Steven Hill Net Worth

#Fact1Acting mentor and friends of: Jill Hennessy and Benjamin Bratt.2Appeared with future Law & Order (1990) replacement, Dianne Wiest, in It's My Turn (1980).3Since his retirement from acting, he does voice-overs.4Has 9 children.5Good friends with: Julie Harris, Sydney Pollack, Anne Bancroft, Albert Paulsen, Lee Grant, Sam Waterston and Marlon Brando.6After guest-starring on Rawhide (1959), producer Bruce Geller recruited him to play the lead role of what would become Mission: Impossible (1966), which was based on his character's squad.7When he was a little boy, he was interested in the theater, after his sister entered a talent contest.8Began acting at age 24.9Was stricken with a virus the night of a sold out performance for the Masters Children's Center of Dobbs Ferry. As a result, the producers decided to cancel the performance just as the curtain was about to go up. [12 April 1961].10Met Martin Landau at the Actors' Studio (when he studied there) and eventually landed a role, opposite Hill on Mission: Impossible (1966), where he played Rollin Hand, for 3 seasons.11Graduated from West Seattle High School in Seattle, Washington, in 1940.12Of Russian immigrants.13Served 4 years in the Naval Reserve.14Was re-enlisted in the Navy, between 1952 and 1954, before he seriously returned to acting.15Before he was a successful actor, he used to work in stage productions.16Before he returned to acting, he was working as a real estate agent.17Made a comeback with the television series at 68.18Moved to a religious community in Rockland County, New York, in 1967.19Adam Schiff, his character from Law & Order (1990), was loosely based on the real former district attorney of New York, Robert Morgenthau, and it is reported that Morgenthau was a fan of the character.20Was a spokesperson for T.D. Waterhouse, alongside his Law & Order (1990), co-star Sam Waterston, in the 1990s.21When he departed from his role on Law & Order (1990), he became the fourth longest-running cast member.22Appeared in every episode of Law & Order (1990), for the first ten seasons, except one, until his retirement in 2000. The series pilot, Law & Order: Everybody's Favorite Bagman (1990), was filmed in 1988 and starred Roy Thinnes as the district attorney. It was neither aired nor picked up for a series at that time. It first aired as episode 6 in the first season.23Best known by the public for his starring role as D.A. Adam Schiff on Law & Order (1990).24Was considered for the role of Dr.Sam Loomis in Halloween (1978).25Although he and Jerry Orbach appeared in 177 episodes of Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Entitled (2000) together, they only appeared on screen together twice: during one brief scene in the Law & Order: Corruption (1996) and in the opening scene of the episode Refuge Pt. 2 (#9.24.26Has appeared with Roscoe Lee Browne in two different, completely unrelated productions in which he played the New York County District Attorney: Legal Eagles (1986) and Law & Order (1990).27His son-in-law is a high school teacher in Manhattan, New York City.28Left acting from 1967 to 1978.29He rarely shared any scenes with any of the actors who played cops on Law & Order (1990).30Played the Manhattan District Attorney in both Legal Eagles (1986) and Law & Order (1990).31Is an alumnus of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity.32Was a founding member of the Actor's Studio and, as such, knew and worked with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Gene Hackman before they became famous.33Left the cast of Mission: Impossible (1966) after one season because, as an Orthodox Jew, he was unwilling to abide by the show's production schedule. (That would have required him to work on the Jewish Sabbath.)34He was a founding member of Lee Strasberg's Actor's Studio35Is one of the few current Orthodox Jewish actors working today.

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