John Steppling
Acting · Directing
Born August 8, 1870, Essen, Germany
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.
Filmography
- 2007American dream — głos
- 1932Broken Lullaby
- 1928Behind the Counter — Her Father
- 1928Their Hour — Peggy's Father
- 1927By Whose Hand? — Claridge
- 1927California or Bust — President Holtwood
- 1927Her Father Said No — John Hamilton
- 1927The Gay Old Bird — Uncle
- 1927Wedding Bills — District Attorney
- 1926High Steppers — John Steppling
- 1926Memory Lane — Mary's Father
- 1926The Better Man — Phineas Ward
- 1925California Straight Ahead — Jeffrey Browne
- 1925Eve's Lover — Burton Gregg
- 1925Soft Shoes — Markham
- 1924A Cafe in Cairo — Tom Hays
- 1924Fools in the Dark — Julius Schwartz
- 1924The Breathless Moment — Banker Day
- 1924The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln — Chairman of delegation
- 1924The Fast Worker — Mr. Rodney
- 1924The Galloping Fish — Cato Dodd
- 1924The Reckless Age — Spencer Meyrick
- 1923Bell Boy 13 — Ellrey Elrod
- 1923Going Up — William Douglas
- 1923Let's Go — Andrew J. Macklin
- 1923The Man Next Door — David Wisner
- 1923What a Wife Learned — Maxfield
- 1922Confidence — Henry Tuttle
- 1922Glass Houses — The Lawyer
- 1922The Sin Flood — Swift
- 1922Too Much Business — Simon Stecker
- 1921Black Beauty — Squire Gordon
- 1921Garments of Truth — Deacon Ballantine
- 1921Nobody's Kid
- 1921The Silver Car — Vicar
- 1920Billions — Isaac Colben
- 1920Live Sparks — Jacob Abbott
- 1920Madame Peacock — Rudolph Cleeberg
- 1920Sick Abed — John Weems
- 1920The County Fair — Otis Tucker
- 1920The Heart of a Child — Joe Mosenstein
- 1920The Husband Hunter — Kelly
- 1920The Inferior Sex — George Mott / Smith
- 1919Fools and Their Money — Chef
- 1919Life's a Funny Proposition — Tobias
- 1919Lombardi, Ltd. — Max Strohan
- 1919Luck in Pawn — Abraham Armsberg
- 1918A Lady's Name — Bird
- 1918Good Night, Paul — Batiste Boudeaux
- 1918Johanna Enlists — Maj. Wappington
- 1918The Road Through the Dark — Antoine Jardee
- 1917A Bathtub Bandit
- 1917A Man's Man — Neddy Jerome
- 1917The Butterfly Girl — Heinie, the Weinie Man
- 1917The Promise — Fallon
- 1916Billy the Bandit — Director, Writer
- 1916Miss Jackie of the Navy — Undetermined role
- 1916The Comet's Come-Back
- 1915Ancestry — The Innkeeper
- 1915By Whose Hand? — Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
- 1915Comrades Three — Hobs
- 1915Detective Blinn — Judge Page
- 1915His Brother's Debt — Mr. Myers
- 1915His Obligation — Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
- 1915Justified — Sheriff Lacey
- 1915Mixed Wires — Policeman
- 1915One Summer's Sequel — Reverend David Barton
- 1915Pretenses — Mike Guffy
- 1915Reformation — The Deacon
- 1915Reprisal — Judge Green
- 1915Saints and Sinners — The Minister
- 1915The Broken Window — The Professor
- 1915The Castle Ranch — Simpson - the Son's Valet
- 1915The Deception — Dr. King
- 1915The Decision — Judge Clarke
- 1915The Derelict — P.G. Wilke, Esq.
- 1915The Greater Strength — The Foreman
- 1915The Guiding Light
- 1915The High Cost of Flirting — Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
- 1915The Jilt — Mr. Thompson
- 1915The Problem — Grandfather
- 1915The Resolve — Simpson
- 1915The Truth of Fiction — Bill Burton
- 1915The Wishing Stone — Allan's Grandfather
- 1915The Zaca Lake Mystery — John - the Miner
- 1915Wait and See — James - the Valet
- 1915Wife Wanted — J.D.P. Moore
- 1914Damaged Goods — Senator Locke
- 1914Jim — William Bent - the Publisher
- 1914The Alarm of Angelone — Judge Walsh
- 1913Billy McGrath on Broadway — Billy McGrath
- 1913Caprice — Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1913In the Bishop's Carriage — Mr. Ramsey
- 1913Tess of the D'Urbervilles — John Durbeyfield