
Rupert Julian
Known for Directing · 28 credits
- Born
- 1879-01-23
- Died
- 1943-12-27
- Place of birth
- Whangaroa, New Zealand
- Also known as
- Thomas Percival Hayes
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Known For
Movies (28)

Hungry Eyes
1918
as John Silver

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Hands Down
1918
as Tom Flynn

Scandal
1915
as Robert Gordon

Walking Back
1928
as Undetermined Appearance

Mother o' Mine
1917
as John Standing

The Evil Women Do
1916

Three Faces East
1926
as The Kaiser
The Pursuit of Hate
1914

Jewel
1915
as Mr. Evringham

The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
as Sebastiano - the Toreador

The Fire Flingers
1919
as Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell

The Spider and Her Web
1914

The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916
as Masaniello

The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917
as Prentice Tiller

The Merchant of Venice
1914

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918
as The Kaiser

Naked Hearts
1916
as Cecil

A Kentucky Cinderella
1917
as John Silverwood

The Desire of the Moth
1917
as John Wesley Pringle

The Right to Be Happy
1916
as Ebenezer Scrooge
A Cigarette - That's All
1915
as Bara Yami - the Hindoo Yogi

The Bugler of Algiers
1916
as Pierre

The Gift Girl
1917
as Malec
The Desperado
1916
as The Desperado

Bettina Loved a Soldier
1916
as Jean Reynaud

The Lone Star Rush
1915
Alone in the World
1917
About Rupert Julian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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… With 28 credits spanning from 1914 to 1928, Rupert Julian has appeared in 28 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Hungry Eyes (1918) — as John Silver
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Hands Down (1918) — as Tom Flynn
- Scandal (1915) — as Robert Gordon
- Walking Back (1928) — as Undetermined Appearance
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