
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