Steven Hill - Actor

Steven Hill

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Actor

Birth Date: February 24, 1922

Death Date: August 23, 2016

Birth Place: Seattle, Washington

Consummate character player who first appeared on Broadway in the short-lived Ben Hecht drama "A Flag Is Born" (1946), opposite Paul Muni and Marlon Brando, and made his film debut in "A Lady Without Passport" (1950). A veteran of live TV drama (notably "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" 1958 and "The Sacco-Vanzetti Story" 1960), Hill has specialized in playing figures of moral authority. He played the father of Jill Clayburgh, in "It's My Turn" (1980); Meryl Streep, in "Heartburn" (1986); and Christine Lahti, in "Running on Empty" (1988).

The actor excelled as Otto Berman, math wizard and mentor to the title character in "Billy Bathgate" (1991). Hill also spent ten years (1990-2000) as pragmatic D.A. Adam Schiff on the NBC TV series, "Law & Order."

Credits

The FirmStream

Actor
F. Denton Voyles
Movie
1993
76%

Billy BathgateStream

Actor
Otto Berman
Movie
1991
36%

Law & OrderStream

Actor
District Attorney Adam Schiff
Series
1990

White Palace

Actor
Sol Horowitz
Movie
1990
50%

Running on EmptyStream

Actor
Donald Patterson
Movie
1988
81%

thirtysomething

Actor
Leo Steadman
Series
1987
83%

HeartburnStream

Actor
Harry Samstat
Movie
1986
45%

YentlStream

Actor
Reb Alter Vishkower
Movie
1983
68%

Eyewitness

Actor
Lt. Jacobs
Movie
1981
75%

King

Actor
Miniseries
1978

Mission: ImpossibleStream

Actor
Daniel Briggs
Series
1966

A Child Is WaitingStream

Actor
Ted Widdicombe
Movie
1963
92%

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

The Goddess

Actor
John Tower
Movie
1958
57%

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream

Actor
Joe Kedzie
Series
1955

SuspenseStream

Actor
Series
1949

Studio One

Actor
Series
1948

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