Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1886-04-13
- Day of Death1956-04-14 (70 years)
- Place of BirthGraz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]
- Also Known AsChristian RubeChris RubeChriss Rubb
Christian Rub
Biography
Christian Rub was an Austrian-born American character actor. He was the visual basis and voice of Mister Geppetto in the animated Disney film Pinocchio (1940).
Acting Career
- 1952
Something for the Birds
As: Leo Fischer
- 1947
Fall Guy
As: Swede
- 1945
Strange Confession
As: Mr. Moore
- 1944
3 Is a Family
As: Bellboy
- 1944
Once Upon a Time
As: Mr. Snapps (uncredited)
- 1944
Jungle Woman
As: George
- 1943
Princess O'Rourke
As: Janitor (uncredited)
- 1943
Bomber's Moon
As: Johann
1943Leather Burners
As: Sooky Withers
1942Berlin Correspondent
As: Prisoner
1942Tales of Manhattan
As: Cello Player (Laughton sequence)
1942Nazi Agent
As: Mohr (uncredited)
1941Dangerously They Live
As: Mr. Steiner
1941Come Back, Miss Pipps
As: Mr. Swenson (uncredited)
1941Henry Aldrich for President
As: School Janitor
1941Father's Son
As: Lunk Nelson
1940Rhythm on the River
As: Pawnbroker
1940Haunted House
As: Olaf Jensen
1940All This, and Heaven Too
As: Loti (uncredited)
1940Four Sons
As: Kapek
1940Earthbound
As: Etienne Almette
1940Ski Patrol
As: Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager
- 1940
Pinocchio
As: Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
1940Swiss Family Robinson
As: Thoren
1939Everything Happens at Night
As: Telegrapher
1939Hidden Power
As: Doctor
1939Forged Passport
As: Mr. Nelson
1939Never Say Die
As: The Mayor
1938The Great Waltz
As: Coachman
- 1938
You Can't Take It with You
As: Schmidt
1938Professor Beware
As: Gustave - Museum Attendant
1938I'll Give a Million
As: Commissionaire
1937Tovarich
As: Trombone Player
1937Heidi
As: Baker
1937It Could Happen to You
As: Clavish
1937Captains Courageous
As: Old Clement (uncredited)
1937Café Metropole
As: Maxl Schinner
1937When Love Is Young
As: Anton Werner
1937Outcast
As: Olaf, the Valet
1936Murder with Pictures
As: Olaf (uncredited)
1936The Devil Is a Sissy
As: Tombstone Mason
1936Sins of Man
As: Fritz
- 1936
Fury
As: Sven Ahern (uncredited)
1936The Princess Comes Across
As: Gustavson (uncredited)
- 1936
Dracula's Daughter
As: Coach Driver in Transylvania
1936Murder on a Bridle Path
As: Chris Thomas
- 1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
As: Christian Jenson (uncredited)
1936The Leathernecks Have Landed
As: Schooner Captain
1935Hitch Hike Lady
As: Farmer
1935We're Only Human
As: William Anderson
1935Peter Ibbetson
As: Major Duquesnois
1935Metropolitan
As: Weidel
1935Ladies Crave Excitement
As: Lars Swenson
1935Oil for the Lamps of China
As: Dr. Jorgen
1935Let 'em Have It
As: Heinrich Henkel
1935Age of Indiscretion
As: Briggs
1935Stolen Harmony
As: Mathew Huxley (uncredited)
1935A Dog of Flanders
As: Hans
1935One More Spring
As: Man in Elevator
1935Maybe It's Love
As: Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)
1935The Night Is Young
As: Café Proprietor (uncredited)
1934Music in the Air
As: Zipfelhuber
1934The Spectacle Maker
As: Hans Schmidt
1934The Fountain
As: Kerstholt
1934Romance in the Rain
As: Slotnick
1934Little Man, What Now?
As: Herr Puttbreese
1934No Greater Glory
As: Watchman
1934No More Women
As: Big Pants
1934Man of Two Worlds
As: Knudson
1933Bureau of Missing Persons
As: Janitor (uncredited)
1933A Man of Sentiment
As: Herman Heupelkossel
1933Mary Stevens, M.D.
As: Mary's Janitor Gus
1933The Kiss Before the Mirror
As: Man on the Wrong Floor
1933Humanity
As: Schmiddy
1933Luxury Liner
As: Peasant Father
1933No Other Woman
As: Eli Bigavitch
1932Silver Dollar
As: Rische
1932Secrets of the French Police
As: Anton Dorain
1932The Crooked Circle
As: Old Dan
1932The Man from Yesterday
As: Swiss Terrace Waiter
1932The Trial of Vivienne Ware
As: Axel Nordstrom