John Steppling
94 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 8, 1870
- Died
- Apr 5, 1932 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Essen, Germany
- Also known as
- John C. 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.
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He is the grandfather of playwright John Steppling.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
John Steppling: movies and TV shows
Acting (93)
- 2007 American dream
as głos
- 1932
- 1928 Behind the Counter
as Her Father
- 1928 Their Hour
as Peggy's Father
- 1927 By Whose Hand?
as Claridge
- 1927 Wedding Bills
as District Attorney
- 1927 The Gay Old Bird
as Uncle
- 1927 California or Bust
as President Holtwood
- 1927 Her Father Said No
as John Hamilton
- 1926 The Better Man
as Phineas Ward
- 1926 High Steppers
as John Steppling
- 1926 Memory Lane
as Mary's Father
- 1925 California Straight Ahead
as Jeffrey Browne
- 1925 Eve's Lover
as Burton Gregg
- 1925 Soft Shoes
as Markham
- 1924 A Cafe in Cairo
as Tom Hays
- 1924 The Fast Worker
as Mr. Rodney
- 1924 The Reckless Age
as Spencer Meyrick
- 1924 Fools in the Dark
as Julius Schwartz
- 1924 The Galloping Fish
as Cato Dodd
- 1924 The Breathless Moment
as Banker Day
- 1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Chairman of delegation
- 1923 Let's Go
as Andrew J. Macklin
- 1923 Going Up
as William Douglas
- 1923 The Man Next Door
as David Wisner
- 1923 What a Wife Learned
as Maxfield
- 1923 Bell Boy 13
as Ellrey Elrod
- 1922 The Sin Flood
as Swift
- 1922 Confidence
as Henry Tuttle
- 1922 Too Much Business
as Simon Stecker
- 1922 Glass Houses
as The Lawyer
- 1921 Garments of Truth
as Deacon Ballantine
- 1921 The Silver Car
as Vicar
- 1921
- 1921 Black Beauty
as Squire Gordon
- 1920 Billions
as Isaac Colben
- 1920 Madame Peacock
as Rudolph Cleeberg
- 1920 The County Fair
as Otis Tucker
- 1920 Sick Abed
as John Weems
- 1920 The Heart of a Child
as Joe Mosenstein
- 1920 The Inferior Sex
as George Mott / Smith
- 1920 Live Sparks
as Jacob Abbott
- 1920 The Husband Hunter
as Kelly
- 1919 Luck in Pawn
as Abraham Armsberg
- 1919 Lombardi, Ltd.
as Max Strohan
- 1919 Fools and Their Money
as Chef
- 1919 Life's a Funny Proposition
as Tobias
- 1918 A Lady's Name
as Bird
- 1918 The Road Through the Dark
as Antoine Jardee
- 1918 Johanna Enlists
as Maj. Wappington
- 1918 Good Night, Paul
as Batiste Boudeaux
- 1917
- 1917 A Man's Man
as Neddy Jerome
- 1917 The Promise
as Fallon
- 1917 The Butterfly Girl
as Heinie, the Weinie Man
- 1916 Miss Jackie of the Navy
as Undetermined role
- 1916
- 1915 Pretenses
as Mike Guffy
- 1915 Mixed Wires
as Policeman
- 1915 The Jilt
as Mr. Thompson
- 1915 Comrades Three
as Hobs
- 1915 Detective Blinn
as Judge Page
- 1915 The Deception
as Dr. King
- 1915 Wait and See
as James - the Valet
- 1915 The Zaca Lake Mystery
as John - the Miner
- 1915 The High Cost of Flirting
as Mr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
- 1915 By Whose Hand?
as Joseph Toby - Lottie's Father
- 1915 His Obligation
as Frank Lehner - Mary's Father
- 1915
- 1915 The Resolve
as Simpson
- 1915 Reprisal
as Judge Green
- 1915 The Greater Strength
as The Foreman
- 1915 The Broken Window
as The Professor
- 1915 One Summer's Sequel
as Reverend David Barton
- 1915 Wife Wanted
as J.D.P. Moore
- 1915 The Castle Ranch
as Simpson - the Son's Valet
- 1915 The Wishing Stone
as Allan's Grandfather
- 1915 The Problem
as Grandfather
- 1915 His Brother's Debt
as Mr. Myers
- 1915 Reformation
as The Deacon
- 1915 Ancestry
as The Innkeeper
- 1915 The Truth of Fiction
as Bill Burton
- 1915 The Derelict
as P.G. Wilke, Esq.
- 1915 The Decision
as Judge Clarke
- 1915 Saints and Sinners
as The Minister
- 1915 Justified
as Sheriff Lacey
- 1914 Damaged Goods
as Senator Locke
- 1914 Jim
as William Bent - the Publisher
- 1914 The Alarm of Angelone
as Judge Walsh
- 1913 Caprice
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1913 In the Bishop's Carriage
as Mr. Ramsey
- 1913 Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as John Durbeyfield
- 1913 Billy McGrath on Broadway
as Billy McGrath
Behind the camera (1)
- 1916 Billy the Bandit
Director, Writer