John Steppling
Publicity shot from Moving Picture World; November 22, 1913
Born	(1870-08-08)8 August 1870 Essen, Germany
Died	5 April 1932(1932-04-05) (aged 61) Hollywood, California

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.^[1] He is also credited with directing 7 films.

He is the grandfather of playwright John Steppling.

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