Christian Rub

Personal Info

Birthday

April 13, 1886

Day of Death

1956-04-14

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]

Also Known As

Christian Rube

Chris Rube

Chriss Rubb

Christian Rub

Biography

Christian Rub (April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) was an Austrian-born American character actor. He was the visual basis and voice of Mister Geppetto in the animated Disney film Pinocchio (1940).

Known For

Pinocchio

You Can't Take It with You

Nazi Agent

Heidi

Captains Courageous

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Fury

Sins of Man

Filmography

1995
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
as (voice) (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
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
Once Upon a Time
as Mr. Snapps (uncredited)
Jungle Woman
as George
1943
Princess O'Rourke
as Janitor (uncredited)
Bomber's Moon
as Johann
Leather Burners
as Sooky Withers
1942
Berlin Correspondent
as Prisoner
Tales of Manhattan
as Cello Player (Laughton sequence)
Nazi Agent
as Mohr (uncredited)
1941
Dangerously They Live
as Mr. Steiner
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Mr. Swenson (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich for President
as School Janitor
Father's Son
as Lunk Nelson
1940
Rhythm on the River
as Pawnbroker
Haunted House
as Olaf Jensen
All This, and Heaven Too
as Loti (uncredited)
Four Sons
as Kapek
Earthbound
as Etienne Almette
Ski Patrol
as Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager
Pinocchio
as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Thoren
1939
Everything Happens at Night
as Telegrapher
Hidden Power
as Doctor
Forged Passport
as Mr. Nelson
Never Say Die
as The Mayor
1938
The Great Waltz
as Coachman
You Can't Take It with You
as Schmidt
Professor Beware
as Gustave - Museum Attendant
I'll Give a Million
as Commissionaire
1937
Tovarich
as Trombone Player
Heidi
as Baker
It Could Happen to You
as Clavish
Captains Courageous
as Old Clement (uncredited)
Café Metropole
as Maxl Schinner
When Love Is Young
as Anton Werner
Outcast
as Olaf, the Valet
1936
Murder with Pictures
as Olaf (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Tombstone Mason
Sins of Man
as Fritz
Fury
as Sven Ahern (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
as Gustavson (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
as Coach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Chris Thomas
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Christian Jenson (uncredited)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Schooner Captain
1935
Hitch Hike Lady
as Farmer
We're Only Human
as William Anderson
Peter Ibbetson
as Major Duquesnois
Metropolitan
as Weidel
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Lars Swenson
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Dr. Jorgen
Let 'em Have It
as Heinrich Henkel
Age of Indiscretion
as Briggs
Stolen Harmony
as Mathew Huxley (uncredited)
A Dog of Flanders
as Hans
One More Spring
as Man in Elevator
Maybe It's Love
as Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)
The Night Is Young
as Café Proprietor (uncredited)
1934
Music in the Air
as Zipfelhuber
No Ransom
as Budge (uncredited)
The Spectacle Maker
as Hans Schmidt
The Fountain
as Kerstholt
Romance in the Rain
as Slotnick
Little Man, What Now?
as Herr Puttbreese
No Greater Glory
as Watchman
No More Women
as Big Pants
Man of Two Worlds
as Knudson
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Janitor (uncredited)
A Man of Sentiment
as Herman Heupelkossel
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Mary's Janitor Gus
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Man on the Wrong Floor
Humanity
as Schmiddy
Luxury Liner
as Peasant Father
No Other Woman
as Eli Bigavitch
1932
Silver Dollar
as Rische
Secrets of the French Police
as Anton Dorain
The Crooked Circle
as Old Dan
The Man from Yesterday
as Swiss Terrace Waiter
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Axel Nordstrom