John Steppling

🎭 Actor

John Steppling

🎂 Born 8 August 1870 (age 61)✝ 5 April 1932📍 Essen, Germany

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

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

Confidence

Broken Lullaby

Too Much Business

Too Much Business

A Lady's Name

Full Filmography(61 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

1922ConfidenceHenry Tuttle★ 10.0 1932Broken Lullaby—★ 7.5 1922Too Much BusinessSimon Stecker★ 7.0 1918A Lady's NameBird—1927The Gay Old BirdUncle★ 8.0 1922Glass HousesThe Lawyer★ 8.0 1919Lombardi, Ltd.Max Strohan★ 10.0 1915The Broken WindowThe Professor★ 7.0 1913CapriceSecondary Role (uncredited)★ 1.0 1924The Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnChairman of delegation★ 10.0 1920BillionsIsaac Colben★ 6.0 1924The Reckless AgeSpencer Meyrick★ 5.7 1927Wedding BillsDistrict Attorney★ 8.0 1913Billy McGrath on BroadwayBilly McGrath★ 6.0 1919Luck in PawnAbraham Armsberg★ 7.0 1916Miss Jackie of the NavyUndetermined role—1918The Road Through the DarkAntoine Jardee—1923The Man Next DoorDavid Wisner★ 7.0 1924Fools in the DarkJulius Schwartz★ 7.0 1919Fools and Their MoneyChef★ 7.0 1925Soft ShoesMarkham★ 7.5 1919Life's a Funny PropositionTobias★ 8.0 1927California or BustPresident Holtwood★ 8.0 1915His Brother's DebtMr. Myers★ 7.0 1925Eve's LoverBurton Gregg★ 7.0 1920Madame PeacockRudolph Cleeberg★ 10.0 1927Her Father Said NoJohn Hamilton★ 7.0 1921Nobody's Kid—★ 8.0 1921Garments of TruthDeacon Ballantine★ 10.0 1920The County FairOtis Tucker★ 5.3 1918Good Night, PaulBatiste Boudeaux—1922The Sin FloodSwift★ 10.0 1926Memory LaneMary's Father★ 8.0 1918Johanna EnlistsMaj. Wappington★ 5.8 1914Damaged GoodsSenator Locke★ 1.0 1920Sick AbedJohn Weems★ 7.0 1926High SteppersJohn Steppling★ 9.0 1921The Silver CarVicar★ 9.0 1923What a Wife LearnedMaxfield★ 10.0 1913Tess of the D'UrbervillesJohn Durbeyfield★ 1.0 1920The Husband HunterKelly★ 8.0 1924The Fast WorkerMr. Rodney★ 9.0 1928Behind the CounterHer Father★ 8.5 1915PretensesMike Guffy★ 9.0 1921Black BeautySquire Gordon★ 5.0 1917The Butterfly GirlHeinie, the Weinie Man★ 8.0 1925California Straight AheadJeffrey Browne★ 7.0 1920Live SparksJacob Abbott★ 10.0 1927By Whose Hand?Claridge★ 9.0 1926The Better ManPhineas Ward★ 8.0 1917The PromiseFallon—1923Bell Boy 13—★ 7.0 1913In the Bishop's CarriageMr. Ramsey★ 1.0 1924The Breathless MomentBanker Day★ 9.0 1923Going UpWilliam Douglas★ 9.0 1920The Inferior SexGeorge Mott / Smith★ 10.0 1917A Bathtub Bandit—★ 7.5 1920The Heart of a ChildJoe Mosenstein★ 9.0 1923Let's GoAndrew J. Macklin★ 7.8 1924The Galloping FishCato Dodd★ 7.0 1917A Man's ManNeddy Jerome—

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