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.
92 acting credits
Acting · 92
Broken Lullaby
1932
Glass Houses
1922
The Gay Old Bird
1927
The County Fair
1920
Lombardi, Ltd.
1919
The Reckless Age
1924
The Sin Flood
1922
High Steppers
1926
Memory Lane
1926
Johanna Enlists
1918
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
Too Much Business
1922
Eve's Lover
1925
Jim
1914
Madame Peacock
1920
Let's Go
1923
Justified
1915
The Man Next Door
1923
Luck in Pawn
1919
The Broken Window
1915
A Cafe in Cairo
1924
The Promise
1917
Damaged Goods
1914
Wedding Bills
1927
Black Beauty
1921
Soft Shoes
1925
California or Bust
1927
The Better Man
1926
California Straight Ahead
1925
The Derelict
1915
Sick Abed
1920
The Road Through the Dark
1918
The Husband Hunter
1920
The Decision
1915
Going Up
1923
The Resolve
1915
Billy McGrath on Broadway
1913
The Greater Strength
1915
The Truth of Fiction
1915
The Jilt
1915
His Brother's Debt
1915
Ancestry
1915
The Fast Worker
1924
Behind the Counter
1928
Good Night, Paul
1918
Reformation
1915
Detective Blinn
1915
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
A Lady's Name
1918
The Galloping Fish
1924
Bell Boy 13
1923
Caprice
1913
The Inferior Sex
1920
The Zaca Lake Mystery
1915
His Obligation
1915
Confidence
1922
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1913
Billions
1920
The Silver Car
1921
The Heart of a Child
1920
Live Sparks
1920
Mixed Wires
1915
What a Wife Learned
1923
Pretenses
1915
The Breathless Moment
1924
Their Hour
1928
The Comet's Come-Back
1916
A Man's Man
1917
Fools in the Dark
1924
By Whose Hand?
1915
The Butterfly Girl
1917
The Guiding Light
1915
Saints and Sinners
1915
Her Father Said No
1927
The Problem
1915
The High Cost of Flirting
1915
Miss Jackie of the Navy
1916
The Wishing Stone
1915
American dream
2007
Comrades Three
1915
Wife Wanted
1915
Reprisal
1915
Nobody's Kid
1921
The Castle Ranch
1915
Fools and Their Money
1919
Garments of Truth
1921
The Deception
1915
A Bathtub Bandit
1917
Wait and See
1915
One Summer's Sequel
1915
By Whose Hand?
1927