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
Madame Peacock
Rudolph Cleeberg
Broken Lullaby
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Chairman of delegation
The Reckless Age
Spencer Meyrick
Glass Houses
The Lawyer
High Steppers
John Steppling
Soft Shoes
Markham
Caprice
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Memory Lane
Mary's Father
Going Up
William Douglas
Behind the Counter
Her Father
In the Bishop's Carriage
Mr. Ramsey
Pretenses
Mike Guffy
Luck in Pawn
Abraham Armsberg
Sick Abed
John Weems
Eve's Lover
Burton Gregg
A Lady's Name
Bird
Lombardi, Ltd.
Max Strohan
California Straight Ahead
Jeffrey Browne
The Heart of a Child
Joe Mosenstein
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
John Durbeyfield
The County Fair
Otis Tucker
The Galloping Fish
Cato Dodd
Too Much Business
Simon Stecker
Billy McGrath on Broadway
Billy McGrath
The Breathless Moment
Banker Day
Jim
William Bent - the Publisher
The Man Next Door
David Wisner
Black Beauty
Squire Gordon
The Fast Worker
Mr. Rodney
The Better Man
Phineas Ward
Billions
Isaac Colben
Johanna Enlists
Maj. Wappington
The Comet's Come-Back
Good Night, Paul
Batiste Boudeaux
The Sin Flood
Swift
A Bathtub Bandit
Miss Jackie of the Navy
Undetermined role
A Cafe in Cairo
Tom Hays
The Road Through the Dark
Antoine Jardee
Let's Go
Andrew J. Macklin
Nobody's Kid
Bell Boy 13
What a Wife Learned
Maxfield
The Promise
Fallon
American dream
głos
The Silver Car
Vicar
The Husband Hunter
Kelly