John Steppling (actor)

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.

Selected filmography

 * Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913)
 * Caprice (1913)
 * When a Woman Waits (1914)
 * The Beggar Child (1914)
 * The Archeologist (1914)
 * A Slice of Life (1914)
 * The Final Impulse (1914)
 * Damaged Goods (1914)
 * This Is th' Life (1914)
 * The Butterfly (1914)
 * The Lure of the Sawdust (1914)
 * The Resolve (1915)
 * The Promise (1917)
 * A Man's Man (1918)
 * The Guilty Man (1918)
 * Good Night, Paul (1918)
 * The Road Through the Dark (1918)
 * Fools and Their Money (1919)
 * Luck in Pawn (1919)
 * Sick Abed (1920)
 * Number 99 (1920)
 * Live Sparks (1920)
 * Madame Peacock (1920)
 * Billions (1920)
 * Black Beauty (1921)
 * The Silver Car (1921)
 * Garments of Truth (1921)
 * Nobody's Kid (1921)
 * The Hunch (1921)
 * Extra! Extra! (1922)
 * Too Much Business (1922)
 * Confidence (1922)
 * Glass Houses (1922)
 * Bell Boy 13 (1923)
 * Going Up (1923)
 * Let's Go (1923)
 * The Man Next Door (1923)
 * A Cafe in Cairo (1924)
 * The Reckless Age (1924)
 * Fools in the Dark (1924)
 * The Breathless Moment (1924)
 * The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
 * Soft Shoes (1925)
 * California Straight Ahead (1925)
 * Eve's Lover (1925)
 * Memory Lane (1926)
 * High Steppers (1926)
 * Collegiate (1926)
 * The Better Man (1926)
 * By Whose Hand? (1927)
 * Her Father Said No (1927)
 * California or Bust (1927)
 * Wedding Bills (1927)
 * God's Great Wilderness (1927)