Russell Streiner

Russell Streiner ( born February 6, 1940 as the William Russell Streiner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film producer and actor.

Life

Streiner is best known for the role of Johnny in George A Romero's horror classic Night of the Living Dead. In addition to Karl Hardman, who also made ​​an appearance in the film, Streiner was one of the producers of the film. Even in the movies There's Always Vanilla, The Booby Hatch and in the 1990 in a remake by Tom Savini Streiner worked as a producer. As a screenwriter, he was involved in the 1985 horror movie The Return of the Living Dead.

He worked for several years in the field of advertising, while he continued to work in film, television, commercial and corporate production. During his career through Streiner has spent bringing film and television productions to Pennsylvania. He also served continuously ( formerly known as the Pittsburgh Film & Television Office ) as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Film Office. Streiner is with John A. Russo one of the co - mentors at the John Russo Movie Making Program at DuBois Business College in DuBois, Pennsylvania.

Streiner has occasional appearances at meetings of horror fans and signing autographs there. Today he lives in Pittsburgh and has a son, two daughters and a granddaughter.