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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Julian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 36
1930s
- 1930
The Cat Creeps
Director
Love Comes Along
Director
1920s
- 1929
The Phantom of the Opera
Director
- 1928
Walking Back
Director
- 1927
The Country Doctor
Director
The Yankee Clipper
Director
- 1926
Silence
Director
Three Faces East
Director
- 1925
Hell's Highroad
Director
- 1924
Love and Glory
Director
- 1923
Merry-Go-Round
Director
- 1922
The Girl Who Ran Wild
Director
- 1920
The Honey Bee
Director
1910s
- 1919
The Sleeping Lion
Director
The Fire Flingers
Director
The Millionaire Pirate
Director
Creaking Stairs
Director
- 1918
Fires of Youth
Director
Midnight Madness
Director
- 1917
The Door Between
Director
The Savage
Director
The Desire of the Moth
Director
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Director
Mother o' Mine
Director
A Kentucky Cinderella
Director
The Circus of Life
Director
The Gift Girl
Director
- 1916
The Right to Be Happy
Director
The Bugler of Algiers
Director
The Evil Women Do
Director
Bettina Loved a Soldier
Director
Naked Hearts
Director
Acted in 24
1920s
- 1928
Walking Back
Undetermined Appearance
- 1926
Three Faces East
The Kaiser
- 1925
1910s
- 1919
The Fire Flingers
Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell
- 1918
- 1917
The Desire of the Moth
John Wesley Pringle
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
Prentice Tiller
Mother o' Mine
John Standing
A Kentucky Cinderella
John Silverwood
The Gift Girl
Malec
- 1916
The Right to Be Happy
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Bugler of Algiers
Pierre
The Evil Women Do
Movie
Bettina Loved a Soldier
Jean Reynaud
Naked Hearts
Cecil
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Masaniello
- 1915
Jewel
Mr. Evringham
Scandal
Robert Gordon
The Pretty Sister of Jose
Sebastiano - the Toreador
The Lone Star Rush
Movie
- 1914
The Spider and Her Web
Movie
Wrote 7
1920s
- 1922
The Girl Who Ran Wild
Writer
- 1920
The Honey Bee
Scenario Writer
1910s
- 1919
Creaking Stairs
Story
- 1918
Fires of Youth
Story
- 1917
My Little Boy
Story
Mother o' Mine
Story
- 1916
Naked Hearts
Story
Edited 1
1920s
- 1928
Walking Back
Editor