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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.
Acted in 83
2010s
- 2014
The Voysey Inheritance
Trenchard Voysey
1990s
- 1991
Paprika
Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
1980s
- 1989
Massacre Play
Danilo
- 1988
Appuntamento a Liverpool
British Police Inspector
The Commander
Duclaud
Striker
Kariasin
- 1987
Portami la luna
Walfredo
- 1986
The Lone Runner
Skorm
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
Frederick, Fulvia's lover
Cobra Mission
James Walcott
- 1985
Commando Leopard
Smithy
Un caso d'incoscienza
Milton Tennyson
A.D.
Simon der Magier · 5 episodes
- 1984
I due carabinieri
Crazy man on the train
The Ark of the Sun God
Lord Dean
- 1983
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Overlord
The World of Yor
Il Supremo · 2 episodes
- 1982
- 1981
Car Crash
Kirby
- 1980
The Last Hunter
Major William Cash
The Little Archimedes
Alfred
1970s
- 1979
Design for Living
Leo
- 1978
Question of Love
Tom Hastings
Il prigioniero
Movie
- 1977
Goodbye & Amen
Donald Grayson
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Laurin
Gangbusters
Killer
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
Rudy
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
Schwein
- 1976
Deported Women of the SS Special Section
Herr Erner
Plot of Fear
Hoffmann
The Hornet's Nest
Fisher
Violent Milan
Fausto
- 1975
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Count Dragulescu
Violent Rome
Franco "Chiodo" Spadoni
Waves of Lust
Giorgio
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Lieutenant
- 1974
Occupations
Terrini
Morel's Invention
Morel
- 1973
Massacre in Rome
SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Lambro
Holidays
Scagnetti
- 1972
Slap the Monster on Page One
Ing. Montelli
The Sextet
Simon Tesco · 1 episode
- 1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
Piro
Hine
TV
- 1970
Bali
Glenn
The Golden Ass
Aristomene
A Girl Called Jules
Luciano
The Ancines Woods
Robert
1960s
- 1969
Twelve Plus One
Stanley
- 1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Anthony
- 1967
Bedazzled
TV Announcer (uncredited)
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Monsieur Dupere
- 1965
Alice
Movie
- 1962
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Gooch, Nigel · 1 episode
Appearances3
2010s
- 2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Self
- 2012
2000s
- 2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Self