John Steppling
August 8, 1870 (154 years old) 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. He is the grandfather of playwright John Steppling.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · American dream as głos
- 1932 · Broken Lullaby as
- 1928 · Behind the Counter as Her Father
- 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 · 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
- 1922 · The Sin Flood as Swift
- 1922 · Glass Houses as The Lawyer
- 1921 · The Silver Car as Vicar
- 1921 · Nobody's Kid as
- 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 Husband Hunter as Kelly
- 1919 · Luck in Pawn as Abraham Armsberg
- 1919 · Lombardi, Ltd. as Max Strohan
- 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 · A Bathtub Bandit as
- 1917 · The Promise as Fallon
- 1916 · Miss Jackie of the Navy as Undetermined role
- 1916 · The Comet's Come-Back as
- 1915 · Pretenses as Mike Guffy
- 1914 · Jim as William Bent - the Publisher
- 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