John Steiner
Born
January 7, 1941
Died
July 31, 2022 (81 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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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The Voysey Inheritance
Trenchard Voysey
2014
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self
2013
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Self
2012
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self
2008
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Self
2007
Paprika
Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
1991
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Jaffar
1989
Massacre Play
1989
Big Man
Zebra · (1 episode)
1988
Appuntamento a Liverpool
British Police Inspector
1988
The Commander
Duclaud
1988
The Night of the Sharks
Rosentski
1988
Striker
Kariasin
1988
Julia and Julia
Alex
1988
The Lone Runner
Skorm
1986
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Frederick, Fulvia's lover
1986
Body Count
Dr. Olsen
1986
Cobra Mission
James Walcott
1986
Troppo forte
Mike Adams
1986
Commando Leopard
Smithy
1985
The Berlin Affair
Oskar Engelhart
1985
Cut and Run
Vlado
1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
Milton Tennyson
1985
A.D.
Simon der Magier · (5 episodes)
1985
I due carabinieri
Crazy man on the train
1984
The Ark of the Sun God
Lord Dean
1984
Dagger Eyes
Ivanov
1983
Yor, the Hunter from the Future
Overlord
1983
The World of Yor
Il Supremo · (4 episodes)
1983
Tenebre
Christiano Berti
1982
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
Captain David Franks
1982
Car Crash
Kirby
1981
The Salamander
Captain Roditi
1981
The Last Hunter
Major William Cash
1980
Action
The Manager
1980
Caligula
Longinus
1979
The Little Archimedes
Alfred
1979
Design for Living
Leo
1979
Question of Love
Tom Hastings
1978
Il prigioniero
1978
Goodbye & Amen
Donald Grayson
1977
Gangbusters
Killer
1977
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
Rudy
1977
A Man Called Blade
Valler
1977
Shock
Bruno Baldini
1977
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
Schwein
1977
La Gabbia
Il professore
1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
Deported Women of the SS Special Section
Herr Erner
1976
Mark Strikes Again
Paul Henkel
1976
Plot of Fear
Hoffmann
1976
The Hornet's Nest
Fisher
1976
Violent Milan
Fausto
1976
Salon Kitty
Biondo
1976
I Don't Want to Be Born
Tommy Morris
1976
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Count Dragulescu
1975
Violent Rome
Franco "Chiodo" Spadoni
1975
Waves of Lust
Giorgio
1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
Challenge to White Fang
Beauty Smith / Charles Forth
1974
Occupations
Terrini
1974
Morel's Invention
Morel
1974
White Fang
Charles 'Beauty' Smith
1973
Massacre in Rome
SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
1973
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Lambro
1973
The Professional
Johnny
1973
Holidays
Scagnetti
1973
Slap the Monster on Page One
Ing. Montelli
1972
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Piro
1971
Hine
(13 episodes)
1971
Bali
Glenn
1970
The Golden Ass
Aristomene
1970
May Morning
Roderick Rodney Stanton
1970
A Girl Called Jules
Luciano
1970
The Ancines Woods
Robert
1970
Twelve Plus One
Stanley
1969
Department S
Hershall · (1 episode)
1969
Tepepa
Doctor Henry Price
1969
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Anthony
1968
Bedazzled
TV Announcer (uncredited)
1967
Sanctuary
(1 episode)
1967
Marat/Sade
Monsieur Dupere
1967
The Saint
Grey Wyler · (1 episode)
1962