People
John Steppling
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.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| American dream as głos | 2007-01-01 |
| Broken Lullaby | 1932-01-24 |
| Behind the Counter as Her Father | 1928-03-03 |
| By Whose Hand? as Claridge | 1927-09-15 |
| The Gay Old Bird as Uncle | 1927-02-26 |
| California or Bust as President Holtwood | 1927-01-09 |
| Her Father Said No as John Hamilton | 1927-01-02 |
| The Better Man as Phineas Ward | 1926-06-06 |
| High Steppers as John Steppling | 1926-03-14 |
| Memory Lane as Mary's Father | 1926-02-01 |
| California Straight Ahead as Jeffrey Browne | 1925-09-12 |
| Eve's Lover as Burton Gregg | 1925-07-06 |
| Soft Shoes as Markham | 1925-01-01 |
| A Cafe in Cairo as Tom Hays | 1924-12-07 |
| The Fast Worker as Mr. Rodney | 1924-10-25 |
| The Reckless Age as Spencer Meyrick | 1924-08-16 |
| Fools in the Dark as Julius Schwartz | 1924-08-04 |
| The Galloping Fish as Cato Dodd | 1924-03-10 |
| The Breathless Moment as Banker Day | 1924-02-03 |
| The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln as Chairman of delegation | 1924-02-02 |
| Let's Go as Andrew J. Macklin | 1923-10-31 |
| Going Up as William Douglas | 1923-09-30 |
| The Man Next Door as David Wisner | 1923-05-28 |
| What a Wife Learned as Maxfield | 1923-01-28 |
| Bell Boy 13 | 1923-01-19 |
| The Sin Flood as Swift | 1922-11-12 |
| Confidence as Henry Tuttle | 1922-09-25 |
| Too Much Business as Simon Stecker | 1922-04-09 |
| Glass Houses as The Lawyer | 1922-03-06 |
| Garments of Truth as Deacon Ballantine | 1921-10-05 |
| The Silver Car as Vicar | 1921-06-01 |
| Nobody's Kid | 1921-04-17 |
| Black Beauty as Squire Gordon | 1921-01-01 |
| Billions as Isaac Colben | 1920-12-06 |
| Madame Peacock as Rudolph Cleeberg | 1920-10-01 |
| The County Fair as Otis Tucker | 1920-09-05 |
| Sick Abed as John Weems | 1920-06-27 |
| The Heart of a Child as Joe Mosenstein | 1920-04-11 |
| The Inferior Sex as George Mott / Smith | 1920-03-08 |
| Live Sparks as Jacob Abbott | 1920-01-18 |
| The Husband Hunter as Kelly | 1920-01-01 |
| Luck in Pawn as Abraham Armsberg | 1919-11-19 |
| Lombardi, Ltd. as Max Strohan | 1919-10-01 |
| Fools and Their Money as Chef | 1919-06-16 |
| Life's a Funny Proposition as Tobias | 1919-01-12 |
| A Lady's Name as Bird | 1918-12-10 |
| The Road Through the Dark as Antoine Jardee | 1918-11-01 |
| Johanna Enlists as Maj. Wappington | 1918-09-14 |
| Good Night, Paul as Batiste Boudeaux | 1918-06-20 |
| A Bathtub Bandit | 1917-11-02 |
| A Man's Man as Neddy Jerome | 1917-10-01 |
| The Promise as Fallon | 1917-02-19 |
| The Butterfly Girl as Heinie, the Weinie Man | 1917-01-08 |
| Miss Jackie of the Navy as Undetermined role | 1916-11-30 |
| The Comet's Come-Back | 1916-05-31 |
| Pretenses as Mike Guffy | 1915-12-07 |
| Mixed Wires as Policeman | 1915-08-25 |
| The Jilt as Mr. Thompson | 1915-08-16 |
| Comrades Three as Hobs | 1915-08-11 |
| Detective Blinn as Judge Page | 1915-08-02 |
| The Deception as Dr. King | 1915-07-28 |
| Wait and See as James - the Valet | 1915-07-21 |
| The Zaca Lake Mystery as John - the Miner | 1915-07-12 |
| The High Cost of Flirting as Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father | 1915-07-07 |
| By Whose Hand? as Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father | 1915-06-28 |
| His Obligation as Frank Lehner - Mary's Father | 1915-06-14 |
| The Guiding Light | 1915-06-04 |
| The Resolve as Simpson | 1915-05-31 |
| Reprisal as Judge Green | 1915-05-26 |
| The Greater Strength as The Foreman | 1915-05-17 |
| The Broken Window as The Professor | 1915-05-12 |
| One Summer's Sequel as Reverend David Barton | 1915-05-03 |
| Wife Wanted as J.D.P. Moore | 1915-04-28 |
| The Castle Ranch as Simpson - the Son's Valet | 1915-04-19 |
| The Wishing Stone as Allan's Grandfather | 1915-04-14 |
| The Problem as Grandfather | 1915-04-09 |
| His Brother's Debt as Mr. Myers | 1915-04-05 |
| Reformation as The Deacon | 1915-03-31 |
| Ancestry as The Innkeeper | 1915-03-22 |
| The Truth of Fiction as Bill Burton | 1915-03-08 |
| The Derelict as P.G. Wilke, Esq. | 1915-03-03 |
| The Decision as Judge Clarke | 1915-02-22 |
| Saints and Sinners as The Minister | 1915-02-17 |
| Justified as Sheriff Lacey | 1915-02-08 |
| Damaged Goods as Senator Locke | 1914-08-31 |
| Jim as William Bent - the Publisher | 1914-06-15 |
| Caprice as Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1913-11-10 |
| In the Bishop's Carriage as Mr. Ramsey | 1913-09-10 |
| Tess of the D'Urbervilles as John Durbeyfield | 1913-09-01 |
| Billy McGrath on Broadway as Billy McGrath | 1913-03-04 |

