John Steiner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-01-07

Day of death

2022-07-31 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

John Steiner

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.

Known For

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Dagger Eyes

    Dagger Eyes

  • Caligula

    Caligula

  • The Salamander

    The Salamander

  • Cut and Run

    Cut and Run

  • Department S

    Department S

  • Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

  • Shock

    Shock

  • Marat/Sade

    Marat/Sade

  • Tenebre

    Tenebre

  • Commando Leopard

    Commando Leopard

  • A Man Called Blade

    A Man Called Blade

  • The Golden Ass

    The Golden Ass

  • The Hornet's Nest

    The Hornet's Nest

  • Salon Kitty

    Salon Kitty

  • The Police Serve the Citizens?

    The Police Serve the Citizens?

  • The Professional

    The Professional

  • Big Man

    Big Man

  • Bedazzled

    Bedazzled

  • La Gabbia

    La Gabbia

  • The Lone Runner

    The Lone Runner

  • Sinbad of the Seven Seas

    Sinbad of the Seven Seas

  • A.D.

    A.D.

  • Julia and Julia

    Julia and Julia

  • Challenge to White Fang

    Challenge to White Fang

  • Goodbye & Amen

    Goodbye & Amen

  • Cobra Mission

    Cobra Mission

  • Twelve Plus One

    Twelve Plus One

  • Paprika

    Paprika

  • Striker

    Striker

  • The Case Is Closed, Forget It

    The Case Is Closed, Forget It

  • My Roman Holiday With John Steiner

    My Roman Holiday With John Steiner

  • The Berlin Affair

    The Berlin Affair

  • Appuntamento a Liverpool

    Appuntamento a Liverpool

  • Slap the Monster on Page One

    Slap the Monster on Page One

  • The Ark of the Sun God

    The Ark of the Sun God

  • Massacre in Rome

    Massacre in Rome

  • Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

    Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

  • Holidays

    Holidays

  • The Ancines Woods

    The Ancines Woods

  • I due carabinieri

    I due carabinieri

  • Violent Rome

    Violent Rome

  • Design for Living

    Design for Living

  • Gangbusters

    Gangbusters

  • Tepepa

    Tepepa

  • Waves of Lust

    Waves of Lust

  • Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer

    Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer

  • The Commander

    The Commander

  • Plot of Fear

    Plot of Fear

  • Troppo forte

    Troppo forte

  • Car Crash

    Car Crash

  • Violent Milan

    Violent Milan

  • Body Count

    Body Count

  • Deported Women of the SS Special Section

    Deported Women of the SS Special Section

  • Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

  • Action

    Action

  • Hine

    Hine

  • The World of Yor

    The World of Yor

  • The Last Hunter

    The Last Hunter

  • Bali

    Bali

  • Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

    Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

  • Un caso d'incoscienza

    Un caso d'incoscienza

  • The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond

    The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond

  • Work Is a 4-Letter Word

    Work Is a 4-Letter Word

  • Yor, the Hunter from the Future

    Yor, the Hunter from the Future

  • Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

    Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

  • The Hunters of the Golden Cobra

    The Hunters of the Golden Cobra

  • I Don't Want to Be Born

    I Don't Want to Be Born

  • The Voysey Inheritance

    The Voysey Inheritance

  • Il prigioniero

    Il prigioniero

  • A Girl Called Jules

    A Girl Called Jules

  • Mark Strikes Again

    Mark Strikes Again

  • Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

    Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

  • White Fang

    White Fang

  • The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti

    The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti

  • Night of the Sharks

    Night of the Sharks

  • May Morning

    May Morning

  • The Last Day of School Before Christmas

    The Last Day of School Before Christmas

  • Massacre Play

    Massacre Play

  • Question of Love

    Question of Love

  • Occupations

    Occupations

  • Morel's Invention

    Morel's Invention

  • The Little Archimedes

    The Little Archimedes