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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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Birth Name
Thomas Percival Hayes
Born
Saturday, 25 January 1879
Died
Monday, 27 December 1943
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Walking Back | Undetermined Appearance | 1928 |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator | 1925 |
The Fire Flingers | Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell | 1919 |
Hungry Eyes | John Silver | 1918 |
Hands Down | Tom Flynn | 1918 |
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin | The Kaiser | 1918 |
The Desire of the Moth | John Wesley Pringle | 1917 |
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller | Prentice Tiller | 1917 |
Mother o' Mine | John Standing | 1917 |
A Kentucky Cinderella | John Silverwood | 1917 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Walking Back | Undetermined Appearance | 1928 |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator | 1925 |
The Fire Flingers | Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell | 1919 |
Hungry Eyes | John Silver | 1918 |
Hands Down | Tom Flynn | 1918 |
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin | The Kaiser | 1918 |
The Desire of the Moth | John Wesley Pringle | 1917 |
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller | Prentice Tiller | 1917 |
Mother o' Mine | John Standing | 1917 |
A Kentucky Cinderella | John Silverwood | 1917 |
The Gift Girl | Malec | 1917 |
Alone in the World | 1917 | |
The Right to Be Happy | Ebenezer Scrooge | 1916 |
The Bugler of Algiers | Pierre | 1916 |
The Evil Women Do | Count Ville Handry | 1916 |
Bettina Loved a Soldier | Jean Reynaud | 1916 |
The Dumb Girl of Portici | Masaniello | 1916 |
Jewel | Mr. Evringham | 1915 |
The Pretty Sister of Jose | Sebastiano - the Toreador | 1915 |
The Lone Star Rush | 1915 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Cat Creeps | 1930 |
Love Comes Along | 1930 |
Walking Back | 1928 |
The Leopard Lady | 1928 |
The Country Doctor | 1927 |
The Yankee Clipper | 1927 |
Silence | 1926 |
The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 |
Merry-Go-Round | 1923 |
The Girl Who Ran Wild | 1922 |
The Honey Bee | 1920 |
The Sleeping Lion | 1919 |
The Fire Flingers | 1919 |
The Millionaire Pirate | 1919 |
Creaking Stairs | 1919 |
Midnight Madness | 1918 |
Hungry Eyes | 1918 |
Hands Down | 1918 |
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin | 1918 |
The Door Between | 1917 |
The Desire of the Moth | 1917 |
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller | 1917 |
Mother o' Mine | 1917 |
A Kentucky Cinderella | 1917 |
The Circus of Life | 1917 |
The Gift Girl | 1917 |
The Right to Be Happy | 1916 |
The Bugler of Algiers | 1916 |
The Evil Women Do | 1916 |
Bettina Loved a Soldier | 1916 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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