John Steiner (born 7 January 1941 in Chester) is an English actor. Tall, thin and gaunt, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked for a few years at the BBC. Steiner featured in a lead role in a television production of Design for Living by Noel Coward. Later he found further work primarily in films. In the late 1960s, Steiner was hired to play a part in the spaghetti western Tepepa. He found himself in demand in Italy and relocated there, specializing in playing villains in a great number of Italian B-movies and exploitation films. John Steiner has appeared in various genres of movies, including horror films and police actioners. He also became a favorite of famed Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass featuring in Salon Kitty alongside Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger.
John Steiner (born 7 January 1941 in Chester) is an English actor. Tall, thin and gaunt, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked for a few years at the BBC. Steiner featured in a lead role in a television production of Design for Living by Noel Coward. Later he found further work primarily in films. In the late 1960s, Steiner was hired to play a part in the spaghetti western Tepepa. He found himself in demand in Italy and relocated there, specializing in playing villains in a great number of Italian B-movies and exploitation films. John Steiner has appeared in various genres of movies, including horror films and police actioners. He also became a favorite of famed Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass featuring in Salon Kitty alongside Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger.
Steiner was in very steady demand until the late 1980s. As the Italian film industry dwindled, Steiner retired from acting in 1991 and relocated to California, where he became a real estate agent.
In the late 1990s a special magazine was started by Cranston McMillan's Also Press. Titled, John Steiner the zine was dedicated to Steiner's film, TV and stage work, featured reviews and helping fans trace prints of his more obscure Italian work, the publication triggered new interest in the happily retired star. Selling mainly in mainland Europe and the USA the zine ran until successfully 2005. A special large format issue ended the run. McMillan remains the best authority on John Steiner and has promised that his long awaited definitve work on the actors career will be with publishers soon.
Steiner has recently contributed to DVD extras on some of his films and given interviews about his Italian work.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Voysey Inheritance
Character:Trenchard Voysey
Release Date:15/05/2014
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Character:Self
Release Date:17/04/2013
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2012
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Character:Self
Release Date:06/03/2008
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Character:Self
Release Date:02/10/2007
Paprika
Character:Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
Release Date:13/02/1991
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Character:Jaffar
Release Date:01/04/1989
Massacre Play
Character:Danilo
Release Date:01/01/1989
Appuntamento a Liverpool
Character:British Police Inspector
Release Date:02/09/1988
The Commander
Character:Duclaud
Release Date:28/04/1988
Night of the Sharks
Character:Rosentski
Release Date:01/04/1988
Striker
Character:Kariasin
Release Date:17/03/1988
Julia and Julia
Character:Alex
Release Date:05/02/1988
Portami la luna
Character:Walfredo
Release Date:04/06/1987
The Lone Runner
Character:Skorm
Release Date:01/11/1986
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Character:Frederick, Fulvia's lover
Release Date:31/10/1986
Body Count
Character:Dr. Olsen
Release Date:28/10/1986
Cobra Mission
Character:James Walcott
Release Date:31/07/1986
Too Much
Character:Mike Adams
Release Date:30/01/1986
Commando Leopard
Character:Smithy
Release Date:24/10/1985
The Berlin Affair
Character:Oskar Engelhart
Release Date:03/10/1985
Cut and Run
Character:Vlado
Release Date:08/08/1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
Character:Milton Tennyson
Release Date:10/07/1985
I due carabinieri
Character:Crazy man on the train
Release Date:21/12/1984
The Ark of the Sun God
Character:Lord Dean
Release Date:17/08/1984
Dagger Eyes
Character:Ivanov
Release Date:28/11/1983
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Character:Overlord
Release Date:19/08/1983
Tenebre
Character:Christiano Berti
Release Date:28/10/1982
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
Character:Captain David Franks
Release Date:11/08/1982
Car Crash
Character:Kirby
Release Date:24/07/1981
The Salamander
Character:Captain Roditi
Release Date:25/04/1981
The Last Hunter
Character:Major William Cash
Release Date:09/08/1980
The Little Archimedes
Character:Alfred
Release Date:07/03/1980
Action
Character:The Manager
Release Date:04/01/1980
Caligula
Character:Longinus
Release Date:14/08/1979
Design for Living
Character:Leo
Release Date:06/05/1979
Question of Love
Character:Tom Hastings
Release Date:18/10/1978
Il prigioniero
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1978
Goodbye & Amen
Character:Donald Grayson
Release Date:23/12/1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Character:Laurin
Release Date:22/09/1977
Gangbusters
Character:Killer
Release Date:21/09/1977
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
Character:Rudy
Release Date:23/08/1977
A Man Called Blade
Character:Valler
Release Date:13/08/1977
Shock
Character:Bruno Baldini
Release Date:12/08/1977
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
Character:Schwein
Release Date:05/08/1977
La Gabbia
Character:Il professore
Release Date:06/04/1977
Deported Women of the SS Special Section
Character:Herr Erner
Release Date:23/11/1976
Mark Strikes Again
Character:Paul Henkel
Release Date:20/10/1976
Plot of Fear
Character:Hoffmann
Release Date:17/09/1976
The Hornet's Nest
Character:Fisher
Release Date:10/03/1976
Violent Milan
Character:Fausto
Release Date:05/03/1976
Salon Kitty
Character:Biondo
Release Date:02/03/1976
I Don't Want to Be Born
Character:Tommy Morris
Release Date:01/02/1976
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Character:Count Dragulescu
Release Date:21/08/1975
Violent Rome
Character:Franco "Chiodo" Spadoni
Release Date:13/08/1975
Waves of Lust
Character:Giorgio
Release Date:04/08/1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Character:Lieutenant
Release Date:20/03/1975
Challenge to White Fang
Character:Beauty Smith / Charles Forth
Release Date:25/10/1974
Occupations
Character:Terrini
Release Date:01/09/1974
Morel's Invention
Character:Morel
Release Date:01/01/1974
White Fang
Character:Charles 'Beauty' Smith
Release Date:21/12/1973
Massacre in Rome
Character:SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
Release Date:04/10/1973
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Character:Lambro
Release Date:06/09/1973
The Professional
Character:Johnny
Release Date:03/03/1973
Holidays
Character:Scagnetti
Release Date:02/01/1973
Slap the Monster on Page One
Character:Ing. Montelli
Release Date:19/10/1972
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Character:Piro
Release Date:27/10/1971
Bali
Character:Glenn
Release Date:29/12/1970
The Golden Ass
Character:Aristomene
Release Date:26/08/1970
May Morning
Character:Roderick Rodney Stanton
Release Date:02/08/1970
A Girl Called Jules
Character:Luciano
Release Date:25/07/1970
The Ancines Woods
Character:Robert
Release Date:19/04/1970
Twelve Plus One
Character:Stanley
Release Date:07/10/1969
Tepepa
Character:Doctor Henry Price
Release Date:31/01/1969
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Character:Anthony
Release Date:15/09/1968
Bedazzled
Character:TV Announcer (uncredited)
Release Date:30/10/1967
Marat/Sade
Character:Monsieur Dupere
Release Date:22/02/1967
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