John Steppling
Acting
August 8, 1870
Essen, Germany
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.
Movies
The Road Through the Dark
1918
The Breathless Moment
1924
The Fast Worker
1924
The County Fair
1920
Nobody's Kid
1921
What a Wife Learned
1923
Billy McGrath on Broadway
1913
Broken Lullaby
1932
Going Up
1923
The Man Next Door
1923
Black Beauty
1921
The Sin Flood
1922
Glass Houses
1922
High Steppers
1926
Memory Lane
1926
The Gay Old Bird
1927
Caprice
1913
Billions
1920
Madame Peacock
1920
Live Sparks
1920