John Steppling
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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
Credits
Confidence (1922)
as Henry Tuttle
The Castle Ranch (1915)
as Simpson - the Son's Valet
Broken Lullaby (1932)
Actor
Ancestry (1915)
as The Innkeeper
The Resolve (1915)
as Simpson
Too Much Business (1922)
as Simon Stecker
The Jilt (1915)
as Mr. Thompson
A Lady's Name (1918)
as Bird
The Gay Old Bird (1927)
as Uncle
Glass Houses (1922)
as The Lawyer
Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
as Max Strohan
The Broken Window (1915)
as The Professor
One Summer's Sequel (1915)
as Reverend David Barton
Caprice (1913)
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
as Chairman of delegation
Billions (1920)
as Isaac Colben
The Reckless Age (1924)
as Spencer Meyrick
Wedding Bills (1927)
as District Attorney
The Deception (1915)
as Dr. King
Billy McGrath on Broadway (1913)
as Billy McGrath
Wife Wanted (1915)
as J.D.P. Moore
The Decision (1915)
as Judge Clarke
Luck in Pawn (1919)
as Abraham Armsberg
Miss Jackie of the Navy (1916)
as Undetermined role
The Truth of Fiction (1915)
as Bill Burton
The Road Through the Dark (1918)
as Antoine Jardee
The Comet's Come-Back (1916)
Actor
The Man Next Door (1923)
as David Wisner
Fools in the Dark (1924)
as Julius Schwartz
Wait and See (1915)
as James - the Valet
Fools and Their Money (1919)
as Chef
Jim (1914)
as William Bent - the Publisher
Soft Shoes (1925)
as Markham
The Derelict (1915)
as P.G. Wilke, Esq.
Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)
as Tobias
California or Bust (1927)
as President Holtwood
His Brother's Debt (1915)
as Mr. Myers
Eve's Lover (1925)
as Burton Gregg
His Obligation (1915)
as Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
A Cafe in Cairo (1924)
as Tom Hays
Madame Peacock (1920)
as Rudolph Cleeberg
The Greater Strength (1915)
as The Foreman
Her Father Said No (1927)
as John Hamilton
Nobody's Kid (1921)
Actor
The Wishing Stone (1915)
as Allan's Grandfather
Garments of Truth (1921)
as Deacon Ballantine
The County Fair (1920)
as Otis Tucker
Good Night, Paul (1918)
as Batiste Boudeaux
Mixed Wires (1915)
as Policeman
The Sin Flood (1922)
as Swift
By Whose Hand? (1915)
as Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
Comrades Three (1915)
as Hobs
Memory Lane (1926)
as Mary's Father
Johanna Enlists (1918)
as Maj. Wappington
Damaged Goods (1914)
as Senator Locke
Sick Abed (1920)
as John Weems
Justified (1915)
as Sheriff Lacey
High Steppers (1926)
as John Steppling
The High Cost of Flirting (1915)
as Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
The Silver Car (1921)
as Vicar
What a Wife Learned (1923)
as Maxfield
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
as John Durbeyfield
The Guiding Light (1915)
Actor
The Husband Hunter (1920)
as Kelly
The Fast Worker (1924)
as Mr. Rodney
Behind the Counter (1928)
as Her Father
Pretenses (1915)
as Mike Guffy
Black Beauty (1921)
as Squire Gordon
The Butterfly Girl (1917)
as Heinie, the Weinie Man
California Straight Ahead (1925)
as Jeffrey Browne
Live Sparks (1920)
as Jacob Abbott
By Whose Hand? (1927)
as Claridge
The Better Man (1926)
as Phineas Ward
The Zaca Lake Mystery (1915)
as John - the Miner
The Promise (1917)
as Fallon
Detective Blinn (1915)
as Judge Page
Bell Boy 13 (1923)
Actor
In the Bishop's Carriage (1913)
as Mr. Ramsey
The Breathless Moment (1924)
as Banker Day
Going Up (1923)
as William Douglas
The Inferior Sex (1920)
as George Mott / Smith
The Problem (1915)
as Grandfather
A Bathtub Bandit (1917)
Actor
The Heart of a Child (1920)
as Joe Mosenstein
Let's Go (1923)
as Andrew J. Macklin
Saints and Sinners (1915)
as The Minister
Reformation (1915)
as The Deacon
Their Hour (1928)
as Peggy's Father
The Galloping Fish (1924)
as Cato Dodd
Reprisal (1915)
as Judge Green
A Man's Man (1917)
as Neddy Jerome
American dream (2007)
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