Here is the biography of the character actor:
Born in Cheshire, England in 1941, Steiner started his acting career after school with small parts in British productions. His early roles included "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" (1966),"Bedazzled" (1967),and "Work is a 4-Letter Word" (1968).
His breakthrough role came in 1973 when he portrayed the manipulative property tycoon Beauty Smith in Lucio Fulci's "White Fang", a role he reprised in the sequel "Challenge to White Fang" in 1974. Steiner worked with Fulci again in "Dracula in the Provinces" (1975),where he played the comical vampire Count Dragalescu, showcasing his range from horrifying to hilarious.
Throughout the 1970s, Steiner continued to work in Italy, taking on roles in some of the country's most controversial entertainment. He demonstrated his willingness to take on unconventional roles, accepting a part as a Nazi officer in "Deported Women of the SS Special Section" (1976),which led to a series of similar roles as Nazi prison camp officers filmed in West Germany.
Steiner's notable roles in the 1970s include "Madam Kitty" (1976),"Caligula" (1979),and "Shock" (1977),where he played a sympathetic airline pilot and family man. In "Tenebrae" (1982),he starred as the eccentric Italian film journalist Cristiano Berti, meeting a memorable end with an ax to his head midway through the film.
As the Italian film industry declined in the 1980s, Steiner's roles became brief cameos. One notable role was playing Simon the Magnificent in the TV mini-series "A.D." (1985). By the early 1990s, Steiner had retired from acting and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he became a successful real estate agent working out of Beverly Hills.
