Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 08, 1870
Died
Apr 05, 1932
Place of Birth
Essen, Germany
Credits
94 titles
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
Filmography
American dream
głos
Broken Lullaby
Behind the Counter
Her Father
Their Hour
Peggy's Father
By Whose Hand?
Claridge
Wedding Bills
District Attorney
The Gay Old Bird
Uncle
California or Bust
President Holtwood
Her Father Said No
John Hamilton
The Better Man
Phineas Ward
High Steppers
John Steppling
Memory Lane
Mary's Father
California Straight Ahead
Jeffrey Browne
Eve's Lover
Burton Gregg
Soft Shoes
Markham
A Cafe in Cairo
Tom Hays
The Fast Worker
Mr. Rodney
The Reckless Age
Spencer Meyrick
Fools in the Dark
Julius Schwartz
The Galloping Fish
Cato Dodd
The Breathless Moment
Banker Day
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Chairman of delegation
Let's Go
Andrew J. Macklin
Going Up
William Douglas
The Man Next Door
David Wisner
What a Wife Learned
Maxfield
Bell Boy 13
Ellrey Elrod
The Sin Flood
Swift
Confidence
Henry Tuttle
Too Much Business
Simon Stecker
Glass Houses
The Lawyer
Garments of Truth
Deacon Ballantine
The Silver Car
Vicar
Nobody's Kid
Black Beauty
Squire Gordon
Billions
Isaac Colben
Madame Peacock
Rudolph Cleeberg
The County Fair
Otis Tucker
Sick Abed
John Weems
The Heart of a Child
Joe Mosenstein
The Inferior Sex
George Mott / Smith
Live Sparks
Jacob Abbott
The Husband Hunter
Kelly
Luck in Pawn
Abraham Armsberg
Lombardi, Ltd.
Max Strohan
Fools and Their Money
Chef
Life's a Funny Proposition
Tobias
A Lady's Name
Bird
The Road Through the Dark
Antoine Jardee
Johanna Enlists
Maj. Wappington