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John Steppling

John Steppling

Actor · Born 1870-08-08 · Essen, Germany

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Broken Lullaby (1932)
  2. Johanna Enlists (1918) — Maj. Wappington
  3. The County Fair (1920) — Otis Tucker
  4. Let's Go (1923) — Andrew J. Macklin
  5. California Straight Ahead (1925) — Jeffrey Browne
  6. The Reckless Age (1924) — Spencer Meyrick
  7. Bell Boy 13 (1923)
  8. A Bathtub Bandit (1917)
  9. Billions (1920) — Isaac Colben
  10. Soft Shoes (1925) — Markham
  11. Black Beauty (1921) — Squire Gordon
  12. Behind the Counter (1928) — Her Father
  13. Billy McGrath on Broadway (1913) — Billy McGrath
  14. Damaged Goods (1914) — Senator Locke
  15. The Heart of a Child (1920) — Joe Mosenstein
  16. The Sin Flood (1922) — Swift
  17. High Steppers (1926) — John Steppling
  18. Lombardi, Ltd. (1919) — Max Strohan
  19. Jim (1914) — William Bent - the Publisher
  20. Glass Houses (1922) — The Lawyer
  21. The Fast Worker (1924) — Mr. Rodney
  22. The Husband Hunter (1920) — Kelly
  23. The Comet's Come-Back (1916)
  24. Pretenses (1915) — Mike Guffy
  25. The Silver Car (1921) — Vicar
  26. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) — John Durbeyfield
  27. Going Up (1923) — William Douglas
  28. Memory Lane (1926) — Mary's Father
  29. Madame Peacock (1920) — Rudolph Cleeberg
  30. The Better Man (1926) — Phineas Ward
  31. Luck in Pawn (1919) — Abraham Armsberg
  32. The Man Next Door (1923) — David Wisner
  33. Nobody's Kid (1921)
  34. Sick Abed (1920) — John Weems
  35. Caprice (1913) — Secondary Role (uncredited)
  36. Eve's Lover (1925) — Burton Gregg
  37. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) — Chairman of delegation
  38. The Galloping Fish (1924) — Cato Dodd
  39. What a Wife Learned (1923) — Maxfield
  40. The Breathless Moment (1924) — Banker Day

Directed

  1. Billy the Bandit (1916) — Director