Christian Rub
Christian Rub was an Austrian-born American character actor. He was known for his work in films of the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 films.
Biography
Rub's parents, Otto and Paula, were an actor and a "stage beauty", respectively. His sister, Marianne, performed on radio. Rub was born in Graz, in Austria-Hungary.
Rub became a comedian as a boy in Germany. When he was 15, he performed in a French drama in Vienna at the Imperial theater. Two years later, he was in the Tyrolean Alps with a company, "playing everything from very ancient grandpas to very young lovers." He also played Ernest Rodel in Spring Awakening.
He starred in two-reel comedies in Hollywood in the early 1920s. His first appearance was in the 1919 movie The Belle of New York. He ventured into drama on stage with a role in a production of Grand Hotel in Los Angeles in the early 1930s.
Rub provided the voice of Geppetto in the 1940 animated Disney film Pinocchio, as well as voices of kindly old men for MGM, Fox and Warner Bros. cartoons. Rub was not the original voice for Geppetto. He replaced the first actor, whose voice Walt Disney considered to be too harsh.
Rub's last movie role was in 1952's Something for the Birds. He died in Santa Barbara, California one day after his 70th birthday.
Partial filmography
The Belle of New York – The Trial of Vivienne Ware – Axel NordstromThe Man from Yesterday – Swiss Terrace WaiterThose We Love – The Crooked Circle – Old DanLe bluffeur – Dr. Rudolph Pfeiffer – InventorSilver Dollar – RischeSecrets of the French Police – Anton DorainNo Other Woman – Eli BogavitchThe Billion Dollar Scandal – Locksmith Convict Luxury Liner – Peasant FatherHumanity – SchmiddyThe Mind Reader – Printer The Kiss Before the Mirror – Man on the Wrong FloorMary Stevens, M.D. – Gus – Mary's JanitorTugboat Annie – Sailor Bureau of Missing Persons – Apartment House Custodian A Man of Sentiment – Herman HeupelkosselMan of Two Worlds – KnudsonThe Cat and the Fiddle – Innkeeper No More Women – Big PantsNo Greater Glory – WatchmanPrivate Scandal – August – First Customer Little Man, What Now? – Herr PuttbreeseStamboul Quest – Dr. Joachim Leder Romance in the Rain – SlotnickThe Fountain – KerstholtNo Ransom – Budge I Am a Thief – Train Station Attendant Music in the Air – ZipfelhuberThe Mighty Barnum – Bit Part The Night Is Young – Cafe Proprietor Romance in Manhattan – Otto – an Immigrant Maybe It's Love – Ole – the Janitor One More Spring – Man with glasses in elevator A Dog of Flanders – HansBlack Fury – Hospitalized Miner Stolen Harmony – Mathew Huxley Mark of the Vampire – Deaf Man at Inquest Age of Indiscretion – Briggs Let 'Em Have It – HenkelOil for the Lamps of China – Dr. JorgenLadies Crave Excitement – Lars SwensonMetropolitan – WeidelPeter Ibbetson – Maj. DuquesnoisThe Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo – Gallard's Guide We're Only Human – William AndersonHitch Hike Lady – FarmerTough Guy – Cap Next Time We Love – Otto—Innkeeper The Leathernecks Have Landed – Schooner CaptainTill We Meet Again – Old Conductor Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Christian Jenson Murder on a Bridle Path – Chris ThomasDracula's Daughter – Coachman The Princess Comes Across – Gustavson Fury – Sven Ahern – Barber Parole! – John – Jury Foreman Sins of Man – FritzSuzy – 'Pop' GaspardGirls' Dormitory – ForesterStar for a Night – Postmaster The Devil Is a Sissy – Tombstone Mason Murder with Pictures – Olaf Love on the Run – Stephen Outcast – Olaf – the ValetMaytime – Sleeper Outside Cafe When Love Is Young – Anton WernerThin Ice – Minister Café Metropole – Maxl SchinnerCaptains Courageous – Old Clement It Could Happen to You – ClavishOne Hundred Men and a Girl – BrandstetterHeidi – BakerPrescription for Romance – ConductorTovarich – Trombone Player Mad About Music – PierreProfessor Beware – Gustave – Museum Attendant I'll Give a Million – CommissionaireYou Can't Take It with You – Mr. SchmidtThe Great Waltz – CoachmanNever Say Die – The MayorForged Passport – Mr. NelsonHidden Power – DoctorNo Place to Go – Otto SchlemmerEverything Happens at Night – TelegrapherPinocchio – Geppetto Swiss Family Robinson – ThorenSki Patrol – Jakob Sorenson, old villagerEarthbound – Etienne AlmetteFour Sons – KapekAll This, and Heaven Too – Loti Haunted House – Olaf JensenRhythm on the River – Pawnbroker Father's Son – Lunk NelsonHenry Aldrich for President – Janitor Dangerously They Live – SteinerNazi Agent – Mohr It Happened in Flatbush – Pop Schlumbom Tales of Manhattan – Cello Player Berlin Correspondent – PrisonerChetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas – Tailor The Leather Burners – Sooky Withers Bomber's Moon – JohannPrincess O'Rourke – Janitor The Adventures of Mark Twain – Jones Once Upon a Time – Mr. Snapps – Janitor Jungle Woman – George – GroundsmanThree Is a Family – BellboyRhapsody in Blue – Swedish Janitor Strange Confession – Mr. MooreFall Guy – SwedeSomething for the Birds – Leo Fischer