Rupert Julian

Known for DirectingBorn 1879-01-23Died 1943-12-27Whangaroa, New Zealand

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Phantom of the Opera

Love and Glory

Creaking Stairs

The Desperado

The Right to Be Happy

Hell's Highroad

The Honey Bee

The Sleeping Lion

Walking Back

Three Faces East

Silence

The Girl Who Ran Wild

Alone in the World

The Pursuit of Hate

The Country Doctor

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

The Phantom of the Opera

Love Comes Along

The Leopard Lady

The Fire Flingers

The Millionaire Pirate

The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Yankee Clipper

The Cat Creeps

Merry-Go-Round

Fires of Youth

The Circus of Life

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin

Hands Down

Hungry Eyes

Midnight Madness

The Desire of the Moth

The Gift Girl

A Kentucky Cinderella

Mother o' Mine

The Mysterious Mr. Tiller

The Door Between

The Savage

My Little Boy

Bettina Loved a Soldier

The Bugler of Algiers

The Evil Women Do

Naked Hearts

A Cigarette - That's All

The Pretty Sister of Jose

Scandal

Jewel

The Lone Star Rush