammitall223]

I think they ended up divorced in '69, so yeah.

[onlygoalburns]

surely the best year for male acting

[mvp822]

It was an incredible year, particularly when you consider Poitier wasn't nominated despite his work in "In the Heat of the Night," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "To Sir, With Love"!

[jacoboforlando]

WTF accent is that? I thought he was American

[generic33]

I guess Poitier taught him about prejudice and also how to affect a British accent.

[khurramjamil03]

Dude, not only his wife of 10 years Claire Bloom was British but also he was filming few british movies at that time, hence the British accent

[1915fas]

Right. Three Into Two Won't Go. Awful movie.

[push555push]

RIP Newman, Steiger, Hepburn

[Ladolcevitamahogany]

He is so handsome!! Oh my...

[krakenwave]

Beatty shoulda got it

[jlent]

Did you ever even see Steiger in "In the Heat of the Night"? He was exceptional. Compare that with his Charlie Malloy in "On the Waterfront." ACTING!!!

[henrysinaga]

Warren Beatty was great, but the award really goes to between Rod Steiger or Specer Tracy, the oscars went for the early. moreover, imo Bonnie and Clyde was all Faye Dunaway's show

[ACLTony]

Cool! BTW, I noticed Rod's accent but it's hard to discern. Sounds like a mix of midwestern with a "slight" touch of British. Where was he originally from and/or where did he grow up at?

[dx771]

Rod Steiger in In The Heat of the Night is one of the greatest Oscar winner performances.

[themoonspinner]

Who would have ever guessed that Rod Steiger was just a big ol' teddy-bear with a heart of gold?? I wish we had stars like him today. Audrey too.

[PlanoHorn]

0:56 looks like Kate Beckinsale

[dormi87]

Yeah, who is that? His wife?

[yaywhewclips242]

Aud looks so cute here!! She had a lover, later in her life, who was originally from my hometown of Irondequoit, NY (Rochester). So, she visited the Irondequoit Mall quite a bit. I loved Audrey Hep!! She was an eloquaint lady of great class!! We miss u Audrey!!

[jammaltaz]

<3 Audrey <3

[LickMyCuntMoFo]

Could U please upload

- Joe Pesci's win

- Gene Hackman's First win

- Joel Grey's win

- Timothy Hutton's win

- Mary Steenburgen's win

- Richard Dreyfuss's win

- Jason Robards's win

[chrisman737]

Wow, interesting to see this because every single nominated performance is one that is legendary (Hoffman, Steiger, Newman, etc...)

[sunlovelife]

RIP Audrey. Love you 4-ever

[etrax2000]

hOW BEAUTIFUL EVERYONE WAS. i GUESSED THE SEVENTIES WOULD CHANGE ALL THAT

[tonnyis]

1968 and not 1967!

[tonnyis]

The Oscar was for 1968 not for 1967. "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) won 5 Oscar and 2 nominated.

[xthatkidd]

Audrey Hepburn looks absolutely gorgeous here.