Actor
John Steppling
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
Acting
2007 -- American dream | głos
1932 -- Broken Lullaby |
1928 -- Behind the Counter | Her Father
1926 -- The Better Man | Phineas Ward
1926 -- High Steppers | John Steppling
1926 -- Memory Lane | Mary's Father
1925 -- California Straight Ahead | Jeffrey Browne
1925 -- Eve's Lover | Burton Gregg
1925 -- Soft Shoes | Markham
1924 -- A Cafe in Cairo | Tom Hays
1924 -- The Fast Worker | Mr. Rodney
1924 -- The Reckless Age | Spencer Meyrick
1924 -- The Galloping Fish | Cato Dodd
1924 -- The Breathless Moment | Banker Day
1924 -- The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Chairman of delegation
1923 -- Let's Go | Andrew J. Macklin
1923 -- Going Up | William Douglas
1923 -- The Man Next Door | David Wisner
1923 -- What a Wife Learned | Maxfield
1923 -- Bell Boy 13 |
1922 -- The Sin Flood | Swift
1922 -- Glass Houses | The Lawyer
1921 -- The Silver Car | Vicar
1921 -- Nobody's Kid |
1921 -- Black Beauty | Squire Gordon
1920 -- Billions | Isaac Colben
1920 -- Madame Peacock | Rudolph Cleeberg
1920 -- The County Fair | Otis Tucker
1920 -- Sick Abed | John Weems
1920 -- The Heart of a Child | Joe Mosenstein
1920 -- The Husband Hunter | Kelly
1919 -- Luck in Pawn | Abraham Armsberg
1919 -- Lombardi, Ltd. | Max Strohan
1918 -- A Lady's Name | Bird
1918 -- The Road Through the Dark | Antoine Jardee
1918 -- Johanna Enlists | Maj. Wappington
1918 -- Good Night, Paul | Batiste Boudeaux
1917 -- A Bathtub Bandit |
1917 -- The Promise | Fallon
1916 -- Miss Jackie of the Navy | Undetermined role
1916 -- The Comet's Come-Back |
1915 -- Pretenses | Mike Guffy
1914 -- Jim | William Bent - the Publisher
1913 -- Caprice | Secondary Role (uncredited)
1913 -- In the Bishop's Carriage | Mr. Ramsey
1913 -- Tess of the D'Urbervilles | John Durbeyfield
1913 -- Billy McGrath on Broadway | Billy McGrath
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