John Steiner
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1278 |
| Birthday | 1941-01-07 |
| Place of Birth | Chester, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1969
Twelve Plus One
5.3/31
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he get...
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Twelve Plus One
1977
Shock
6.3/139
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
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Shock
1991
Paprika
7.207/610
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Paprika
1986
Too Much
6.45/211
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Too Much
1985
Cut and Run
5.31/71
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Cut and Run
1986
Body Count
5.127/83
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Body Count
1979
Caligula
5.99/999
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Caligula
1976
I Don't Want to Be Born
5.145/31
A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary one. The child is seemingly possessed by the Devil.
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I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
Salon Kitty
5.568/148
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Salon Kitty
1986
The Lone Runner
5.042/12
The Summerking's daughter has been kidnapped, and the legendary hero of the desert comes to her rescue as he did when she was young. The Lone Runner p...
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The Lone Runner
1975
Waves of Lust
4.926/27
A young couple become embroiled with the personal problems of another couple on a yacht moored off Sicily during a turbulent weekend of fun, games, se...
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Waves of Lust
2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
6/3
This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answ...
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1974
Morel's Invention
6.329/38
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Morel's Invention
1976
Plot of Fear
5.565/23
Plot of Fear tells the story of a decadent weekend party full of orgies and drugs on the outskirts of Milan. Inspector Lomenzo investigates a series o...
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Plot of Fear
1989
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
4.2/46
Sinbad returns from the sea to find his country subjected to the will of two unscrupulous sorcerers.
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Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1983
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
4.233/58
Yor is an extremely blond prehistoric warrior who comes to question his origins, particularly with regard to a mysterious medallion he wears. When he...
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Yor: The Hunter from the Future
1970
Bali
4.182/11
The wife of a European photographer on assignment in exotic Bali falls for an enigmatic ex patriot under the spell of a mystical death cult...
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Bali
1976
Violent Milan
7/10
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Violent Milan
1988
Night of the Sharks
3.2/15
David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets pos...
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Night of the Sharks
1972
Slap the Monster on Page One
7.653/193
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Slap the Monster on Page One
1976
Deported Women of the SS Special Section
4.742/31
Young women in Nazi-occupied countries are packed onto a train and shipped off to a prison camp, where the sadistic commandant uses them as rewards fo...
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Deported Women of the SS Special Section
1986
Cobra Mission
4.9/13
Ten years after the end of the war in Vietnam, four ex-Marines decide to return to S.E. Asia to investigate reports of American POWs still being held...
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Cobra Mission
1977
A Man Called Blade
6.6/37
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A Man Called Blade
1969
Tepepa
6.5/56
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
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Tepepa
1976
Mark Strikes Again
5/8
A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
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Mark Strikes Again
1980
The Last Hunter
5.529/34
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The Last Hunter
1975
Violent Rome
6.1/34
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the depa...
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Violent Rome
1982
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
5.417/18
An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers....
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The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
2012
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
7.706/17
A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American...
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Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
1984
The Ark of the Sun God
5.3/12
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The Ark of the Sun God
1985
Commando Leopard
6.2/19
A cruel dictator rules a Latin American state. Corruption, brutality and exploitation are present every day. A few people begin to organise resistance...
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Commando Leopard
1988
The Commander
5.579/19
Lewis Collins is back to leading mercenaries on the move in Southeast Asia. This time the cast is unusually good including Lee Van Cleef, Brett Halsey...
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The Commander
1988
Appuntamento a Liverpool
6.2/5
Caterina's father died before her eyes in the Heysel Stadium disaster. Years later, she's summoned by British police to look at some possible suspects...
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Appuntamento a Liverpool
1970
May Morning
5.25/4
A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at Oxford University, England, in the early 1970s.
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May Morning
1973
The Police Serve the Citizens?
6.7/5
In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his actio...
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The Police Serve the Citizens?
1988
Striker
4.9/8
John Slade is hired to rescue a journalist named Frank Morris from a Sandinista prison in Nicaragua. He teams with Marta, a local woman, to carry out...
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Striker
1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
6/2
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind wh...
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1977
The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
6.375/4
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The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond
1974
Challenge to White Fang
6.236/36
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Challenge to White Fang
1971
The Case Is Closed, Forget It
6.586/35
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The Case Is Closed, Forget It
1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
6.9/8
Antonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of his political career and private life.
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Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1970
The Ancines Woods
4.85/30
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The Ancines Woods
1973
Massacre in Rome
6.339/31
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Massacre in Rome
1973
White Fang
6.293/70
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lor...
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White Fang
1977
Gangbusters
6.375/4
Mario Gastaldi, a lawyer with no clients and no money, agrees to be a negotiator in a deal on stolen paintings, between the boss Peseti and the engine...
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Gangbusters
1970
A Girl Called Jules
6.438/16
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A Girl Called Jules
1988
Julia and Julia
5.13/23
A grieving woman, haunted by the loss of her husband on their wedding day, suddenly finds herself slipping between two realities—one where she remains...
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Julia and Julia
1977
Goodbye & Amen
6.643/14
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Goodbye & Amen
1980
Action
4.553/19
Z-movie actor Bruno Martel has hero syndrome, often quarrelling with directors. He meets fellow actor Doris, who is obsessed with Ophelia but cannot g...
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Action
1981
The Salamander
5.482/28
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a sala...
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The Salamander
1984
I due carabinieri
6.108/143
Two deadbeat friends barely pass the entrance exam for the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, but love for the same woman gets in the way...
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I due carabinieri
1986
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
5.444/18
A charming billionaire manager kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.
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Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
1983
Dagger Eyes
5.1/21
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Dagger Eyes
1985
The Berlin Affair
5.339/28
What begins as an innocent art class becomes a steamy triangle of erotic passions and forbidden love. A beautiful Japanese girl becomes the object of...
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The Berlin Affair
1977
La Gabbia
7.25/2
Based on the infamous Stanford prison experiment. In 1977, Italian director Carlo Tuzii adapted the experiment to an Italian environment. Italian stud...
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La Gabbia
1981
Car Crash
5.1/8
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Car Crash
1974
Occupations
0/0
In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of the factories by the workers. He is offered assista...
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Occupations
2013
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
6/1
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The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2007
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
2/1
Interview with John Stiener about his career and views and perspectives on Caligula and some of his other movies.
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My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
1978
Il prigioniero
7/1
Italian TV movie. Based upon a novel by Anton Chekhov.
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Il prigioniero
1976
The Hornet's Nest
6.5/7
A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.
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The Hornet's Nest
1973
The Professional
0/0
An insignificant little middle-aged man strikes a heinous bargain with an underworld expert. The man has a problem: his wife. A professional killer wo...
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The Professional
1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
7/1
On the Apennines of Emilia in 1944 three fascists stop and seize a battered bus carrying several women, two men and a poor student named Athos, as wel...
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The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1973
Holidays
7/4
Rossini, history teacher and son of another professor, for his liberal ideas refuses to sign the oath of allegiance to the the fascist regime that Mus...
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Holidays
1975
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
6.219/16
A boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a hard time having let success and wealth go to his head...
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Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1970
The Golden Ass
8/2
In ancient Mauretania, the young Roman Lucius Apuleius and his friend Aristomene run into a series of misadventures.
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The Golden Ass
1978
Question of Love
6.833/6
Architect Dumas dies from a bullet of his own gun in front of his house. The police suspect his young Swedish wife Catherine and her English lover Tom...
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Question of Love
1977
Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
6.5/3
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Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenführer
1979
Design for Living
4/3
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Design for Living
1967
Bedazzled
6.198/179
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
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Bedazzled
1980
The Little Archimedes
7.333/3
The action takes place in Florence in the 1930s. Alfred, an Englishman who moved to that city in order to write a book on Giotto, meets a boy who is f...
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The Little Archimedes
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 Sade
6.162/37
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and Ass...
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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
1989
Massacre Play
5/6
Estranged childhood friends, both passionate filmmakers, find themselves on divergent paths: one an acclaimed Oscar winner, the other struggling in TV...
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Massacre Play
1982
Tenebre
6.807/711
A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
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Tenebre
1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
8/1
In Italy, set in the early 1930s, a missing Swedish millionaire (Erland Josephson) is the target of a journalist (Rüdiger Vogler) who sets out to disc...
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Un caso d'incoscienza
2014
The Voysey Inheritance
0/0
Young Edward discovers that the family business he is due to inherit has been defrauding clients for decades.
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The Voysey Inheritance
1987
Portami la luna
9/1
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1965
Alice
6.5/2
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