John Steppling
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1870-08-08
Day of Death
1932-04-05 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Essen, Germany
John Steppling
Biography
John Steppling (8 August 1870 in Essen, Germany – 5 April 1932 in Hollywood, California) was a German-American silent film actor.
He moved to America at a young age and entered film in 1912 aged 42. He starred in a total of 230 films between then and 1928, beginning with one of the first feature films ever made, Tess of the d'Urbervilles. He is also credited with directing 7 films.
He is the grandfather of playwright John Steppling.
Known For
Acting
(2007)
American dream
as głos
(1932)
(1928)
Behind the Counter
as Her Father
(1926)
Memory Lane
as Mary's Father
(1926)
High Steppers
as John Steppling
(1926)
The Better Man
as Phineas Ward
(1925)
California Straight Ahead
as Jeffrey Browne
(1925)
Eve's Lover
as Burton Gregg
(1925)
Soft Shoes
as Markham
(1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Chairman of delegation
(1924)
The Reckless Age
as Spencer Meyrick
(1924)
The Fast Worker
as Mr. Rodney
(1924)
The Breathless Moment
as Banker Day
(1924)
The Galloping Fish
as Cato Dodd
(1924)
A Cafe in Cairo
as Tom Hays
(1923)
Going Up
as William Douglas
(1923)
Let's Go
as Andrew J. Macklin
(1923)
The Man Next Door
as David Wisner
(1923)
What a Wife Learned
as Maxfield
(1923)
(1922)
Glass Houses
as The Lawyer
(1922)
The Sin Flood
as Swift
(1922)
Too Much Business
as Simon Stecker
(1921)
Black Beauty
as Squire Gordon
(1921)
(1921)
The Silver Car
as Vicar
(1920)
The Heart of a Child
as Joe Mosenstein
(1920)
Madame Peacock
as Rudolph Cleeberg
(1920)
Billions
as Isaac Colben
(1920)
Sick Abed
as John Weems
(1920)
The County Fair
as Otis Tucker
(1920)
The Husband Hunter
as Kelly
(1919)
Lombardi, Ltd.
as Max Strohan
(1919)
Luck in Pawn
as Abraham Armsberg
(1918)
A Lady's Name
as Bird
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
as Maj. Wappington
(1918)
The Road Through the Dark
as Antoine Jardee
(1918)
Good Night, Paul
as Batiste Boudeaux
(1917)
The Promise
as Fallon
(1917)
(1916)
(1916)
Miss Jackie of the Navy
as Undetermined role
(1915)
Pretenses
as Mike Guffy
(1915)
Comrades Three
as Hobs
(1915)
Mixed Wires
as Policeman
(1915)
The Jilt
as Mr. Thompson
(1915)
Detective Blinn
as Judge Page
(1915)
The Deception
as Dr. King
(1915)
Wait and See
as James - the Valet
(1915)
The Zaca Lake Mystery
as John - the Miner
(1915)
The High Cost of Flirting
as Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
(1915)
By Whose Hand?
as Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
(1915)
His Obligation
as Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
(1915)
(1915)
The Resolve
as Simpson
(1914)
Jim
as William Bent - the Publisher
(1913)
Caprice
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1913)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as John Durbeyfield
(1913)
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Mr. Ramsey
(1913)
Billy McGrath on Broadway
as Billy McGrath