Occupation Actor Years active 1919 – 1952 | Name Christian Rub Role Character actor | |
Born April 13, 1886 ( 1886-04-13 ) Passau, Bavaria, Germany Movies Pinocchio, Heidi, The Crooked Circle, Something for the Birds, All This - and Heaven T Similar People Ben Sharpsteen, T Hee, Norm Ferguson, Ted Sears, Aurelius Battaglia | ||
Christian rub
Christian Rub (April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) was known as a character actor from the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies.
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He was born in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. His first appearance was in the 1919 movie The Belle of New York. Rub was the visual basis and voice of Mister Geppetto in the animated Disney film Pinocchio (1940), Rub appeared in his last movie, Something for the Birds, as Leo. He died in Santa Barbara, California just one day after his 70th birthday.
Filmography
Actor
1952
Something for the Birds as
Leo Fischer
1947
Fall Guy as
Swede
1945
Strange Confession as
Mr. Moore
1945
Rhapsody in Blue as
Swedish Janitor (uncredited)
1944
Three Is a Family as
Bellboy
1944
Jungle Woman as
George - Groundsman
1944
Once Upon a Time as
Mr. Snapps - Janitor (uncredited)
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain as
Jones (uncredited)
1943
Princess O'Rourke as
Janitor (uncredited)
1943
Bomber's Moon as
Johann
1943
Leather Burners as
Sooky Withers (uncredited)
1943
The Fighting Guerrillas as
Tailor (uncredited)
1942
Berlin Correspondent as
Prisoner
1942
Tales of Manhattan as
Cello Player (Laughton sequence)
1942
It Happened in Flatbush as
Pop Schlumbom (uncredited)
1942
Nazi Agent as
Mohr (uncredited)
1941
Dangerously They Live as
Steiner
1941
Come Back, Miss Pipps (Short) as
Mr. Swenson (uncredited)
1941
Henry Aldrich for President as
Janitor (uncredited)
1941
Father's Son as
Lunk Nelson
1940
Rhythm on the River as
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1940
Haunted House as
Olaf Jensen
1940
All This, and Heaven Too as
Loti (uncredited)
1940
Four Sons as
Kapek
1940
Earthbound as
Etienne Almette
1940
Ski Patrol as
Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager
1940
Busy Bakers (Short) as
Swenson (voice)
1940
Swiss Family Robinson as
Thoren
1940
Pinocchio as
Geppetto (voice, uncredited)
1939
Everything Happens at Night as
Telegrapher
1939
No Place to Go as
Otto Schlemmer
1939
Hidden Power as
Doctor
1939
Forged Passport as
Mr. Nelson
1939
Never Say Die as
The Mayor
1938
The Night Watchman (Short) as
Father Cat (uncredited)
1938
The Great Waltz as
Coachman
1938
You Can't Take It with You as
Schmidt
1938
I'll Give a Million as
Commissionaire
1938
Professor Beware as
Gustave - Museum Attendant (uncredited)
1938
Mad About Music as
Pierre
1937
Tovarich as
Trombone Player (uncredited)
1937
Prescription for Romance as
Conductor
1937
Heidi as
Baker
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl as
Brandstetter
1937
Thin Ice as
Minister (scenes deleted)
1937
It Could Happen to You as
Clavish
1937
Captains Courageous as
Old Clement (uncredited)
1937
Café Metropole as
Maxl Schinner
1937
When Love Is Young as
Anton Werner
1937
Maytime as
Sleeper Outside Cafe (uncredited)
1937
Outcast as
Olaf - the Valet
1936
Love on the Run as
Stephen (uncredited)
1936
Murder with Pictures as
Olaf (uncredited)
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy as
Tombstone Mason (uncredited)
1936
Violets in Spring (Short) as
Willie (uncredited)
1936
Star for a Night as
Postmaster (uncredited)
1936
Girls' Dormitory as
Forester
1936
Suzy as
'Pop' Gaspard
1936
Sins of Man as
Fritz
1936
Parole! as
John - Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1936
Fury as
Sven Ahern (uncredited)
1936
The Princess Comes Across as
Gustavson (uncredited)
1936
Dracula's Daughter as
Coachman (uncredited)
1936
Murder on a Bridle Path as
Chris Thomas
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as
Christian Jenson (uncredited)
1936
Till We Meet Again as
Old Conductor (uncredited)
1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed as
Schooner Captain
1936
Next Time We Love as
Otto--Innkeeper (uncredited)
1936
Tough Guy as
Cap (uncredited)
1935
Hitch Hike Lady as
Farmer
1935
We're Only Human as
William Anderson
1935
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as
Gallard's Guide (uncredited)
1935
Peter Ibbetson as
Maj. Duquesnois
1935
Metropolitan as
Weidel
1935
Ladies Crave Excitement as
Lars Swenson
1935
Oil for the Lamps of China as
Dr. Jorgen
1935
Let 'em Have It as
Henkel
1935
Age of Indiscretion as
Briggs (uncredited)
1935
Mark of the Vampire as
Deaf Man at Inquest (uncredited)
1935
Stolen Harmony as
Mathew Huxley (uncredited)
1935
Black Fury as
Miner (uncredited)
1935
A Dog of Flanders as
Hans
1935
One More Spring as
Man with glasses in elevator (uncredited)
1935
Maybe It's Love as
Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)
1935
The Night Is Young as
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1934
The Mighty Barnum as
Bit Part (uncredited)
1934
Romance in Manhattan as
Otto - an Immigrant (uncredited)
1934
Music in the Air as
Zipfelhuber
1934
I Am a Thief as
Train Station Attendant (uncredited)
1934
No Ransom as
Budge (uncredited)
1934
The Spectacle Maker (Short) as
Hans Schmidt (uncredited)
1934
The Fountain as
Kerstholt
1934
Romance in the Rain as
Slotnick
1934
Stamboul Quest as
Dr. Joachim Leder (uncredited)
1934
Little Man, What Now? as
Herr Puttbreese
1934
Private Scandal as
August - First Customer (uncredited)
1934
Sing and Like It as
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1934
No Greater Glory as
Watchman
1934
No More Women as
Big Pants
1934
The Cat and the Fiddle as
Innkeeper (uncredited)
1934
Man of Two Worlds as
Knudson
1933
A Man of Sentiment as
Herman Heupelkossel
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons as
Apartment House Custodian (uncredited)
1933
Tugboat Annie as
Sailor (uncredited)
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D. as
Gus - Mary's Janitor
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror as
Man on the Wrong Floor
1933
The Mind Reader as
Printer (uncredited)
1933
Humanity as
Schmiddy
1933
Luxury Liner as
Peasant Father
1933
The Billion Dollar Scandal as
Locksmith Convict (uncredited)
1933
No Other Woman as
Eli Bogavitch
1932
Secrets of the French Police as
Anton Dorain
1932
Silver Dollar as
Rische
1932
Le bluffeur as
Dr. Rudolph Pfeiffer - Inventor
1932
The Crooked Circle as
Old Dan
1932
Those We Love (uncredited)
1932
The Man from Yesterday as
Swiss Terrace Waiter
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware as
Axel Nordstrom
1920
Old Dials for New (Short)
1920
Thirty Minutes in Havana (Short)(as Chris Rubb)
1920
Dog-Gone Clever (Short)(as Chris Rube)
1920
His Miss Fortune (Short)(as Chris Rub)
1920
In the Soup (Short)(as Christian Rube)
1919
The Belle of New York
Miscellaneous
1940
Pinocchio (model: "Geppetto" - uncredited)
Soundtrack
1995
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Colors of the Wind (Video) (performer: "Little Wooden Head")
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (performer: "Tales From The Vienna Woods" (1868) - uncredited)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too (performer: "Loti's Song" - uncredited)
1940
Pinocchio (performer: "Little Wooden Head" (1939) - uncredited)
Archive Footage
1997
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (Video short) as
Geppetto
1987
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (Video short) as
Geppetto
1985
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (Video short) as
Geppetto
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) as
Clip from 'The Great Waltz' (uncredited)
1956
MGM Parade (TV Series documentary) as
Old Clement
- Episode #1.29 (1956) - Old Clement (uncredited)
References
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