John Steppling
Known for: Acting
Born: August 8, 1870
Died: April 5, 1932
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
94 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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American dream
2007
7.4
Broken Lullaby
1932
8.5
Behind the Counter
19287.0
Their Hour
1928
9.0
By Whose Hand?
1927
8.0
Wedding Bills
1927
8.0
The Gay Old Bird
1927
8.0
California or Bust
1927
7.0
Her Father Said No
1927
8.0
The Better Man
1926
9.0
High Steppers
1926
8.0
Memory Lane
1926
7.0
California Straight Ahead
1925
7.0
Eve's Lover
1925
7.5
Soft Shoes
1925NR
A Cafe in Cairo
1924
9.0
The Fast Worker
1924
5.7
The Reckless Age
1924
7.0
Fools in the Dark
1924
7.0
The Galloping Fish
1924
9.0
The Breathless Moment
1924
10.0
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
7.8
Let's Go
1923
9.0
Going Up
1923
7.0
The Man Next Door
1923
10.0
What a Wife Learned
1923
7.0
Bell Boy 13
1923
10.0
The Sin Flood
1922
10.0
Confidence
1922
7.0
Too Much Business
1922
8.0
Glass Houses
1922
10.0
Garments of Truth
1921
9.0
The Silver Car
1921
8.0
Nobody's Kid
1921
5.0
Black Beauty
1921
6.0
Billions
1920
10.0
Madame Peacock
1920
5.3
The County Fair
1920
7.0
Sick Abed
1920
9.0
The Heart of a Child
1920
10.0
The Inferior Sex
1920
10.0
Live Sparks
1920
8.0
The Husband Hunter
1920
7.0
Luck in Pawn
1919
10.0
Lombardi, Ltd.
1919
7.0
Fools and Their Money
1919
8.0
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
NR
A Lady's Name
1918
NR
The Road Through the Dark
1918
6.0
Johanna Enlists
1918
NR
Good Night, Paul
1918
7.5
A Bathtub Bandit
1917
NR
A Man's Man
1917
NR
The Promise
1917
8.0
The Butterfly Girl
1917NR
Billy the Bandit
1916
NR
Miss Jackie of the Navy
19167.0
The Comet's Come-Back
1916
9.0
Pretenses
1915NR
Mixed Wires
19157.0
The Jilt
191510.0
Comrades Three
19159.0
Detective Blinn
19159.0
The Deception
19159.0
Wait and See
19158.0
The Zaca Lake Mystery
19158.0
The High Cost of Flirting
19159.0
By Whose Hand?
19159.0
His Obligation
19157.0
The Guiding Light
19158.0
The Resolve
19157.0
Reprisal
19157.0
The Greater Strength
1915
7.0
The Broken Window
1915NR
One Summer's Sequel
191510.0
Wife Wanted
19158.0
The Castle Ranch
191510.0
The Wishing Stone
1915NR
The Problem
1915
7.0
His Brother's Debt
19157.0
Reformation
19158.0
Ancestry
19158.0
The Truth of Fiction
19157.0
The Derelict
19158.0
The Decision
191510.0
Saints and Sinners
191510.0
Justified
1915
1.0
Damaged Goods
19147.0
Jim
1914
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The Alarm of Angelone
1914
1.0
Caprice
1913
1.0
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913
1.0
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1913
6.0
Billy McGrath on Broadway
1913