John Steppling

Known for Acting

John Steppling's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 08, 1870

Deathday: April 05, 1932

Place of birth: Essen, Germany

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.

Actor

2007

American dream

1932

Broken Lullaby

1928

Behind the Counter

1928

Their Hour

1927

The Gay Old Bird

1927

Her Father Said No

1927

California or Bust

1927

By Whose Hand?

1927

Wedding Bills

1926

High Steppers

1926

Memory Lane

1926

The Better Man

1925

California Straight Ahead

1925

Soft Shoes

1925

Eve's Lover

1924

The Fast Worker

1924

A Cafe in Cairo

1924

The Reckless Age

1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

1924

The Galloping Fish

1924

The Breathless Moment

1924

Fools in the Dark

1923

Bell Boy 13

1923

Let's Go

1923

Going Up

1923

The Man Next Door

1923

What a Wife Learned

1922

The Sin Flood

1922

Glass Houses

1922

Too Much Business

1922

Confidence

1921

The Silver Car

1921

Black Beauty

1921

Nobody's Kid

1921

Garments of Truth

1920

The Heart of a Child

1920

The Husband Hunter

1920

The County Fair

1920

Madame Peacock

1920

Billions

1920

Sick Abed

1920

Live Sparks

1920

The Inferior Sex

1919

Lombardi, Ltd.

1919

Luck in Pawn

1919

Life's a Funny Proposition

1919

Fools and Their Money

1918

The Road Through the Dark

1918

Johanna Enlists

1918

Good Night, Paul

1918

A Lady's Name

1917

The Promise

1917

A Bathtub Bandit

1917

A Man's Man

1917

The Butterfly Girl

1916

Miss Jackie of the Navy

1916

The Comet's Come-Back

1915

Pretenses

1915

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

1914

Jim

1914

Damaged Goods

1913

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

1913

Caprice

1913

Billy McGrath on Broadway

1913

In the Bishop's Carriage