
John Steppling
Born: 1870-08-08
Place of Birth: Essen, Germany
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

The Road Through the Dark
1918★ 0.0

The Breathless Moment
1924★ 0.0

The County Fair
1920★ 4.7

The Fast Worker
1924★ 0.0

Going Up
1923★ 0.0

Broken Lullaby
1932★ 7.5

Black Beauty
1921★ 2.0

What a Wife Learned
1923★ 0.0

Nobody's Kid
1921★ 0.0

Billy McGrath on Broadway
1913★ 5.0

The Man Next Door
1923★ 0.0

Glass Houses
1922★ 0.0

Memory Lane
1926★ 0.0

High Steppers
1926★ 0.0

Billions
1920★ 5.0

Caprice
1913★ 1.0

The Sin Flood
1922★ 0.0

Madame Peacock
1920★ 0.0

The Gay Old Bird
1927★ 0.0

Live Sparks
1920★ 0.0

Good Night, Paul
1918★ 0.0

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1913★ 1.0

Eve's Lover
1925★ 0.0

Bell Boy 13
1923★ 6.0

The Husband Hunter
1920★ 0.0

Johanna Enlists
1918★ 5.8

Miss Jackie of the Navy
1916★ 0.0

The Reckless Age
1924★ 5.0

Pretenses
1915★ 0.0

The Galloping Fish
1924★ 0.0

Let's Go
1923★ 7.0

The Silver Car
1921★ 0.0

The Promise
1917★ 0.0

Soft Shoes
1925★ 7.0

Sick Abed
1920★ 0.0

Life's a Funny Proposition
1919★ 0.0

The Heart of a Child
1920★ 0.0

The Inferior Sex
1920★ 0.0

California Straight Ahead
1925★ 7.0

Lombardi, Ltd.
1919★ 0.0

Garments of Truth
1921★ 0.0

The Better Man
1926★ 0.0

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924★ 0.0

Luck in Pawn
1919★ 0.0

His Brother's Debt
1915★ 0.0

A Lady's Name
1918★ 0.0

A Bathtub Bandit
1917★ 5.0

Behind the Counter
1928★ 7.0

The Broken Window
1915★ 0.0

Damaged Goods
1914★ 1.0

Her Father Said No
1927★ 0.0

In the Bishop's Carriage
1913★ 1.0

A Man's Man
1917★ 0.0

Fools and Their Money
1919★ 0.0