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Show ENTERTAINMENT 1 Rod Steigei -- rX Ml The Star Who Has Everything Almost k Jorf o 1 i. J; starred in "In the Heat of the Night." can almost feel his fist closing firmly around the "Oscar." It slipped from his fingers when he was nominated for "On the Waterfront" and again for "The Pawnbroker." He should have won the coveted award for "Dr. Zhivago," but he didn't. Now his sheriff in "In the Heat of the Night" may well put the elusive prize in his eager grasp. If he loses out again, it will be to the late Spencer Tracy. If the two performances are compared coldly, Rod would win, but sentiment may give it to Tracy. Or the two could cancel out each other's win. votes, letting a runner-u- p If sentiment wins out, it will be the kind of emotion Rod ruthlessly rsjects. During the filming of his latest movie, "The Sergeant," Rod's mother died. He left the set, hating every minute of the return to the family home in Newark, NJ. Rod's mother; a former show girl, had separated from his father when he was eight months old. Rod never saw his father again, but his mother did present him with two stepfathers. The family was usually on relief, and Rod helped out by selling magazines or delivering ice up rickety tenement steps. He was close to neither family nor friends, and he turned his back on the bitter scene, leaving high school to join the Navy. At his mother's death, he told me, "I weep for the living, not the dead." He takes particular satisfaction in being actors. Studio one of today's brass recognized his ability a long time ago; now the g public does, too. "I'm the one who they feel hasn't sold out," says Rod, "the American actor who has been given the tattered flag to carry. gum-chewi- most-want- ed ticket-buyin- Right now, I'm 'in.' " His Oscar competitor, Spencer Tracy, was beloved by all of Hollywood. But Rod has been described as "basically a very lonely man" and temperamental and hard to work with. Rod admits, "Most actors are so much in love with themselves that they haven't room left to love anyone else. I seem "to be no exception." Steiger's attitude toward his career is apparent in the way he chooses his parts. First of all, he insists on making his own decisions. Secondly, he will cut his salary to almost any amount to get a challenging project off the ground. He did "The Pawnbroker" for $25,000 plus a percentage of the profits, of course and "The Sergeant" for $75,000, although his official asking price is now $400,000 per picture. That doesn't mean Steiger refuses to enjoy the fruits of his success. He owns a home in Malibu and an apartment in London, where he parks his Jaguar XKE. He has just moved into a spacious new Park Avenue apartment He proudly gave d me a guided tour ceilings, selected tastefully antique furniture, paintings worth an exhibit of their own. attitude toRod takes a ward his new wealth. "It makes it a lot easier to do what I want to do. That's why I now can afford to cut my price for pictures if it really matters. But believe me, if I couldn't feed my family, I'd crawl on my knees to get a job." Although known to movie audiences almost anywhere, Rod is seldom accosted by fans. In fact, much of the time people don't even recognize him. He and his wife, actress Claire Bloom, used to live in Brooklyn Heights. "I commuted to Manhattan by subway. In three years, I was recognized mnybe three or four times, and then usually through my voice. When that happened, people were very nice and considerate, asking me about my family or something like that." When Rod isn't working, he likes to relax. "And when I say relax, I mean collapse. I become a very dull husband. And that's hard on Claire." Ensconsced in Park Avenue luxury, Rod has the comfortable feeling of knowing he can write his own ticket now for himself and his family. Yet Newark is not far away, geographically or emotionally. 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