John Steppling

Aug 08, 1870 - Apr 05, 1932 (61 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Broken Lullaby

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The Heart of a Child

Joe Mosenstein

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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

Chairman of delegation

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The Man Next Door

David Wisner

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The Sin Flood

Swift

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Glass Houses

The Lawyer

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Sick Abed

John Weems

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Soft Shoes

Markham

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High Steppers

John Steppling

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Memory Lane

Mary's Father

Credits

American dream 2007

głos

★ NR
Broken Lullaby 1932

★ 7.5
Behind the Counter 1928

Her Father

★ 7
The Gay Old Bird 1927

Uncle

★ NR
The Better Man 1926

Phineas Ward

★ NR
High Steppers 1926

John Steppling

★ NR
Memory Lane 1926

Mary's Father

★ NR
California Straight Ahead 1925

Jeffrey Browne

★ 7
Eve's Lover 1925

Burton Gregg

★ NR
Soft Shoes 1925

Markham

★ 7
A Cafe in Cairo 1924

Tom Hays

★ NR
The Fast Worker 1924

Mr. Rodney

★ NR
The Reckless Age 1924

Spencer Meyrick

★ 5
The Galloping Fish 1924

Cato Dodd

★ NR
The Breathless Moment 1924

Banker Day

★ NR
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln 1924

Chairman of delegation

★ NR
Let's Go 1923

Andrew J. Macklin

★ 7
Going Up 1923

William Douglas

★ NR
The Man Next Door 1923

David Wisner

★ NR
What a Wife Learned 1923

Maxfield

★ NR
Bell Boy 13 1923

★ 6
The Sin Flood 1922

Swift

★ NR
Too Much Business 1922

Simon Stecker

★ NR
Glass Houses 1922

The Lawyer

★ NR
The Silver Car 1921

Vicar

★ NR
Nobody's Kid 1921

★ NR
Black Beauty 1921

Squire Gordon

★ NR
Billions 1920

Isaac Colben

★ 5
Madame Peacock 1920

Rudolph Cleeberg

★ NR
The County Fair 1920

Otis Tucker

★ 4.7
Sick Abed 1920

John Weems

★ NR
The Heart of a Child 1920

Joe Mosenstein

★ NR
The Husband Hunter 1920

Kelly

★ NR
Luck in Pawn 1919

Abraham Armsberg

★ NR
Lombardi, Ltd. 1919

Max Strohan

★ NR
A Lady's Name 1918

Bird

★ NR
The Road Through the Dark 1918

Antoine Jardee

★ NR
Johanna Enlists 1918

Maj. Wappington

★ 5.8
Good Night, Paul 1918

Batiste Boudeaux

★ NR
A Bathtub Bandit 1917

★ 5
The Promise 1917

Fallon

★ NR
Miss Jackie of the Navy 1916

Undetermined role

★ NR
The Comet's Come-Back 1916

★ NR
Pretenses 1915

Mike Guffy

★ NR
Mixed Wires 1915

Policeman

★ NR
The Jilt 1915

Mr. Thompson

★ NR
Comrades Three 1915

Hobs

★ NR
Detective Blinn 1915

Judge Page

★ NR
The Deception 1915

Dr. King

★ NR
Wait and See 1915

James - the Valet

★ NR
The Zaca Lake Mystery 1915

John - the Miner

★ NR
The High Cost of Flirting 1915

Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father

★ NR
By Whose Hand? 1915

Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father

★ NR
His Obligation 1915

Frank Lehner - Mary's Father

★ NR
The Guiding Light 1915

★ NR
The Resolve 1915

Simpson

★ NR
Reprisal 1915

Judge Green

★ NR
The Greater Strength 1915

The Foreman

★ NR
The Broken Window 1915

The Professor

★ NR
One Summer's Sequel 1915

Reverend David Barton

★ NR
Wife Wanted 1915

J.D.P. Moore

★ NR
The Castle Ranch 1915

Simpson - the Son's Valet

★ NR
The Wishing Stone 1915

Allan's Grandfather

★ NR
The Problem 1915

Grandfather

★ NR
His Brother's Debt 1915

Mr. Myers

★ NR
Reformation 1915

The Deacon

★ NR
Ancestry 1915

The Innkeeper

★ NR
The Truth of Fiction 1915

Bill Burton

★ NR
The Derelict 1915

P.G. Wilke, Esq.

★ NR
The Decision 1915

Judge Clarke

★ NR
Saints and Sinners 1915

The Minister

★ NR
Justified 1915

Sheriff Lacey

★ NR
Jim 1914

William Bent - the Publisher

★ NR
Caprice 1913

Secondary Role (uncredited)

★ 1
In the Bishop's Carriage 1913

Mr. Ramsey

★ 1
Tess of the D'Urbervilles 1913

John Durbeyfield

★ 1
Billy McGrath on Broadway 1913

Billy McGrath

★ 5