
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

Wedding Bills (1927)
as District Attorney

Fools and Their Money (1919)
as Chef

Caprice (1913)
as Secondary Role (uncredited)

Broken Lullaby (1932)
Actor
Justified (1915)
as Sheriff Lacey

Live Sparks (1920)
as Jacob Abbott

The Man Next Door (1923)
as David Wisner

Her Father Said No (1927)
as John Hamilton

Bell Boy 13 (1923)
as Ellrey Elrod
One Summer's Sequel (1915)
as Reverend David Barton

Fools in the Dark (1924)
as Julius Schwartz

The Inferior Sex (1920)
as George Mott / Smith

Luck in Pawn (1919)
as Abraham Armsberg

The Alarm of Angelone (1914)
as Judge Walsh

Eve's Lover (1925)
as Burton Gregg

Billions (1920)
as Isaac Colben
Reprisal (1915)
as Judge Green
His Obligation (1915)
as Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
The Decision (1915)
as Judge Clarke

Memory Lane (1926)
as Mary's Father
The Jilt (1915)
as Mr. Thompson
Ancestry (1915)
as The Innkeeper
Their Hour (1928)
as Peggy's Father
The Derelict (1915)
as P.G. Wilke, Esq.

The Gay Old Bird (1927)
as Uncle

The Butterfly Girl (1917)
as Heinie, the Weinie Man
Wait and See (1915)
as James - the Valet
The Zaca Lake Mystery (1915)
as John - the Miner

California or Bust (1927)
as President Holtwood
The Truth of Fiction (1915)
as Bill Burton
Jim (1914)
as William Bent - the Publisher
The High Cost of Flirting (1915)
as Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father

The Heart of a Child (1920)
as Joe Mosenstein

Madame Peacock (1920)
as Rudolph Cleeberg
American dream (2007)
as głos

The Promise (1917)
as Fallon

Garments of Truth (1921)
as Deacon Ballantine

A Man's Man (1917)
as Neddy Jerome

High Steppers (1926)
as John Steppling
The Resolve (1915)
as Simpson

Good Night, Paul (1918)
as Batiste Boudeaux
Comrades Three (1915)
as Hobs
The Problem (1915)
as Grandfather

A Lady's Name (1918)
as Bird

The Reckless Age (1924)
as Spencer Meyrick

Miss Jackie of the Navy (1916)
as Undetermined role
Mixed Wires (1915)
as Policeman

Too Much Business (1922)
as Simon Stecker

By Whose Hand? (1927)
as Claridge
The Greater Strength (1915)
as The Foreman
The Castle Ranch (1915)
as Simpson - the Son's Valet

Glass Houses (1922)
as The Lawyer

Johanna Enlists (1918)
as Maj. Wappington

Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)
as Tobias

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
as John Durbeyfield
Reformation (1915)
as The Deacon

The Road Through the Dark (1918)
as Antoine Jardee

The County Fair (1920)
as Otis Tucker

California Straight Ahead (1925)
as Jeffrey Browne

A Bathtub Bandit (1917)
Actor

The Silver Car (1921)
as Vicar

His Brother's Debt (1915)
as Mr. Myers

What a Wife Learned (1923)
as Maxfield
Wife Wanted (1915)
as J.D.P. Moore
A Cafe in Cairo (1924)
as Tom Hays

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
as Chairman of delegation
Saints and Sinners (1915)
as The Minister
The Wishing Stone (1915)
as Allan's Grandfather

Going Up (1923)
as William Douglas
The Guiding Light (1915)
Actor

The Galloping Fish (1924)
as Cato Dodd

Black Beauty (1921)
as Squire Gordon

The Fast Worker (1924)
as Mr. Rodney

The Sin Flood (1922)
as Swift

Soft Shoes (1925)
as Markham

Billy McGrath on Broadway (1913)
as Billy McGrath

The Husband Hunter (1920)
as Kelly
The Comet's Come-Back (1916)
Actor

In the Bishop's Carriage (1913)
as Mr. Ramsey
By Whose Hand? (1915)
as Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father

Nobody's Kid (1921)
Actor

The Breathless Moment (1924)
as Banker Day
The Deception (1915)
as Dr. King

Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
as Max Strohan

Sick Abed (1920)
as John Weems

Damaged Goods (1914)
as Senator Locke

Confidence (1922)
as Henry Tuttle

The Better Man (1926)
as Phineas Ward

Pretenses (1915)
as Mike Guffy

The Broken Window (1915)
as The Professor

Behind the Counter (1928)
as Her Father

Let's Go (1923)
as Andrew J. Macklin
Detective Blinn (1915)
as Judge Page




