John Stephen Hill

John Stephen Hill, a Canadian actor and writer, was born in Montreal and began acting in television commercials in 1977 under the name Stephen Hill. His early stage career in Canada took in Young People's Theatre in Toronto, the Grand Theatre Young Company and Alberta Theatre Projects. He acted in London's West End from 1980 to 1982 as John Stephen Hill, making his leading role debut in Deathtrap at the Garrick Theatre and appearing in Ladies in Retirement and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. His films include The Sender (1982), The Hunger (1983), as Catherine Deneuve's first victim, Never Say Never Again (1983) with Sean Connery, and Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) with Vincent Price. After his acting career stopped in the mid-1980s, he returned to theater three decades later as a writer using the name Steve Hill, and in 2015 he wrote and directed the play When I'm 64.