John Steppling

Born

August 8, 1870

Died

April 5, 1932 (61 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Essen, Germany

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.

American dream

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0.0

2007

Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby

7.5

1932

Behind the Counter

Behind the Counter

Her Father

7.0

1928

The Gay Old Bird

The Gay Old Bird

Uncle

0.0

1927

The Better Man

The Better Man

Phineas Ward

0.0

1926

High Steppers

High Steppers

John Steppling

0.0

1926

Memory Lane

Memory Lane

Mary's Father

0.0

1926

California Straight Ahead

California Straight Ahead

Jeffrey Browne

7.0

1925

Eve's Lover

Eve's Lover

Burton Gregg

0.0

1925

Soft Shoes

Soft Shoes

Markham

7.0

1925

A Cafe in Cairo

Tom Hays

0.0

1924

The Fast Worker

The Fast Worker

Mr. Rodney

0.0

1924

The Reckless Age

The Reckless Age

Spencer Meyrick

5.0

1924

The Galloping Fish

The Galloping Fish

Cato Dodd

0.0

1924

The Breathless Moment

The Breathless Moment

Banker Day

0.0

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

Chairman of delegation

0.0

1924

Let's Go

Let's Go

Andrew J. Macklin

7.0

1923

Going Up

Going Up

William Douglas

0.0

1923

The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door

David Wisner

0.0

1923

What a Wife Learned

What a Wife Learned

Maxfield

0.0

1923

Bell Boy 13

Bell Boy 13

6.0

1923

The Sin Flood

The Sin Flood

Swift

0.0

1922

Too Much Business

Simon Stecker

0.0

1922

Glass Houses

Glass Houses

The Lawyer

0.0

1922

The Silver Car

The Silver Car

Vicar

0.0

1921

Nobody's Kid

Nobody's Kid

0.0

1921

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Squire Gordon

0.0

1921

Billions

Billions

Isaac Colben

5.0

1920

Madame Peacock

Madame Peacock

Rudolph Cleeberg

0.0

1920

The County Fair

The County Fair

Otis Tucker

4.7

1920

Sick Abed

Sick Abed

John Weems

0.0

1920

The Heart of a Child

The Heart of a Child

Joe Mosenstein

0.0

1920

The Husband Hunter

Kelly

0.0

1920

Luck in Pawn

Luck in Pawn

Abraham Armsberg

0.0

1919

Lombardi, Ltd.

Lombardi, Ltd.

Max Strohan

0.0

1919

A Lady's Name

A Lady's Name

Bird

0.0

1918

The Road Through the Dark

The Road Through the Dark

Antoine Jardee

0.0

1918

Johanna Enlists

Johanna Enlists

Maj. Wappington

5.8

1918

Good Night, Paul

Good Night, Paul

Batiste Boudeaux

0.0

1918

A Bathtub Bandit

A Bathtub Bandit

5.0

1917

The Promise

The Promise

Fallon

0.0

1917

Miss Jackie of the Navy

Miss Jackie of the Navy

Undetermined role

0.0

1916

The Comet's Come-Back

0.0

1916

Pretenses

Pretenses

Mike Guffy

0.0

1915

Mixed Wires

Policeman

0.0

1915

The Jilt

Mr. Thompson

0.0

1915

Comrades Three

Hobs

0.0

1915

Detective Blinn

Judge Page

0.0

1915

The Deception

Dr. King

0.0

1915

Wait and See

James - the Valet

0.0

1915

The Zaca Lake Mystery

John - the Miner

0.0

1915

The High Cost of Flirting

Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father

0.0

1915

By Whose Hand?

Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father

0.0

1915

His Obligation

Frank Lehner - Mary's Father

0.0

1915

The Guiding Light

0.0

1915

The Resolve

Simpson

0.0

1915

Reprisal

Judge Green

0.0

1915

The Greater Strength

The Foreman

0.0

1915

The Broken Window

The Broken Window

The Professor

0.0

1915

One Summer's Sequel

Reverend David Barton

0.0

1915

Wife Wanted

J.D.P. Moore

0.0

1915

The Castle Ranch

Simpson - the Son's Valet

0.0

1915

The Wishing Stone

Allan's Grandfather

0.0

1915

The Problem

Grandfather

0.0

1915

His Brother's Debt

His Brother's Debt

Mr. Myers

0.0

1915

Reformation

The Deacon

0.0

1915

Ancestry

The Innkeeper

0.0

1915

The Truth of Fiction

Bill Burton

0.0

1915

The Derelict

P.G. Wilke, Esq.

0.0

1915

The Decision

Judge Clarke

0.0

1915

Saints and Sinners

The Minister

0.0

1915

Justified

Sheriff Lacey

0.0

1915

Jim

William Bent - the Publisher

0.0

1914

Caprice

Caprice

Secondary Role (uncredited)

1.0

1913

In the Bishop's Carriage

In the Bishop's Carriage

Mr. Ramsey

1.0

1913

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

John Durbeyfield

1.0

1913

Billy McGrath on Broadway

Billy McGrath on Broadway

Billy McGrath

5.0

1913