John Steiner
Acting
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 of
John Steiner
Longinus
... 2023
... 2013
... 2008
... 2007
Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
... 1991
Jaffar
... 1989
... 1989
British Police Inspector
... 1988
Duclaud
... 1988
Rosentski
... 1988
Kariasin
... 1988
Alex
... 1988
Skorm
... 1986
Frederick, Fulvia's lover
... 1986
Dr. Olsen
... 1986
James Walcott
... 1986
Mike Adams
... 1986
Smithy
... 1985
Oskar Engelhart
... 1985
Vlado
... 1985
Milton Tennyson
... 1985
Crazy man on the train
... 1984
Lord Dean
... 1984
Ivanov
... 1983
Overlord
... 1983
Christiano Berti
... 1982
Captain David Franks
... 1982
Kirby
... 1981
Captain Roditi
... 1981
Major William Cash
... 1980
The Manager
... 1980
Longinus
... 1979
Alfred
... 1979
... 1979
Tom Hastings
... 1978
... 1978
Donald Grayson
... 1977
Killer
... 1977
... 1977
Valler
... 1977
Bruno Baldini
... 1977
... 1977
Il professore
... 1977
... 1977
Herr Erner
... 1976
Paul Henkel
... 1976
Hoffmann
... 1976
Fisher
... 1976
Fausto
... 1976
Biondo
... 1976
Tommy Morris
... 1976
Count Dragulescu
... 1975
Franco "Chiodo" Spadoni
... 1975
Giorgio
... 1975
Beauty Smith / Charles Forth
... 1974
Terrini
... 1974
Morel
... 1974
Charles 'Beauty' Smith
... 1973
SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
... 1973
... 1973
Johnny
... 1973
Scagnetti
... 1973
Ing. Montelli
... 1972
... 1971
Glenn
... 1970
Aristomene
... 1970
Roderick Rodney Stanton
... 1970
Luciano
... 1970
Robert
... 1970
Stanley
... 1969
Doctor Henry Price
... 1969
Anthony
... 1968
TV Announcer (uncredited)
... 1967
Monsieur Dupere
... 1967