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
(1927)
The Gay Old Bird
as Uncle
(1926)
High Steppers
as John Steppling
(1926)
Memory Lane
as Mary's Father
(1926)
The Better Man
as Phineas Ward
(1925)
California Straight Ahead
as Jeffrey Browne
(1925)
Soft Shoes
as Markham
(1925)
Eve's Lover
as Burton Gregg
(1924)
The Reckless Age
as Spencer Meyrick
(1924)
The Fast Worker
as Mr. Rodney
(1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Chairman of delegation
(1924)
The Breathless Moment
as Banker Day
(1924)
A Cafe in Cairo
as Tom Hays
(1924)
The Galloping Fish
as Cato Dodd
(1923)
What a Wife Learned
as Maxfield
(1923)
Going Up
as William Douglas
(1923)
Let's Go
as Andrew J. Macklin
(1923)
(1923)
The Man Next Door
as David Wisner
(1922)
The Sin Flood
as Swift
(1922)
Too Much Business
as Simon Stecker
(1922)
Glass Houses
as The Lawyer
(1921)
(1921)
Black Beauty
as Squire Gordon
(1921)
The Silver Car
as Vicar
(1920)
The Heart of a Child
as Joe Mosenstein
(1920)
The Husband Hunter
as Kelly
(1920)
Billions
as Isaac Colben
(1920)
The County Fair
as Otis Tucker
(1920)
Sick Abed
as John Weems
(1920)
Madame Peacock
as Rudolph Cleeberg
(1919)
Life's a Funny Proposition
as Tobias
(1919)
Luck in Pawn
as Abraham Armsberg
(1919)
Lombardi, Ltd.
as Max Strohan
(1918)
The Road Through the Dark
as Antoine Jardee
(1918)
A Lady's Name
as Bird
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
as Maj. Wappington
(1918)
Good Night, Paul
as Batiste Boudeaux
(1917)
The Promise
as Fallon
(1917)
(1916)
(1916)
Miss Jackie of the Navy
as Undetermined role
(1915)
The Truth of Fiction
as Bill Burton
(1915)
Detective Blinn
as Judge Page
(1915)
Reformation
as The Deacon
(1915)
Pretenses
as Mike Guffy
(1915)
One Summer's Sequel
as Reverend David Barton
(1915)
Justified
as Sheriff Lacey
(1915)
The Decision
as Judge Clarke
(1915)
His Brother's Debt
as Mr. Myers
(1915)
The Castle Ranch
as Simpson - the Son's Valet
(1915)
Wait and See
as James - the Valet
(1915)
Mixed Wires
as Policeman
(1915)
The Derelict
as P.G. Wilke, Esq.
(1915)
The High Cost of Flirting
as Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
(1915)
Ancestry
as The Innkeeper
(1915)
(1915)
Reprisal
as Judge Green
(1915)
The Zaca Lake Mystery
as John - the Miner
(1915)
Comrades Three
as Hobs
(1915)
The Greater Strength
as The Foreman
(1915)
His Obligation
as Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
(1915)
The Wishing Stone
as Allan's Grandfather
(1915)
The Resolve
as Simpson
(1915)
The Broken Window
as The Professor
(1915)
The Problem
as Grandfather
(1915)
By Whose Hand?
as Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
(1915)
The Jilt
as Mr. Thompson
(1915)
Wife Wanted
as J.D.P. Moore
(1915)
The Deception
as Dr. King
(1915)
Saints and Sinners
as The Minister
(1914)
Jim
as William Bent - the Publisher
(1914)
Damaged Goods
as Senator Locke
(1913)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as John Durbeyfield
(1913)
Caprice
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1913)
Billy McGrath on Broadway
as Billy McGrath
(1913)
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Mr. Ramsey