Rupert Julian
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Rupert Julian (25 January 1879 – 27 December 1943) was the first New Zealand cinema actor, director, writer and producer.
Born Thomas Percival Hayes in Whangaroa, New Zealand, Son of John Daly Hayes (JNR)and Eliza Harriet Hayes. Rupert Julian performed on stage and in film both in his native country and Australia before emigrating to the United States in 1911, where he started his career as an actor in Universal silent movies. He turned to directing in 1915, often directing his wife Elsie Jane Wilson, but his work was merely routine until he was assigned to complete Merry-Go-Round in 1923 when director Erich von Stroheim was fired from it. In 1924, he directed Lon Chaney in the first cut of The Phantom of the Opera, which was largely revisited at the request of the production. He soon fell into a professional decline after the advent of sound, and after directing The Cat Creeps and Love Comes Along (both in 1930), his career faded.
Rupert Julian died in Hollywood, California at the age of 64 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Acting
Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
Movie
The Dumb Girl of Portici
as Masaniello
1916
Movie
Walking Back
as Undetermined Appearance
1928
Movie
The Desperado
as The Desperado
1916
Movie
The Pursuit of Hate
1914
Movie
The Right to Be Happy
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1916
Movie
Three Faces East
as The Kaiser
1926
Movie
Alone in the World
1917
Movie
The Fire Flingers
as Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell
1919
Movie
A Cigarette - That's All
as Bara Yami - the Hindoo Yogi
1915
Movie
The Spider and Her Web
1914
Movie
The Pretty Sister of Jose
as Sebastiano - the Toreador
1915
Movie
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
as The Kaiser
1918
Movie
Scandal
as Robert Gordon
1915
Movie
The Desire of the Moth
as John Wesley Pringle
1917
Movie
Bettina Loved a Soldier
as Jean Reynaud
1916
Movie
The Bugler of Algiers
as Pierre
1916
Movie
The Evil Women Do
1916
Movie
Naked Hearts
as Cecil
1916
Movie
The Gift Girl
as Malec
1917
Movie
A Kentucky Cinderella
as John Silverwood
1917
Movie
Jewel
as Mr. Evringham
1915
Movie
The Merchant of Venice
1914
Movie
Hands Down
as Tom Flynn
1918
Crew
Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
Director
1925
Movie
Merry-Go-Round
Director
1923
Movie
The Yankee Clipper
Director
1927
Movie
Walking Back
Editor
1928
Movie
Silence
Director
1926
Movie
The Cat Creeps
Director
1930
Movie
Love Comes Along
Director
1930
Movie
The Country Doctor
Director
1927
Movie
The Circus of Life
Director
1917
Movie
Fires of Youth
Director
1918
Movie
The Right to Be Happy
Director
1916
Movie
The Fire Flingers
Director
1919