Directing
Rupert Julian
EN cinema · 50 credits
Born
23 January 1879
Died
27 December 1943 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Whangaroa, New Zealand
Also known as Thomas Percival Hayes
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Julian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
The Cat Creeps
Director
Love Comes Along
Director
Walking Back
as Undetermined Appearance, Director, Editor
The Yankee Clipper
Director
The Country Doctor
Director
Three Faces East
as The Kaiser, Director
Silence
Director
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Hell's Highroad
Director
Love and Glory
Director
Merry-Go-Round
Director
The Girl Who Ran Wild
Director, Writer
The Honey Bee
Director, Scenario Writer
The Fire Flingers
as Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell, Director
The Sleeping Lion
Director
Creaking Stairs
Director, Story
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
as The Kaiser, Director
Hands Down
as Tom Flynn, Director
Hungry Eyes
as John Silver, Director
Fires of Youth
Director, Story
The Desire of the Moth
as John Wesley Pringle, Director
The Gift Girl
as Malec, Director
A Kentucky Cinderella
as John Silverwood, Director
Mother o' Mine
as John Standing, Story, Director
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
as Prentice Tiller, Director
The Circus of Life
Director
The Savage
Director
The Desperado
1916
The Desperado
as The Desperado, Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici
as Masaniello
The Right to Be Happy
as Ebenezer Scrooge, Director
Bettina Loved a Soldier
as Jean Reynaud, Director
The Bugler of Algiers
as Pierre, Director
The Evil Women Do
Actor, Director
Naked Hearts
as Cecil, Story, Director
A Cigarette - That's All
1915
A Cigarette - That's All
as Bara Yami - the Hindoo Yogi
The Pretty Sister of Jose
as Sebastiano - the Toreador
Scandal
as Robert Gordon
Jewel
as Mr. Evringham
