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.
Acting
(2007)
American dream
as głos
(1932)
(1928)
Behind the Counter
as Her Father
(1927)
The Gay Old Bird
as Uncle
(1926)
Memory Lane
as Mary's Father
(1926)
High Steppers
as John Steppling
(1926)
The Better Man
as Phineas Ward
(1925)
Soft Shoes
as Markham
(1925)
Eve's Lover
as Burton Gregg
(1925)
California Straight Ahead
as Jeffrey Browne
(1924)
The Galloping Fish
as Cato Dodd
(1924)
The Reckless Age
as Spencer Meyrick
(1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Chairman of delegation
(1924)
The Fast Worker
as Mr. Rodney
(1924)
The Breathless Moment
as Banker Day
(1924)
A Cafe in Cairo
as Tom Hays
(1923)
The Man Next Door
as David Wisner
(1923)
Let's Go
as Andrew J. Macklin
(1923)
Going Up
as William Douglas
(1923)
What a Wife Learned
as Maxfield
(1923)
(1922)
The Sin Flood
as Swift
(1922)
Glass Houses
as The Lawyer
(1922)
Too Much Business
as Simon Stecker
(1921)
Black Beauty
as Squire Gordon
(1921)
The Silver Car
as Vicar
(1921)
(1920)
The County Fair
as Otis Tucker
(1920)
The Heart of a Child
as Joe Mosenstein
(1920)
Sick Abed
as John Weems
(1920)
Billions
as Isaac Colben
(1920)
Madame Peacock
as Rudolph Cleeberg
(1920)
The Husband Hunter
as Kelly
(1919)
Luck in Pawn
as Abraham Armsberg
(1919)
Lombardi, Ltd.
as Max Strohan
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
as Maj. Wappington
(1918)
The Road Through the Dark
as Antoine Jardee
(1918)
A Lady's Name
as Bird
(1918)
Good Night, Paul
as Batiste Boudeaux
(1917)
(1917)
The Promise
as Fallon
(1916)
(1916)
Miss Jackie of the Navy
as Undetermined role
(1915)
The Problem
as Grandfather
(1915)
His Brother's Debt
as Mr. Myers
(1915)
The Broken Window
as The Professor
(1915)
Reprisal
as Judge Green
(1915)
Mixed Wires
as Policeman
(1915)
One Summer's Sequel
as Reverend David Barton
(1915)
Pretenses
as Mike Guffy
(1915)
(1915)
The Zaca Lake Mystery
as John - the Miner
(1915)
Ancestry
as The Innkeeper
(1915)
The Wishing Stone
as Allan's Grandfather
(1915)
Justified
as Sheriff Lacey
(1915)
Wife Wanted
as J.D.P. Moore
(1915)
The Resolve
as Simpson
(1915)
Wait and See
as James - the Valet
(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)
The Castle Ranch
as Simpson - the Son's Valet
(1915)
Saints and Sinners
as The Minister
(1915)
Detective Blinn
as Judge Page
(1915)
The Deception
as Dr. King
(1915)
The Jilt
as Mr. Thompson
(1915)
The Truth of Fiction
as Bill Burton
(1915)
The Decision
as Judge Clarke
(1915)
Comrades Three
as Hobs
(1915)
The Greater Strength
as The Foreman
(1915)
The Derelict
as P.G. Wilke, Esq.
(1915)
Reformation
as The Deacon
(1914)
Jim
as William Bent - the Publisher
(1913)
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Mr. Ramsey
(1913)
Caprice
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1913)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as John Durbeyfield
(1913)
Billy McGrath on Broadway
as Billy McGrath