From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Steiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti | Self | 2013-04-17 |
Movie | Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012-03-30 |
Movie | Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 | Self | 2008-03-06 |
Movie | Paprika | Principe Ascanio Del Bardo | 1991-02-13 |
Movie | Sinbad of the Seven Seas | Jaffar | 1989-04-01 |
Movie | Massacre Play | 1989-01-01 | |
Movie | Julia and Julia | Alex | 1988-02-05 |
Movie | Striker | Kariasin | 1988-03-17 |
Movie | The Night of the Sharks | Rosentski | 1988-04-01 |
Movie | Appuntamento a Liverpool | British Police Inspector | 1988-09-02 |
Movie | The Commander | Duclaud | 1988-04-28 |
Movie | Troppo forte | Mike Adams | 1986-01-30 |
Movie | Cobra Mission | James Walcott | 1986-07-31 |
Movie | Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil | Frederick, Fulvia's lover | 1986-10-31 |
Movie | Body Count | Dr. Olsen | 1986-10-28 |
Movie | The Lone Runner | Skorm | 1986-11-01 |
Movie | Cut and Run | Vlado | 1985-08-08 |
Series | A.D. | Simon der Magier | 1985-03-31 |
Movie | The Berlin Affair | Oskar Engelhart | 1985-10-03 |
Movie | Commando Leopard | Smithy | 1985-10-24 |
Movie | The Ark of the Sun God | Lord Dean | 1984-08-17 |
Movie | I due carabinieri | Crazy man on the train | 1984-12-21 |
Series | The World of Yor | Il Supremo | 1983-07-01 |
Movie | Mystère | Ivanov | 1983-11-28 |
Movie | Yor, the Hunter from the Future | Overlord | 1983-08-19 |
Movie | The Hunters of the Golden Cobra | Captain David Franks | 1982-08-11 |
Movie | Tenebre | Christiano Berti | 1982-10-28 |
Movie | The Salamander | Captain Roditi | 1981-04-25 |
Movie | Car Crash | Kirby | 1981-07-24 |
Movie | Action | The Manager | 1980-01-04 |
Movie | The Last Hunter | Major William Cash | 1980-08-09 |
Movie | The Little Archimedes | Alfred | 1979-05-30 |
Movie | Design for Living | Leo | 1979-05-06 |
Movie | Caligula | Longinus | 1979-08-14 |
Movie | Il prigioniero | 1978-01-01 | |
Movie | Question of Love | Tom Hastings | 1978-10-18 |
Movie | Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer | Schwein | 1977-08-05 |
Movie | Shock | Bruno Baldini | 1977-08-12 |
Movie | Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison | 1977-02-06 | |
Movie | La Gabbia | Il professore | 1977-04-06 |
Movie | The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond | Rudy | 1977-08-23 |
Movie | A Man Called Blade | Valler | 1977-08-13 |
Movie | Goodbye & Amen | Donald Grayson | 1977-12-23 |
Movie | Gangbusters | Killer | 1977-09-21 |
Movie | Violent Milan | Fausto | 1976-03-05 |
Movie | I Don't Want to Be Born | Tommy Morris | 1976-02-01 |
Movie | The Hornet's Nest | Fisher | 1976-03-10 |
Movie | Salon Kitty | Biondo | 1976-03-02 |
Movie | Mark Strikes Again | Paul Henkel | 1976-10-20 |
Movie | Deported Women of the SS Special Section | Herr Erner | 1976-11-23 |
Movie | Plot of Fear | Hoffmann | 1976-09-17 |
Movie | The Last Day of School Before Christmas | 1975-03-20 | |
Movie | Waves of Lust | Giorgio | 1975-08-04 |
Movie | Violent Rome | Franco "Chiodo" Spadoni | 1975-08-13 |
Movie | Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza | Count Dragulescu | 1975-08-21 |
Movie | Morel's Invention | Morel | 1974-01-01 |
Movie | Challenge to White Fang | Beauty Smith / Charles Forth | 1974-10-25 |
Movie | The Police Serve the Citizens? | Lambro | 1973-09-06 |
Movie | Holidays | Scagnetti | 1973-01-02 |
Movie | Massacre in Rome | SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann | 1973-10-04 |
Movie | White Fang | Charles 'Beauty' Smith | 1973-12-21 |
Movie | Slap the Monster on Page One | Ing. Montelli | 1972-10-19 |
Series | Hine | 1971-04-07 | |
Movie | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Piro | 1971-10-27 |
Movie | A Girl Called Jules | Luciano | 1970-07-25 |
Movie | May Morning | Roderick Rodney Stanton | 1970-08-02 |
Movie | The Ancines Woods | Robert | 1970-04-19 |
Movie | The Golden Ass | Aristomene | 1970-08-26 |
Movie | Bali | Glenn | 1970-12-29 |
Series | Department S | Unknown | 1969-09-09 |
Movie | Tepepa | Doctor Henry Price | 1969-01-31 |
Movie | Twelve Plus One | Stanley | 1969-10-07 |
Movie | Work Is a 4-Letter Word | Anthony | 1968-09-15 |
Movie | Marat/Sade | Monsieur Dupere | 1967-02-22 |
Movie | Bedazzled | TV Announcer (uncredited) | 1967-10-30 |
Series | Sanctuary | Unknown | 1967-06-29 |
Series | The Saint | Unknown | 1962-10-04 |