John Steppling
Acting • Born 1870-08-08 – Died 1932-04-05
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.
Filmography
91 credits
The Road Through the Dark
Movie • 1918
Antoine Jardee
California Straight Ahead
Movie • 1925
Jeffrey Browne
Miss Jackie of the Navy
Movie • 1916
Undetermined role
The Heart of a Child
Movie • 1920
Joe Mosenstein
The Sin Flood
Movie • 1922
Swift
High Steppers
Movie • 1926
John Steppling
Lombardi, Ltd.
Movie • 1919
Max Strohan
Jim
Movie • 1914
William Bent - the Publisher
Glass Houses
Movie • 1922
The Lawyer
The Promise
Movie • 1917
Fallon
Broken Lullaby
Movie • 1932
The Fast Worker
Movie • 1924
Mr. Rodney
American dream
Movie • 2007
głos
A Cafe in Cairo
Movie • 1924
Tom Hays
The Husband Hunter
Movie • 1920
Kelly
The County Fair
Movie • 1920
Otis Tucker
Bell Boy 13
Movie • 1923
The Comet's Come-Back
Movie • 1916
Pretenses
Movie • 1915
Mike Guffy
The Silver Car
Movie • 1921
Vicar
Johanna Enlists
Movie • 1918
Maj. Wappington
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Movie • 1913
John Durbeyfield
Let's Go
Movie • 1923
Andrew J. Macklin
Good Night, Paul
Movie • 1918
Batiste Boudeaux
Going Up
Movie • 1923
William Douglas
A Lady's Name
Movie • 1918
Bird
A Bathtub Bandit
Movie • 1917
Memory Lane
Movie • 1926
Mary's Father
Madame Peacock
Movie • 1920
Rudolph Cleeberg
Billions
Movie • 1920
Isaac Colben
Soft Shoes
Movie • 1925
Markham
Black Beauty
Movie • 1921
Squire Gordon
The Reckless Age
Movie • 1924
Spencer Meyrick
The Better Man
Movie • 1926
Phineas Ward
Luck in Pawn
Movie • 1919
Abraham Armsberg
The Man Next Door
Movie • 1923
David Wisner
Nobody's Kid
Movie • 1921
Sick Abed
Movie • 1920
John Weems
Caprice
Movie • 1913
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Eve's Lover
Movie • 1925
Burton Gregg
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1924
Chairman of delegation
Behind the Counter
Movie • 1928
Her Father
Billy McGrath on Broadway
Movie • 1913
Billy McGrath
The Galloping Fish
Movie • 1924
Cato Dodd
What a Wife Learned
Movie • 1923
Maxfield
The Breathless Moment
Movie • 1924
Banker Day
In the Bishop's Carriage
Movie • 1913
Mr. Ramsey
Too Much Business
Movie • 1922
Simon Stecker
Mixed Wires
Movie • 1915
Policeman
The Jilt
Movie • 1915
Mr. Thompson
Comrades Three
Movie • 1915
Hobs
Detective Blinn
Movie • 1915
Judge Page
The Deception
Movie • 1915
Dr. King
Wait and See
Movie • 1915
James - the Valet
The Zaca Lake Mystery
Movie • 1915
John - the Miner
The High Cost of Flirting
Movie • 1915
Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
By Whose Hand?
Movie • 1915
Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
His Obligation
Movie • 1915
Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
The Guiding Light
Movie • 1915
The Resolve
Movie • 1915
Simpson
Reprisal
Movie • 1915
Judge Green
The Greater Strength
Movie • 1915
The Foreman
The Broken Window
Movie • 1915
The Professor
One Summer's Sequel
Movie • 1915
Reverend David Barton
Wife Wanted
Movie • 1915
J.D.P. Moore
The Castle Ranch
Movie • 1915
Simpson - the Son's Valet
The Wishing Stone
Movie • 1915
Allan's Grandfather
The Problem
Movie • 1915
Grandfather
His Brother's Debt
Movie • 1915
Mr. Myers
Reformation
Movie • 1915
The Deacon
Ancestry
Movie • 1915
The Innkeeper
The Truth of Fiction
Movie • 1915
Bill Burton
The Derelict
Movie • 1915
P.G. Wilke, Esq.
The Decision
Movie • 1915
Judge Clarke
Saints and Sinners
Movie • 1915
The Minister
Justified
Movie • 1915
Sheriff Lacey
The Gay Old Bird
Movie • 1927
Uncle
Life's a Funny Proposition
Movie • 1919
Tobias
Damaged Goods
Movie • 1914
Senator Locke
A Man's Man
Movie • 1917
Neddy Jerome
Live Sparks
Movie • 1920
Jacob Abbott
Fools and Their Money
Movie • 1919
Chef
Her Father Said No
Movie • 1927
John Hamilton
The Inferior Sex
Movie • 1920
George Mott / Smith
Garments of Truth
Movie • 1921
Deacon Ballantine
The Butterfly Girl
Movie • 1917
Heinie, the Weinie Man
Confidence
Movie • 1922
Henry Tuttle
California or Bust
Movie • 1927
President Holtwood
By Whose Hand?
Movie • 1927
Claridge
Fools in the Dark
Movie • 1924
Julius Schwartz
Wedding Bills
Movie • 1927
District Attorney