Person
John Steiner
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.…
IMDbKnown for
Popular titles
Photos
More stills of John Steiner
Biography
A closer look
Read full biography
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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
-
2014
The Voysey Inheritance
Movie Trenchard Voysey
- 2013
- 2012
-
2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Movie Self
-
2007
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Movie Self
-
1991
Paprika
Movie Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
-
1989
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Movie Jaffar
-
1989
Massacre Play
Movie Danilo
-
1988
Big Man
TV show Zebra
-
1988
Appuntamento a Liverpool
Movie British Police Inspector
-
1988
The Commander
Movie Duclaud
-
1988
Night of the Sharks
Movie Rosentski
-
1988
Striker
Movie Kariasin
-
1988
Julia and Julia
Movie Alex
-
1987
Portami la luna
Movie Walfredo
-
1986
The Lone Runner
Movie Skorm
More credits
-
1986
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Movie Frederick, Fulvia's lover
-
1986
Body Count
Movie Dr. Olsen
-
1986
Cobra Mission
Movie James Walcott
-
1986
Too Much
Movie Mike Adams
-
1985
Commando Leopard
Movie Smithy
-
1985
The Berlin Affair
Movie Oskar Engelhart
-
1985
Cut and Run
Movie Vlado
-
1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
Movie Milton Tennyson
-
1985
A.D.
TV show Simon der Magier
-
1984
I due carabinieri
Movie Crazy man on the train
-
1984
The Ark of the Sun God
Movie Lord Dean
-
1983
Dagger Eyes
Movie Ivanov
-
1983
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Movie Overlord
-
1983
The World of Yor
TV show Il Supremo
-
1982
Tenebre
Movie Christiano Berti
-
1982
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
Movie Captain David Franks
-
1981
Car Crash
Movie Kirby
-
1981
The Salamander
Movie Captain Roditi
-
1980
The Last Hunter
Movie Major William Cash
-
1980
The Little Archimedes
Movie Alfred
-
1980
Action
Movie The Manager
-
1979
Caligula
Movie Longinus
-
1979
Design for Living
Movie Leo
-
1978
Question of Love
Movie Tom Hastings
