1879-01-23 ( 146 years old ) in Whangaroa, New Zealand
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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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Movies
Walking Back
1928-05-21
Three Faces East
1926-02-03
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
The Fire Flingers
1919-04-21
Hungry Eyes
1918-03-11
Hands Down
1918-02-11
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918-01-02
The Desire of the Moth
1917-10-22
The Mysterious Mr. Tiller
1917-09-17
Mother o' Mine
1917-09-02
A Kentucky Cinderella
1917-06-25
The Gift Girl
1917-03-26
Alone in the World
1917-01-03
The Right to Be Happy
1916-12-25
The Bugler of Algiers
1916-11-27
The Evil Women Do
1916-09-25
Bettina Loved a Soldier
1916-08-14
Naked Hearts
1916-05-29
The Desperado
1916-03-22
The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916-01-30
Jewel
1915-08-30
A Cigarette - That's All
1915-08-10
Scandal
1915-07-10
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915-05-31
The Pursuit of Hate
1914-06-14
The Spider and Her Web
1914-03-26
The Merchant of Venice
1914-02-01
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