Death of a Salesman was a 1966 television production adapted from the play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It was directed by Alan Cooke and starred Rod Steiger as Willy Loman. It served as the 24 May 1966 episode of the BBC 1 Play of the Month.
The production earned two BAFTA nominations. Despite this, a recording does not seem to have survived.
, 1h36 Directed byAlan Gibson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller, Horror ActorsStefanie Powers, James Olson, Joss Ackland, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire Rating52% Drawn to the spectacular south of France to research the late composer Henry Ryman, music student Susan Roberts (Stefanie Powers) encounters his son, drug-addicted Georges (James Olson) and his eccentric family. Investigating the haunting strains of an unfinished Ryman concerto leads Susan to discover an empty piano… and a brutally savaged mannequin! Georges tells her she’s the lookalike of his lost love. But Susan may not be the only one at the villa with an eerie doppelgänger.
, 1h43 Directed byJack Smight OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror ActorsRod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers Rating57% Set in the backroads of America, the film enacts three of Bradbury's short stories set in the future, with Steiger as a man named Carl telling tales behind some of his tattoos. The stories are about virtual reality (The Veldt), a mysterious planet (The Long Rain) and the end of the world (The Last Night of the World). Carl, accompanied by his dog, tells his tales to a traveler. The tie-in prologue tells of how Carl came to be tattooed after he encountered a mysterious woman named Felicia (Claire Bloom) in a remote farmhouse.
, 1h48 Directed byJack Smight OriginUSA GenresThriller, Comedy ThemesSerial killer films ActorsRod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn Rating69% Rod Steiger stars as Christopher Gill, a serial killer who is fixated on his late mother, who had been an actress. Gill preys on older women who remind him of her. A Broadway theater director and costumer, he adopts various disguises, e.g. priest, policeman, plumber, hairdresser, etc., to put his victims at ease (and also avoid being identified) before strangling them and painting a pair of lips on their foreheads with garish red lipstick.
, 2h2 Directed byTony Richardson OriginUSA GenresComedy ActorsRobert Morse, Anjanette Comer, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters, John Gielgud, Liberace Rating68% Young Englishman Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) wins an airline ticket and visits his uncle Sir Francis Hinsley (John Gielgud) in Los Angeles. Hinsley has worked as a production staffer at a major Hollywood studio for over thirty years. His employer D.J. Jr. (Roddy McDowall) fires Hinsley, despite the old man's faithful dedication to the company. Hinsley commits suicide by hanging himself.