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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1870-08-08 (154 years old)

Place of Birth

Essen, Germany

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.

Known For

Acting

2007

1932

1928

Behind the Counter as Her Father

1926

High Steppers as John Steppling
Memory Lane as Mary's Father
The Better Man as Phineas Ward

1925

California Straight Ahead as Jeffrey Browne
Soft Shoes as Markham
Eve's Lover as Burton Gregg

1924

The Fast Worker as Mr. Rodney
A Cafe in Cairo as Tom Hays
The Reckless Age as Spencer Meyrick
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln as Chairman of delegation
The Galloping Fish as Cato Dodd
The Breathless Moment as Banker Day

1923

Let's Go as Andrew J. Macklin
Going Up as William Douglas
The Man Next Door as David Wisner

1922

The Sin Flood as Swift
Glass Houses as The Lawyer
Too Much Business as Simon Stecker

1921

Black Beauty as Squire Gordon

1920

The Heart of a Child as Joe Mosenstein
The County Fair as Otis Tucker
Madame Peacock as Rudolph Cleeberg
Billions as Isaac Colben
Sick Abed as John Weems

1919

Lombardi, Ltd. as Max Strohan
Luck in Pawn as Abraham Armsberg

1918

The Road Through the Dark as Antoine Jardee
Johanna Enlists as Maj. Wappington
Good Night, Paul as Batiste Boudeaux

1917

The Promise as Fallon

1916

Miss Jackie of the Navy as Undetermined role

1915

Pretenses as Mike Guffy

1914

Jim as William Bent - the Publisher

1913

Tess of the D'Urbervilles as John Durbeyfield
Caprice as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Billy McGrath on Broadway as Billy McGrath