Christian Rub

Christian Rub (pronounced Rhoob; April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) 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. Rub was born in Graz, in Austria-Hungary.

Rub became a comedian as a boy in Germany.

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 was not the original voice for Geppetto. He replaced the first actor, whose voice Walt Disney considered to be too harsh.

During the creation of Pinocchio, Rub was notorious amongst the film's animators for his open and frequent expressions of admiration for Adolf Hitler.

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 (1919) – (film debut) The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) – Axel Nordstrom The Man from Yesterday (1932) – Swiss Terrace Waiter Those We Love (1932) – (uncredited) The Crooked Circle (1932) – Old Dan Le bluffeur (1932) – Dr. Rudolph Pfeiffer – Inventor Silver Dollar (1932) – Rische Secrets of the French Police (1932) – Anton Dorain No Other Woman (1933) – Eli Bogavitch The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933) – Locksmith Convict (uncredited) Luxury Liner (1933) – Peasant Father Humanity (1933) – Schmiddy The Mind Reader (1933) – Printer (uncredited) The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) – Man on the Wrong Floor Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) – Gus – Mary's Janitor Tugboat Annie (1933) – Sailor (uncredited) Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) – Apartment House Custodian (uncredited) A Man of Sentiment (1933) – Herman Heupelkossel Man of Two Worlds (1934) – Knudson The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) – Innkeeper (uncredited) No More Women (1934) – Big Pants No Greater Glory (1934) – Watchman Private Scandal (1934) – August – First Customer (uncredited) Little Man, What Now? (1934) – Herr Puttbreese Stamboul Quest (1934) – Dr. Joachim Leder (uncredited) Romance in the Rain (1934) – Slotnick The Fountain (1934) – Kerstholt No Ransom (1934) – Budge (uncredited) I Am a Thief (1934) – Train Station Attendant (uncredited) Music in the Air (1934) – Zipfelhuber The Mighty Barnum (1934) – Bit Part (uncredited) The Night Is Young (1935) – Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) Romance in Manhattan (1935) – Otto – an Immigrant (uncredited) Maybe It's Love (1935) – Ole – the Janitor (uncredited) One More Spring (1935) – Man with glasses in elevator (uncredited) A Dog of Flanders (1935) – Hans Black Fury (1935) – Hospitalized Miner (uncredited) Stolen Harmony (1935) – Mathew Huxley (uncredited) Mark of the Vampire (1935) – Deaf Man at Inquest (uncredited) Age of Indiscretion (1935) – Briggs (uncredited) Let 'Em Have It (1935) – Henkel Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) – Dr. Jorgen Ladies Crave Excitement (1935) – Lars Swenson Metropolitan (1935) – Weidel Peter Ibbetson (1935) – Maj. Duquesnois The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) – Gallard's Guide (uncredited) We're Only Human (1935) – William Anderson Hitch Hike Lady (1935) – Farmer Tough Guy (1936) – Cap (uncredited) Next Time We Love (1936) – Otto—Innkeeper (uncredited) The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) – Schooner Captain Till We Meet Again (1936) – Old Conductor (uncredited) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) – Christian Jenson (uncredited) Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) – Chris Thomas Dracula's Daughter (1936) – Coachman (uncredited) The Princess Comes Across (1936) – Gustavson (uncredited) Fury (1936) – Sven Ahern – Barber (uncredited) Parole! (1936) – John – Jury Foreman (uncredited) Sins of Man (1936) – Fritz Suzy (1936) – 'Pop' Gaspard Girls' Dormitory (1936) – Forester Star for a Night (1936) – Postmaster (uncredited) The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) – Tombstone Mason (uncredited) Murder with Pictures (1936) – Olaf (uncredited) Love on the Run (1936) – Stephen (uncredited) Outcast (1937) – Olaf – the Valet Maytime (1937) – Sleeper Outside Cafe (uncredited) When Love Is Young (1937) – Anton Werner Thin Ice (1937) – Minister (scenes deleted) Café Metropole (1937) – Maxl Schinner Captains Courageous (1937) – Old Clement (uncredited) It Could Happen to You (1937) – Clavish One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) – Brandstetter Heidi (1937) – Baker Prescription for Romance (1937) – Conductor Tovarich (1937) – Trombone Player (uncredited) Mad About Music (1938) – Pierre Professor Beware (1938) – Gustave – Museum Attendant (uncredited) I'll Give a Million (1938) – Commissionaire You Can't Take It with You (1938) – Mr. Schmidt The Great Waltz (1938) – Coachman Never Say Die (1939) – The Mayor Forged Passport (1939) – Mr. Nelson Hidden Power (1939) – Doctor No Place to Go (1939) – Otto Schlemmer Everything Happens at Night (1939) – Telegrapher Pinocchio (1940) – Geppetto (voice, uncredited) Swiss Family Robinson (1940) – Thoren Ski Patrol (1940) – Jakob Sorenson, old villager Earthbound (1940) – Etienne Almette Four Sons (1940) – Kapek All This, and Heaven Too (1940) – Loti (uncredited) Haunted House (1940) – Olaf Jensen Rhythm on the River (1940) – Pawnbroker (uncredited) Father's Son (1941) – Lunk Nelson Henry Aldrich for President (1941) – Janitor (uncredited) Dangerously They Live (1941) – Steiner Nazi Agent (1942) – Mohr (uncredited) It Happened in Flatbush (1942) – Pop Schlumbom (uncredited) Tales of Manhattan (1942) – Cello Player (Laughton sequence) Berlin Correspondent (1942) – Prisoner Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943) – Tailor (uncredited) The Leather Burners (1943) – Sooky Withers (uncredited) Bomber's Moon (1943) – Johann Princess O'Rourke (1943) – Janitor (uncredited) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) – Jones (uncredited) Once Upon a Time (1944) – Mr. Snapps – Janitor (uncredited) Jungle Woman (1944) – George – Groundsman Three Is a Family (1944) – Bellboy Rhapsody in Blue (1945) – Swedish Janitor (uncredited) Strange Confession (1945) – Mr. Moore Fall Guy (1947) – Swede Something for the Birds (1952) – Leo Fischer (final film role)