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John Steppling

Actor / Film Director | * 08/08/1870 († 61, 04/05/1932) | 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he fall ...

The Reckless Age

Certification unknown

1924 | 2.5/5 | 1h 10min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Tito Lombardi a Fifth Avenue dress designer, causes his business to suffer by his generous dispensation of credit to clients, one of whom, Max Strohm, the manager of a musical review, has promised pay ...

Lombardi, Ltd.

NR

1919 | 50min
Comedy
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A peasant girl sent to make a claim on her family's ancestral home in England's Wessex is seduced and left with child by its current owner. ...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

NR

1913 | 0.5/5 | 50min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Movies with John Steppling as Actor(37)

as Her Father1928 Behind the Counter
as Mary's Father1926 Memory Lane
as Phineas Ward1926 The Better Man
as himself1926 High Steppers
as Markham1925 Soft Shoes
as Jeffrey Browne1925 California Straight Ahead
as Burton Gregg1925 Eve's Lover
as Chairman of delegation1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Spencer Meyrick1924 The Reckless Age
as Mr. Rodney1924 The Fast Worker
as Andrew J. Macklin1923 Let's Go
as William Douglas1923 Going Up
1923 Bell Boy 13
as David Wisner1923 The Man Next Door
as Swift1922 The Sin Flood
as The Lawyer1922 Glass Houses
as Squire Gordon1921 Black Beauty
1921 Nobody's Kid
as Rudolph Cleeberg1920 Madame Peacock
as Joe Mosenstein1920 The Heart of a Child
as Isaac Colben1920 Billions
as John Weems1920 Sick Abed
as Otis Tucker1920 The County Fair
as Abraham Armsberg1919 Luck in Pawn
as Max Strohan1919 Lombardi, Ltd.
as Antoine Jardee1918 The Road Through the Dark
as Batiste Boudeaux1918 Good Night, Paul
as Bird1918 A Lady's Name
as Maj. Wappington1918 Johanna Enlists
1917 A Bathtub Bandit
as Fallon1917 The Promise
1916 The Comet's Come-Back
as Undetermined role1916 Miss Jackie of the Navy
as Mike Guffy1915 Pretenses
as Secondary Role (uncredited)1913 Caprice
as John Durbeyfield1913 Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Billy McGrath1913 Billy McGrath on Broadway

Full Name: John Steppling
Born: Monday, 08/08 1870 (August) in Essen (Germany)
Died: Tuesday, 04/05 1932 (April) in Hollywood (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
John Steppling frequently works together with these people:
Alla Nazimova (7x, Actress)
Charles Bryant (5x, Actor)
Harry A. Pollard (4x, Crew)
Rudolph J. Bergquist (4x, Crew)
Mary Pickford (3x, Actress)
Julia Crawford Ivers (3x, Crew)
Reginald Denny (3x, Actor)
Robert Bolder (3x, Actor)
Ray C. Smallwood (3x, Crew)
Richard Talmadge (3x, Actor)
Walter Edwards (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1384868, Added: 09/04/2019, Last updated: 04/25/2024