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 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.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)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 MasanielloFenella, 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 uncreditedThe story concerns the reformation of a fast woman who runs a gambling establishment. Her one...
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Three Faces East
as The KaiserA spy story that takes place during World War I.
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The Merchant of Venice
as uncreditedA rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes...
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The Desire of the Moth
as John Wesley PringleThe Desire of the Moth is a 1917 American silent western film directed by Rupert Julian
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Naked Hearts
as CecilMaud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but...
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Walking Back
as Undetermined AppearanceJazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a...
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Hungry Eyes
as John SilverEx-convict Dale Revenal arrives at Dudley Appleton's ranch bearing a letter of introduction from...
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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
as The KaiserA propagandistic view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser...
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The Pretty Sister of Jose
as Sebastiano - the ToreadorPepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother,...
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Bettina Loved a Soldier
as Jean ReynaudVery wealthy Bettina is also very reluctant to get married. She changes her mind in a hurry when...
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The Bugler of Algiers
as PierreGabrielle Picard (Elda Hall) and Pierre Dupont (Rupert Julian) are lovers in a small French...
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Mother o' Mine
as John StandingMrs. Standing, an old-fashioned country mother, sacrifices to put her son John through college...
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A Kentucky Cinderella
as John SilverwoodAfter the death of her father, a young girl goes to live with her uncle in Kentucky. She...
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Jewel
as Mr. EvringhamWhen her husband dies and leaves her penniless, Mrs. Lawrence Evringham moves in with her...
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Hands Down
as Tom FlynnMiner Dan Stuyvesant finally strikes it rich, but on his way to report his claim, he is shot....
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Scandal
as Robert GordonThe lives of a stenographer and her boss are thrown into turmoil by reckless gossip.
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The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
as Prentice TillerPolice headquarters has been plagued by a series of robberies, culminating in the theft of a...
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The Gift Girl
as MalecAn English orphan, raised by a Persian household, runs away to Paris.
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The Fire Flingers
as Richard Hatton / Richard OlwellA poor man assumes the identity of a wealthy look-alike after accidentally killing him; his wife...
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