John Steppling
- Acting
- August 8, 1870 · Essen, Germany
- April 5, 1932
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
Filmography
- American dream · głos
- Broken Lullaby
- Behind the Counter · Her Father
- Their Hour · Peggy's Father
- By Whose Hand? · Claridge
- Wedding Bills · District Attorney
- The Gay Old Bird · Uncle
- California or Bust · President Holtwood
- Her Father Said No · John Hamilton
- The Better Man · Phineas Ward
- High Steppers · John Steppling
- Memory Lane · Mary's Father
- California Straight Ahead · Jeffrey Browne
- Eve's Lover · Burton Gregg
- Soft Shoes · Markham
- A Cafe in Cairo · Tom Hays
- The Fast Worker · Mr. Rodney
- The Reckless Age · Spencer Meyrick
- Fools in the Dark · Julius Schwartz
- The Galloping Fish · Cato Dodd
- The Breathless Moment · Banker Day
- The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln · Chairman of delegation
- Let's Go · Andrew J. Macklin
- Going Up · William Douglas
- The Man Next Door · David Wisner
- What a Wife Learned · Maxfield
- Bell Boy 13 · Ellrey Elrod
- The Sin Flood · Swift
- Confidence · Henry Tuttle
- Too Much Business · Simon Stecker
- Glass Houses · The Lawyer
- Garments of Truth · Deacon Ballantine
- The Silver Car · Vicar
- Nobody's Kid
- Black Beauty · Squire Gordon
- Billions · Isaac Colben
- Madame Peacock · Rudolph Cleeberg
- The County Fair · Otis Tucker
- Sick Abed · John Weems
- The Heart of a Child · Joe Mosenstein
- The Inferior Sex · George Mott / Smith
- Live Sparks · Jacob Abbott
- The Husband Hunter · Kelly
- Luck in Pawn · Abraham Armsberg
- Lombardi, Ltd. · Max Strohan
- Fools and Their Money · Chef
- Life's a Funny Proposition · Tobias
- A Lady's Name · Bird
- The Road Through the Dark · Antoine Jardee
- Johanna Enlists · Maj. Wappington
- Good Night, Paul · Batiste Boudeaux
- A Bathtub Bandit
- A Man's Man · Neddy Jerome
- The Promise · Fallon
- The Butterfly Girl · Heinie, the Weinie Man
- Billy the Bandit · Director, Writer
- Miss Jackie of the Navy · Undetermined role
- The Comet's Come-Back
- Pretenses · Mike Guffy
- Mixed Wires · Policeman
- The Jilt · Mr. Thompson
- Comrades Three · Hobs
- Detective Blinn · Judge Page
- The Deception · Dr. King
- Wait and See · James - the Valet
- The Zaca Lake Mystery · John - the Miner
- The High Cost of Flirting · Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
- By Whose Hand? · Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
- His Obligation · Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
- The Guiding Light
- The Resolve · Simpson
- Reprisal · Judge Green
- The Greater Strength · The Foreman
- The Broken Window · The Professor
- One Summer's Sequel · Reverend David Barton
- Wife Wanted · J.D.P. Moore
- The Castle Ranch · Simpson - the Son's Valet
- The Wishing Stone · Allan's Grandfather
- The Problem · Grandfather
- His Brother's Debt · Mr. Myers