John Steppling
Department: Acting
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
California Straight Ahead
1925
Miss Jackie of the Navy
1916
The Heart of a Child
1920
The Sin Flood
1922
High Steppers
1926
Lombardi, Ltd.
1919
Jim
1914
Glass Houses
1922
The Promise
1917
Broken Lullaby
1932
The Fast Worker
1924
American dream
2007
A Cafe in Cairo
1924
The Husband Hunter
1920
The County Fair
1920
Bell Boy 13
1923
The Comet's Come-Back
1916
Pretenses
1915
The Silver Car
1921
Johanna Enlists
1918
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1913
Let's Go
1923
Good Night, Paul
1918
Going Up
1923
A Lady's Name
1918
A Bathtub Bandit
1917
Memory Lane
1926
Madame Peacock
1920
Billions
1920
Soft Shoes
1925
Black Beauty
1921
The Reckless Age
1924
The Better Man
1926
Luck in Pawn
1919
The Man Next Door
1923
Nobody's Kid
1921
Sick Abed
1920
Caprice
1913
Eve's Lover
1925
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
Behind the Counter
1928
Billy McGrath on Broadway
1913
The Galloping Fish
1924
What a Wife Learned
1923
The Breathless Moment
1924
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
Too Much Business
1922
Mixed Wires
1915
The Jilt
1915
Comrades Three
1915
Detective Blinn
1915
The Deception
1915
Wait and See
1915
The Zaca Lake Mystery
1915
The High Cost of Flirting
1915
By Whose Hand?
1915
His Obligation
1915
The Guiding Light
1915
The Resolve
1915
Reprisal
1915
The Greater Strength
1915
The Broken Window
1915
One Summer's Sequel
1915
Wife Wanted
1915
The Castle Ranch
1915
The Wishing Stone
1915
The Problem
1915
His Brother's Debt
1915
Reformation
1915
Ancestry
1915
The Truth of Fiction
1915
The Derelict
1915
The Decision
1915
Saints and Sinners
1915
Justified
1915
The Gay Old Bird
1927
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
Damaged Goods
1914
A Man's Man
1917
Live Sparks
1920
Fools and Their Money
1919
Her Father Said No
1927
The Inferior Sex
1920
Garments of Truth
1921
The Butterfly Girl
1917
Confidence
1922
California or Bust
1927
By Whose Hand?
1927
Fools in the Dark
1924
Wedding Bills
1927
Their Hour
1928