John Steppling

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1870-08-08 (62 years old)

Deathday

1932-04-05

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

1918

The Road Through the Dark

as Antoine Jardee

1925

California Straight Ahead

as Jeffrey Browne

1916

Miss Jackie of the Navy

as Undetermined role

1920

The Heart of a Child

as Joe Mosenstein

1922

1926

High Steppers

as John Steppling

1919

Lombardi, Ltd.

as Max Strohan

1914

Jim

as William Bent - the Publisher

1922

Glass Houses

as The Lawyer

1917

The Promise

as Fallon

1924

The Fast Worker

as Mr. Rodney

2007

1924

A Cafe in Cairo

as Tom Hays

1920

1920

The County Fair

as Otis Tucker

1915

Pretenses

as Mike Guffy

1921

1918

Johanna Enlists

as Maj. Wappington

1913

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

as John Durbeyfield

1923

Let's Go

as Andrew J. Macklin

1918

Good Night, Paul

as Batiste Boudeaux

1923

Going Up

as William Douglas

1918

1926

Memory Lane

as Mary's Father

1920

Madame Peacock

as Rudolph Cleeberg

1920

Billions

as Isaac Colben

1925

Soft Shoes

as Markham

1921

Black Beauty

as Squire Gordon

1924

The Reckless Age

as Spencer Meyrick

1926

The Better Man

as Phineas Ward

1919

Luck in Pawn

as Abraham Armsberg

1923

The Man Next Door

as David Wisner

1920

Sick Abed

as John Weems

1913

Caprice

as Secondary Role (uncredited)

1925

Eve's Lover

as Burton Gregg

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

as Chairman of delegation

1928

Behind the Counter

as Her Father

1913

1924

The Galloping Fish

as Cato Dodd

1923

1924

1913

1922

Too Much Business

as Simon Stecker

1915

Mixed Wires

as Policeman

1915

The Jilt

as Mr. Thompson

1915

1915

Detective Blinn

as Judge Page

1915

The Deception

as Dr. King

1915

Wait and See

as James - the Valet

1915

The Zaca Lake Mystery

as John - the Miner

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 Resolve

as Simpson

1915

Reprisal

as Judge Green

1915

The Greater Strength

as The Foreman

1915

The Broken Window

as The Professor

1915

One Summer's Sequel

as Reverend David Barton

1915

Wife Wanted

as J.D.P. Moore

1915

The Castle Ranch

as Simpson - the Son's Valet

1915

The Wishing Stone

as Allan's Grandfather

1915

The Problem

as Grandfather

1915

His Brother's Debt

as Mr. Myers

1915

Reformation

as The Deacon

1915

Ancestry

as The Innkeeper

1915

The Truth of Fiction

as Bill Burton

1915

The Derelict

as P.G. Wilke, Esq.

1915

The Decision

as Judge Clarke

1915

Saints and Sinners

as The Minister

1915

Justified

as Sheriff Lacey

1927

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