| Steven Hill | | Birth name | Solomon Krakovsky | | Born | February 24, 1922 (1922-02-24) (age 85)
 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | | Occupation | actor | | Years active | 1946-present | | Spouse(s) | Selma Stern (1951-1964)
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Biography
Early career Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky in Seattle, Washington.[1] After a four-year hitch with the Naval Reserve, Hill made his first New York stage appearance in Ben Hecht's A Flag is Born (1946), which also featured a young Marlon Brando.[1] Hill says his big break came when he landed a small part in the hit Broadway show Mr. Roberts.[1] "The director, Joshua Logan, thought I had some ability and he let me create one of the scenes," says Hill.[1] "So I improvised dialog and it went in the show. That was my first endorsement. It gave me tremendous encouragement to stay in the business."[1] Seattle redirects here. ...
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Mister Roberts was a novel, then a Tony Award–winning play and later, a 1955 Academy Award–nominated film, all of which are set during World War II. The title character, a naval junior-grade lieutenant stands up for his crew against the petty tyranny of the ships commanding...
Joshua Logan (1908-1988), a director and writer, was best known for Broadway and Hollywood shows such as Mister Roberts, Picnic, and South Pacific. ...
Hill made his film debut in 1950 in Lady Without a Passport. He then re-enlisted in the Navy in 1952 for two years and when he completed his service resumed his acting in earnest.[2] Hill became one of the founding members of Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, alongside such other actors as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Cliff and Julie Harris. Strasberg later said, "Steven Hill is considered one of the finest actors America has ever produced".[2] When he was starting out as an actor, Hill sought out roles that had a social purpose. "Later I learned that show business is about entertaining," he says. "So I've had to reconcile my idealistic feelings with reality".[1] Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American director, actor, producer, and acting teacher. ...
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. ...
Hill was particularly busy in the so-called "Golden Age" of live TV drama, appearing in such prestigious video offerings as The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1960 earning him an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Bartolomeo Vanzetti.[2] "When I first became an actor, there were two young actors in New York: Marlon Brando and Steven Hill," said Martin Landau.[2] "A lot of people said that Steven would have been the one, not Marlon. He was legendary. Nuts, volatile, mad and his work was exciting".[2] Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left) and Nicola Sacco in handcuffs. ...
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Orthodox Judaism In 1961, Hill appeared as Sigmund Freud on Broadway in Henry Denker's A Far Country[3] and when in one scene a patient screamed at Freud, "You are a Jew!" this caused Hill to think about his religion.[2] "In the pause that followed I would think, 'What about this?' I slowly became aware that there was something more profound going on in the world than just plays and movies and TV shows. I was provoked to explore my religion".[2] For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...
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Hill began to adhere to strict Orthodox Judaism, observing a kosher diet, wearing specially lined clothing, and strictly observing the Sabbath.[2] This made Hill unavailable for Friday night or Saturday matinee performances and effectively ended his stage career and closed many roles to him in the movies most notably The Sand Pebbles.[2] Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonised in the Talmudic texts (Oral Torah) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ...
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Mission: Impossible Hill was the original leader of the Impossible Missions Force, Dan Briggs (as in "Good morning, Mr. Briggs...") in the series Mission: Impossible in 1966, but he left the show after the first season. As one of the few Orthodox Jewish actors working in Hollywood, he was not willing to abide by the show’s production schedule because it required him to work during the Sabbath. He was also suspended during production of an episode (entitled "Action!") near the end of the season when he refused to climb the rafters via a soundstage staircase. Consequently, he was written out of that episode and had his role scaled back in the few remaining episodes of the season. The Impossible Missions Force, IMF, is the fictional intelligence agency of the U.S. government from the American television series Mission: Impossible and series of films. ...
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Hiatus from acting Hill had what he calls "tremendous periods of unemployment" in his career.[1] "What we have here is a story of profound instability and impermanence," he said of his own career.[1] "This is what you learn at the beginning in show business; then it gets planted in you forever".[1] Hill left acting in 1967 and moved to a Jewish community in Rockland County, New York where he worked in writing and real estate.[4] Hill said later "I don't think an actor should act every single day. I don't think it's good for the so-called creative process. You must have periods when you leave the land fallow, let it revitalize itself".[4] After ten years, he was ready to begin acting again. "They say you can't quit show business," he said in 1977. "It took ten years, but I could get it out of my system. So I called an agent and put him to work."
Law & Order Hill is best known as Adam Schiff in the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, a part that he played for ten seasons (1990–2000). Hill's character is loosely modeled after the real district attorney of New York, the legendary Robert Morgenthau[5] and it is reported that Morgenthau was a fan of the character.[6][7] Hill says playing Adam Schiff is the hardest role he's ever had because of all the legal jargon he has to learn. "It's like acting in a second language," says Hill. Hill adds that he agrees with the show's philosophy. "There's a certain positive statement in this show," he says. "So much is negative today. The positive must be stated to rescue us from pandemonium. To me it lies in that principle: law and order."[8]Hill earned another Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor In a Dramatic Series in 1997. At the time of his departure, Hill was the longest-serving cast member. Along with Law & Order castmate Sam Waterston, Hill has also appeared in commercials for T.D. Waterhouse, an investment brokerage. Adam Schiff was a fictional character on the TV drama series Law & Order. ...
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Other roles Hill remained in demand throughout the 1980s and 1990s, playing parental and authority-figure roles in such films as Yentl (1983), Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, Heartburn (1986), and Billy Bathgate (1991). Hill also appeared as a mob kingpin in Raw Deal (1986), an action vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
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Personal life Hill and his first wife, Selma Stern, were married in 1951 and had four children before divorcing in 1964. Hill married his second wife, Rachel, in 1967 and they have five children.
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