Christian Rub
Biography
Christian Rub was an Austrian-born American character actor who appeared in more than 100 films from the late 1910s into the early 1950s. Born in 1886, he worked as a comedian in Germany as a boy and at 15 acted in a French drama at Vienna's Imperial theater, later touring the Tyrolean Alps with a company. He played Ernest Rodel in Spring Awakening, and in the early 1930s took a dramatic stage role in a Los Angeles production of Grand Hotel. His first screen appearance came in the 1919 movie The Belle of New York, and he was a star of Hollywood two-reel comedies in the early 1920s. He voiced Geppetto in the Disney animated feature Pinocchio (1940), taking over the part from an earlier actor, and lent his voice to elderly characters in cartoons for Warner Bros., Fox and MGM. His last film role came in Something for the Birds (1952), and he died in 1956.
70years old at death
- Born Passau
- Died Santa Barbara
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 12 years1933 to 1945
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A role that slipped away
Christian Rub was not the original voice of Geppetto in Disney's Pinocchio; he replaced the first actor because Walt Disney found that actor's voice too harsh.
First role
Rub began performing as a comedian in Germany as a boy, and at 15 he appeared in a French drama at Vienna's Imperial theater.
Christian Rub movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Fifteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together9 more actors
- George DavisI'll Give a Million (1938) and Suzy (1936)
- Donald MeekYou Can't Take It with You (1938) and Peter Ibbetson (1935)
- Frank ReicherI'll Give a Million (1938) and Girls Dormitory (1936)
- J. Edward BrombergI'll Give a Million (1938) and Girls Dormitory (1936)
- Una O'ConnorSuzy (1936) and Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
- Milburn StoneStrange Confession (1945) and Jungle Woman (1944)
- Jean HersholtI'll Give a Million (1938) and Heidi (1937)
- Robert AdairSuzy (1936) and Peter Ibbetson (1935)
- Bodil RosingYou Can't Take It with You (1938) and Heidi (1937)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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