John Steiner

Person

John Steiner

Born 7 January 1941 Died 31 July 2022, aged 81 Chester, Cheshire, England, UK TMDB ↗

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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The numbers

Computed from the record
15age in their first credit on record (1956)
58years on screen and counting
8credits in 1977, their busiest year
87dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
The Voysey Inheritance poster Age: 73

The Voysey Inheritance

2014
as Trenchard Voysey
Paprika poster Age: 50

Paprika

1991
as Prince Ascanio Del Bardo
Sinbad of the Seven Seas poster Age: 48

Sinbad of the Seven Seas

1989
as Jaffar
Massacre Play poster Age: 47

Massacre Play

1989
as Danilo
Appuntamento a Liverpool poster Age: 47

Appuntamento a Liverpool

1988
as British Police Inspector
The Commander poster Age: 47

The Commander

1988
as Duclaud
Night of the Sharks poster Age: 47

Night of the Sharks

1988
as Rosentski
Striker poster Age: 47

Striker

1988
as Kariasin
Julia and Julia poster Age: 47

Julia and Julia

1988
as Alex
Portami la luna poster Age: 46

Portami la luna

1987
as Walfredo
The Lone Runner poster Age: 45

The Lone Runner

1986
as Skorm
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil poster Age: 45

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

1986
as Frederick, Fulvia's lover
Body Count poster Age: 45

Body Count

1986
as Dr. Olsen
Cobra Mission poster Age: 45

Cobra Mission

1986
as James Walcott
Too Much poster Age: 45

Too Much

1986
as Mike Adams
Commando Leopard poster Age: 44

Commando Leopard

1985
as Smithy
The Berlin Affair poster Age: 44

The Berlin Affair

1985
as Oskar Engelhart
Cut and Run poster Age: 44

Cut and Run

1985
as Vlado
Un caso d'incoscienza poster Age: 44

Un caso d'incoscienza

1985
as Milton Tennyson
I due carabinieri poster Age: 43

I due carabinieri

1984
as Crazy man on the train
The Ark of the Sun God poster Age: 43

The Ark of the Sun God

1984
as Lord Dean
Dagger Eyes poster Age: 42

Dagger Eyes

1983
as Ivanov
Yor: The Hunter from the Future poster Age: 42

Yor: The Hunter from the Future

1983
as Overlord
Tenebre poster Age: 41

Tenebre

1982
as Christiano Berti
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra poster Age: 41

The Hunters of the Golden Cobra

1982
as Captain David Franks
Car Crash poster Age: 40

Car Crash

1981
as Kirby
The Salamander poster Age: 40

The Salamander

1981
as Captain Roditi
The Last Hunter poster Age: 39

The Last Hunter

1980
as Major William Cash
The Little Archimedes poster Age: 39

The Little Archimedes

1980
as Alfred
Action poster Age: 38

Action

1980
as The Manager
Caligula poster Age: 38

Caligula

1979
as Longinus
Design for Living poster Age: 38

Design for Living

1979
as Leo
Question of Love poster Age: 37

Question of Love

1978
as Tom Hastings
Il prigioniero poster Age: 36

Il prigioniero

1978
Goodbye & Amen poster Age: 36

Goodbye & Amen

1977
as Donald Grayson
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison poster Age: 36

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

1977
as Laurin
Gangbusters poster Age: 36

Gangbusters

1977
as Killer
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond poster Age: 36

The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond

1977
as Rudy
A Man Called Blade poster Age: 36

A Man Called Blade

1977
as Valler
Shock poster Age: 36

Shock

1977
as Bruno Baldini
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer poster Age: 36

Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer

1977
as Schwein
No poster
Age: 36

La Gabbia

1977
as Il professore
Deported Women of the SS Special Section poster Age: 35

Deported Women of the SS Special Section

1976
as Herr Erner
Mark Strikes Again poster Age: 35

Mark Strikes Again

1976
as Paul Henkel
Plot of Fear poster Age: 35

Plot of Fear

1976
as Hoffmann
The Hornet's Nest poster Age: 35

The Hornet's Nest

1976
as Fisher
Violent Milan poster Age: 35

Violent Milan

1976
as Fausto
Salon Kitty poster Age: 35

Salon Kitty

1976
as Biondo
I Don't Want to Be Born poster Age: 35

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976
as Tommy Morris
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza poster Age: 34

Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

1975
as Count Dragulescu
Violent Rome poster Age: 34

Violent Rome

1975
as Franco "Chiodo" Spadoni
Waves of Lust poster Age: 34

Waves of Lust

1975
as Giorgio
The Last Day of School Before Christmas poster Age: 34

The Last Day of School Before Christmas

1975
as Lieutenant
Challenge to White Fang poster Age: 33

Challenge to White Fang

1974
as Beauty Smith / Charles Forth
Occupations poster Age: 33

Occupations

1974
as Terrini
Morel's Invention poster Age: 32

Morel's Invention

1974
as Morel
White Fang poster Age: 32

White Fang

1973
as Charles 'Beauty' Smith
Massacre in Rome poster Age: 32

Massacre in Rome

1973
as SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
The Police Serve the Citizens? poster Age: 32

The Police Serve the Citizens?

1973
as Lambro
No poster
Age: 32

The Professional

1973
as Johnny
Holidays poster Age: 31

Holidays

1973
as Scagnetti
Slap the Monster on Page One poster Age: 31

Slap the Monster on Page One

1972
as Ing. Montelli
The Case Is Closed, Forget It poster Age: 30

The Case Is Closed, Forget It

1971
as Piro
Bali poster Age: 29

Bali

1970
as Glenn
The Golden Ass poster Age: 29

The Golden Ass

1970
as Aristomene
May Morning poster Age: 29

May Morning

1970
as Roderick Rodney Stanton
A Girl Called Jules poster Age: 29

A Girl Called Jules

1970
as Luciano
The Ancines Woods poster Age: 29

The Ancines Woods

1970
as Robert
Twelve Plus One poster Age: 28

Twelve Plus One

1969
as Stanley
Tepepa poster Age: 28

Tepepa

1969
as Doctor Henry Price
Work Is a 4-Letter Word poster Age: 27

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

1968
as Anthony
Bedazzled poster Age: 26

Bedazzled

1967
as 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 poster Age: 26

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

1967
as Monsieur Dupere
Alice poster Age: 24

Alice

1965
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TV credits

Newest first
Big Man poster Age: 47

Big Man

1988
as Zebra
A.D. poster Age: 44

A.D.

1985
as Simon der Magier
The World of Yor poster Age: 42

The World of Yor

1983
as Il Supremo
The Sandbaggers poster Age: 37

The Sandbaggers

1978
as Trevor D'Arcy
The Sextet poster Age: 31

The Sextet

1972
as Simon Tesco
Hine poster Age: 30

Hine

1971
Department S poster Age: 28

Department S

1969
as Hershall
No poster
Age: 26

Sanctuary

1967
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 24

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Trenchard Voysey
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 24

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Leo
The Saint poster Age: 21

The Saint

1962
as Grey Wyler
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 15

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Gooch
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 15

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Nigel
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