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John Steiner

Actor

John Steiner

Born January 7, 1941 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UKDied July 31, 202274 films

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.

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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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Slap the Monster on Page One posterFirst watchSlap the Monster on Page One19727.7as Ing. MontelliDays before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape, the editor-in-chief of a conservative tabloid tries to derail the police investigation…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Paprika poster7.2Paprika1991Tenebre poster6.8Tenebre1982Caligula poster6.0Caligula1979Too Much poster6.5Too Much1986Bedazzled poster6.2Bedazzled1967Shock poster6.3Shock1977I due carabinieri poster6.1I due carabinieri1984Salon Kitty poster5.6Salon Kitty1976

Filmography

74 films as actor
  1. 2014The Voysey InheritanceTrenchard Voysey
  2. 1991PaprikaPrince Ascanio Del Bardo
  3. 1989Sinbad of the Seven SeasJaffar
  4. 1989Massacre PlayDanilo
  5. 1988Appuntamento a LiverpoolBritish Police Inspector
  6. 1988The CommanderDuclaud
  7. 1988Night of the SharksRosentski
  8. 1988StrikerKariasin
  9. 1988Julia and JuliaAlex
  10. 1987Portami la lunaWalfredo
  11. 1986The Lone RunnerSkorm
  12. 1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of BasilFrederick, Fulvia's lover
  13. 1986Body CountDr. Olsen
  14. 1986Cobra MissionJames Walcott
  15. 1986Too MuchMike Adams
  16. 1985Commando LeopardSmithy
  17. 1985The Berlin AffairOskar Engelhart
  18. 1985Cut and RunVlado
  19. 1985Un caso d'incoscienzaMilton Tennyson
  20. 1984I due carabinieriCrazy man on the train
  21. 1984The Ark of the Sun GodLord Dean
  22. 1983Dagger EyesIvanov
  23. 1983Yor: The Hunter from the FutureOverlord
  24. 1982TenebreChristiano Berti
  25. 1982The Hunters of the Golden CobraCaptain David Franks
  26. 1981Car CrashKirby
  27. 1981The SalamanderCaptain Roditi
  28. 1980The Last HunterMajor William Cash
  29. 1980The Little ArchimedesAlfred
  30. 1980ActionThe Manager
  31. 1979CaligulaLonginus
  32. 1979Design for LivingLeo
  33. 1978Question of LoveTom Hastings
  34. 1978Il prigioniero
  35. 1977Goodbye & AmenDonald Grayson
  36. 1977Antonio Gramsci: The Days of PrisonLaurin
  37. 1977GangbustersKiller
  38. 1977The Criminals Attack. The Police RespondRudy
  39. 1977A Man Called BladeValler
  40. 1977ShockBruno Baldini
  41. 1977Von Buttiglione SturmtruppenführerSchwein
  42. 1977La GabbiaIl professore
  43. 1976Deported Women of the SS Special SectionHerr Erner
  44. 1976Mark Strikes AgainPaul Henkel
  45. 1976Plot of FearHoffmann
  46. 1976The Hornet's NestFisher
  47. 1976Violent MilanFausto
  48. 1976Salon KittyBiondo
  49. 1976I Don't Want to Be BornTommy Morris
  50. 1975Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in BrianzaCount Dragulescu
  51. 1975Violent RomeFranco "Chiodo" Spadoni
  52. 1975Waves of LustGiorgio
  53. 1975The Last Day of School Before ChristmasLieutenant
  54. 1974Challenge to White FangBeauty Smith / Charles Forth
  55. 1974OccupationsTerrini
  56. 1974Morel's InventionMorel
  57. 1973White FangCharles 'Beauty' Smith
  58. 1973Massacre in RomeSS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
  59. 1973The Police Serve the Citizens?Lambro
  60. 1973The ProfessionalJohnny
  61. 1973HolidaysScagnetti
  62. 1972Slap the Monster on Page OneIng. Montelli
  63. 1971The Case Is Closed, Forget ItPiro
  64. 1970BaliGlenn
  65. 1970The Golden AssAristomene
  66. 1970May MorningRoderick Rodney Stanton
  67. 1970A Girl Called JulesLuciano
  68. 1970The Ancines WoodsRobert
  69. 1969Twelve Plus OneStanley
  70. 1969TepepaDoctor Henry Price
  71. 1968Work Is a 4-Letter WordAnthony
  72. 1967BedazzledTV Announcer (uncredited)
  73. 1967The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de SadeMonsieur Dupere
  74. 1965Alice