Rupert Julian
Jan 23, 1879 — Dec 27, 1943 (64 years)
Whangaroa, New Zealand
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Born in Whangaroa, New Zealand, Rupert Julian is a director. Their credits include the film The Phantom of the Opera. Across 110 years they have directed 38 films, working mainly across genres like horror.
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Rupert Julian
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Born in Whangaroa, New Zealand, Rupert Julian is a director. Their credits include the film The Phantom of the Opera. Across 110 years they have directed 38 films, working mainly across genres like horror.
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The Cat Creeps
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1930
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Love Comes Along
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1930
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The Phantom of the Opera
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1929
Film
Walking Back
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1928
Film
The Country Doctor
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1927
Film
The Yankee Clipper
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1927
Film
Silence
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1926
Film
Three Faces East
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1926
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Hell's Highroad
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1925
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Is Rupert Julian still alive?
Rupert Julian passed away on December 27, 1943 at age 64.
What are the most famous roles of Rupert Julian?
Rupert Julian is best known for directing The Phantom of the Opera, Merry-Go-Round, The Yankee Clipper.
How many movies has Rupert Julian directed?
Over a 27-year career (since 1916), Rupert Julian has directed or written 39 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Rupert Julian's first movie?
The career of Rupert Julian began with The Desperado (1916).
What is Rupert Julian's most recent movie or series?
Rupert Julian's most recent release is The Cat Creeps, which premiered on November 10, 1930.
Rupert Julian
1879-01-23 · Whangaroa, New Zealand
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.Rupert Julian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.