Rupert Julian

Born: 1879-01-23

​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.


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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-25

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...

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The Dumb Girl of Portici

as Masaniello
Released: 1916-01-30

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a...

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The Spider and Her Web

as uncredited
Released: 1914-03-26

The Spider and Her Web is a 1914 silent film.

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The Pretty Sister of Jose

as Sebastiano - the Toreador
Released: 1915-05-31

Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother,...

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Walking Back

as Undetermined Appearance
Released: 1928-05-21

Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a...

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Three Faces East

as The Kaiser
Released: 1926-02-03

A spy story that takes place during World War I.

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The Desire of the Moth

as John Wesley Pringle
Released: 1917-10-22

The Desire of the Moth is a 1917 American silent western film directed by Rupert Julian

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The Evil Women Do

as uncredited
Released: 1916-09-25

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Jewel

as Mr. Evringham
Released: 1915-08-30

When her husband dies and leaves her penniless, Mrs. Lawrence Evringham moves in with her...

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The Bugler of Algiers

as Pierre
Released: 1916-11-27

Gabrielle Picard (Elda Hall) and Pierre Dupont (Rupert Julian) are lovers in a small French...

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Naked Hearts

as Cecil
Released: 1916-05-29

Maud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but...

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The Merchant of Venice

as uncredited
Released: 1914-02-01

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes...

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The Fire Flingers

as Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell
Released: 1919-04-21

A poor man assumes the identity of a wealthy look-alike after accidentally killing him; his wife...

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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin

as The Kaiser
Released: 1918-01-02

A propagandistic view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser...

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Hungry Eyes

as John Silver
Released: 1918-03-11

Ex-convict Dale Revenal arrives at Dudley Appleton's ranch bearing a letter of introduction from...

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The Right to Be Happy

as Ebenezer Scrooge
Released: 1916-12-25

Considered to be lost.

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Bettina Loved a Soldier

as Jean Reynaud
Released: 1916-08-14

Very wealthy Bettina is also very reluctant to get married. She changes her mind in a hurry when...

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The Mysterious Mr. Tiller

as Prentice Tiller
Released: 1917-09-17

Police headquarters has been plagued by a series of robberies, culminating in the theft of a...

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The Gift Girl

as Malec
Released: 1917-03-26

An English orphan, raised by a Persian household, runs away to Paris.

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Scandal

as Robert Gordon
Released: 1915-07-10

The lives of a stenographer and her boss are thrown into turmoil by reckless gossip.

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A Kentucky Cinderella

as John Silverwood
Released: 1917-06-25

After the death of her father, a young girl goes to live with her uncle in Kentucky. She...

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Mother o' Mine

as John Standing
Released: 1917-09-02

Mrs. Standing, an old-fashioned country mother, sacrifices to put her son John through college...

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Hands Down

as Tom Flynn
Released: 1918-02-11

Miner Dan Stuyvesant finally strikes it rich, but on his way to report his claim, he is shot....

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