- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 23, 1879
- Place of Birth
- Whangaroa, New Zealand
- Died
- December 27, 1943
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 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…
Filmography
movieThe Cat Creeps
1930 · Director
movieLove Comes Along
1930 · Director
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1929 · Director
movieWalking Back
1928 · Undetermined Appearance, Director, Editor
The Leopard Lady
movieThe Leopard Lady
1928 · Director
movieThe Country Doctor
1927 · Director
movieThe Yankee Clipper
1927 · Director
movieSilence
1926 · Director
movieThree Faces East
1926 · The Kaiser, Director
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieHell's Highroad
1925 · Director
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1925 · Director
movieLove and Glory
1924 · Director
movieMerry-Go-Round
1923 · Director
movieThe Girl Who Ran Wild
1922 · Director, Writer
movieThe Honey Bee
1920 · Director, Scenario Writer
movieThe Sleeping Lion
1919 · Director
movieThe Fire Flingers
1919 · Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell, Director
movieThe Millionaire Pirate
1919 · Director
movieCreaking Stairs
1919 · Director, Story
movieFires of Youth
1918 · Story, Director
movieMidnight Madness
1918 · Director
movieHungry Eyes
1918 · John Silver, Director
movieHands Down
1918 · Tom Flynn, Director
movieThe Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918 · The Kaiser, Director
movieMy Little Boy
1917 · Story
movieThe Door Between
1917 · Director
movieThe Savage
1917 · Director
movieThe Desire of the Moth
1917 · John Wesley Pringle, Director
movieThe Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917 · Prentice Tiller, Director
movieMother o' Mine
1917 · John Standing, Director, Story
movieA Kentucky Cinderella
1917 · John Silverwood, Director
movieThe Circus of Life
1917 · Director
movieThe Gift Girl
1917 · Malec, Director
Alone in the World
movieAlone in the World
1917
movieThe Right to Be Happy
1916 · Ebenezer Scrooge, Director
movieThe Bugler of Algiers
1916 · Pierre, Director
movieThe Evil Women Do
1916 · , Director
movieBettina Loved a Soldier
1916 · Jean Reynaud, Director
movieNaked Hearts
1916 · Cecil, Director, Story
The Desperado
movieThe Desperado
1916 · The Desperado, Director
movieThe Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 · Masaniello
movieJewel
1915 · Mr. Evringham
A Cigarette - That's All
movieA Cigarette - That's All
1915 · Bara Yami - the Hindoo Yogi
movieScandal
1915 · Robert Gordon
movieThe Pretty Sister of Jose
1915 · Sebastiano - the Toreador
movieThe Lone Star Rush
1915
The Pursuit of Hate
movieThe Pursuit of Hate
1914
movieThe Spider and Her Web
1914
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1914