John Steppling
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
Place of birth
Essen, Germany
Birthday
August 1870
The Road Through the Dark
0
California Straight Ahead
7
Miss Jackie of the Navy
0
The Heart of a Child
9
The Sin Flood
10
High Steppers
9
Lombardi, Ltd.
10
Jim
7
Glass Houses
8
The Promise
0
Broken Lullaby
7.466
The Fast Worker
9
American dream
0
A Cafe in Cairo
0
The Husband Hunter
8
Pretenses
9
The Comet's Come-Back
7
Bell Boy 13
7
The County Fair
5.286
The Silver Car
9
Johanna Enlists
5.8
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1
Let's Go
7.75
Good Night, Paul
0
Going Up
9
A Lady's Name
0
A Bathtub Bandit
7.5
Memory Lane
8
Madame Peacock
10
Billions
6
Soft Shoes
7.5
Black Beauty
5
The Better Man
8
The Reckless Age
5.7
Luck in Pawn
7
The Man Next Door
7
Nobody's Kid
8
Sick Abed
7
Caprice
1
Eve's Lover
7
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
10
Behind the Counter
8.5
Billy McGrath on Broadway
6
The Galloping Fish
7
What a Wife Learned
10
The Breathless Moment
9
In the Bishop's Carriage
1
Too Much Business
7
Mixed Wires
0
The Jilt
7
Comrades Three
10
Detective Blinn
9
The Deception
9
Wait and See
9
The Zaca Lake Mystery
8
The High Cost of Flirting
8
By Whose Hand?
9
His Obligation
9
The Guiding Light
7
The Resolve
8
Reprisal
7
The Greater Strength
7
The Broken Window
7
One Summer's Sequel
0
Wife Wanted
10
The Castle Ranch
8
The Wishing Stone
10
The Problem
0
His Brother's Debt
7
Reformation
7
Ancestry
8
The Truth of Fiction
8
The Derelict
7
The Decision
8
Saints and Sinners
10
Justified
10
The Gay Old Bird
8
Life's a Funny Proposition
8
Damaged Goods
1
A Man's Man
0
Live Sparks
10
Fools and Their Money
7
Her Father Said No
7
The Inferior Sex
10
Garments of Truth
10
The Butterfly Girl
8
Confidence
10
California or Bust
8
By Whose Hand?
9
Fools in the Dark
7
Wedding Bills
8
Their Hour
7