About
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...
Known for
The SaintSeries • 1962
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Department SSeries • 1969
The SandbaggersSeries • 1978
CaligulaMovie • 1979
ActionMovie • 1980
Salon KittyMovie • 1976
The SalamanderMovie • 1981
White FangMovie • 1973
TepepaMovie • 1969
Challenge to White FangMovie • 1974
Body CountMovie • 1986
Yor: The Hunter from the FutureMovie • 1983
TenebreMovie • 1982
Waves of LustMovie • 1975
The Berlin AffairMovie • 1985
BedazzledMovie • 1967
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 SadeMovie • 1967
Dagger EyesMovie • 1983
Cut and RunMovie • 1985
Deported Women of the SS Special SectionMovie • 1976
A Man Called BladeMovie • 1977
The Case Is Closed, Forget ItMovie • 1971
ShockMovie • 1977