Rupert Julian
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1879-01-23 (64 years old)
Deathday
1943-12-27
Place of Birth
Whangaroa, New Zealand
Also known As
Thomas Percival Hayes
Rupert Julian
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...
Acting
1915
as Bara Yami - the Hindoo Yogi
1916
as The Desperado
1916
as Masaniello
1916
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1915
as Sebastiano - the Toreador
1918
as The Kaiser
1926
as The Kaiser
1928
as Undetermined Appearance
1915
as Robert Gordon
1917
as John Wesley Pringle
1916
as Jean Reynaud
1916
as Pierre
1916
as Cecil
1917
as Malec
1917
as John Silverwood
1915
as Mr. Evringham
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1918
as Tom Flynn
1917
as John Standing
1917
as Prentice Tiller
1918
as John Silver
1919
as Richard Hatton / Richard Olwell
Production
1925
as Director
1918
as Director
1930
as Director
1923
as Director
1916
as Director
1930
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Director
1918
as Director
1927
as Director
1926
as Director
1927
as Director
1928
as Director
1928
as Editor
1916
as Director
1928
as Director
1922
as Director
1922
as Writer
1926
as Director
1929
as Director
1924
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Story
1916
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1918
as Director
1918
as Story
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1919
as Director
1917
as Story
1917
as Director
1925
as Director
1918
as Director
1919
as Director
1919
as Story
1917
as Story
1917
as Director
1918
as Director
1920
as Director
1920
as Scenario Writer
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