Person Details

Birthday: 1941-01-07 14:12:59

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 59

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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.

Most Famous Work

Caligula
Average
6

Caligula

(1979) Longinus
The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Grey Wyler
Paprika
Average
7

Paprika

(1991) Principe Ascanio Del Bardo
Salon Kitty
Average
6

Salon Kitty

(1976) Biondo
Tenebre
Average
7

Tenebre

(1982) Christiano Berti
A.D.
Average
5

A.D.

(1985) Simon der Magier
Department S
Average
5

Department S

(1969) Hershall
White Fang
Average
6

White Fang

(1973) Charles 'Beauty' Smith

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2013 Self
2012 Self
2008 Self
2007 Self
1991 Principe Ascanio Del Bardo
1989 Jaffar
N/A
1988 Zebra
British Police Inspector
Duclaud
Rosentski
1987 Kariasin
Alex
1986 Skorm
Frederick, Fulvia's lover
Dr. Olsen
James Walcott
Mike Adams
1985 Smithy
Oskar Engelhart
Vlado
Simon der Magier
1984 Crazy man on the train
Lord Dean
1983 Ivanov
Overlord
Il Supremo
1982 Christiano Berti
Captain David Franks
1981 Kirby
Captain Roditi
1980 Major William Cash
The Manager
1979 Longinus
Alfred
Leo
1978 Tom Hastings
N/A
1977 Donald Grayson
Killer
Rudy
Valler
Bruno Baldini
Schwein
Il professore
N/A
1976 Herr Erner
Paul Henkel
Fisher
Fausto
Biondo
Tommy Morris
Hoffmann
1975 Count Dragulescu
Franco Spadoni 'Chiodo'
Giorgio
N/A
1974 Beauty Smith / Charles Forth
Terrini
Morel
1973 Charles 'Beauty' Smith
SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
Scagnetti
Lambro
1972 Ingegner Montelli - Publisher of 'Il Giornale'
1971 Piro
N/A
1970 Glenn
Aristomene
Roderick Rodney Stanton
Luciano
Robert
1969 Stanley
Hershall
Doctor Henry Price
1968 Anthony
1967 TV Announcer (uncredited)
N/A
Monsieur Dupere
1962 Grey Wyler
Year Character Movie/Tv

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