Detective Blinn
Detective Blinn

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.
Born: 1870-08-08 in Essen, Germany
Detective Blinn

Lombardi, Ltd.

Soft Shoes

The Better Man
A Cafe in Cairo

The Promise

Pretenses

The Galloping Fish

The Heart of a Child

Life's a Funny Proposition

A Man's Man

Glass Houses

Caprice

Madame Peacock

Billions

Broken Lullaby

The Silver Car

The County Fair
Ancestry

The Sin Flood