John Steppling
Actor
Born August 8, 1870 in 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.
Filmography
Broken Lullaby
Behind the Counter
Her Father
By Whose Hand?
Claridge
Wedding Bills
District Attorney
The Gay Old Bird
Uncle
California or Bust
President Holtwood
Her Father Said No
John Hamilton
The Better Man
Phineas Ward
High Steppers
John Steppling
Memory Lane
Mary's Father
California Straight Ahead
Jeffrey Browne
Eve's Lover
Burton Gregg
Soft Shoes
Markham
The Fast Worker
Mr. Rodney
The Reckless Age
Spencer Meyrick
Fools in the Dark
Julius Schwartz
The Galloping Fish
Cato Dodd
The Breathless Moment
Banker Day
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Chairman of delegation
Let's Go
Andrew J. Macklin
Going Up
William Douglas
The Man Next Door
David Wisner
What a Wife Learned
Maxfield
Bell Boy 13
The Sin Flood
Swift
Confidence
Henry Tuttle
Too Much Business
Simon Stecker
Glass Houses
The Lawyer
Garments of Truth
Deacon Ballantine
The Silver Car
Vicar
Nobody's Kid
Black Beauty
Squire Gordon
Billions
Isaac Colben
Madame Peacock
Rudolph Cleeberg
The County Fair
Otis Tucker
Sick Abed
John Weems
The Heart of a Child
Joe Mosenstein
The Inferior Sex
George Mott / Smith
Live Sparks
Jacob Abbott
The Husband Hunter
Kelly
Luck in Pawn
Abraham Armsberg
Lombardi, Ltd.
Max Strohan
Fools and Their Money
Chef
Life's a Funny Proposition
Tobias
A Lady's Name
Bird
The Road Through the Dark
Antoine Jardee
Johanna Enlists
Maj. Wappington
Good Night, Paul
Batiste Boudeaux
A Bathtub Bandit
A Man's Man
Neddy Jerome
The Promise
Fallon
The Butterfly Girl
Heinie, the Weinie Man
Miss Jackie of the Navy
Undetermined role
Pretenses
Mike Guffy
The Broken Window
The Professor
His Brother's Debt
Mr. Myers
Damaged Goods
Senator Locke
Caprice
Secondary Role (uncredited)
In the Bishop's Carriage
Mr. Ramsey
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
John Durbeyfield
Billy McGrath on Broadway
Billy McGrath