Christian Rub

Actor

Christian Rub

Born April 13, 1886 in Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]Died April 14, 195687 films

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).

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Pinocchio posterFirst watchPinocchio19407.1as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)A voice role in one of the best-rated films of their career.When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
You Can't Take It with You poster7.5You Can't Take It with You1938Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster7.5Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936Fury poster7.5Fury1936Captains Courageous poster7.4Captains Courageous1937Heidi poster7.0Heidi1937All This, and Heaven Too poster7.2All This, and Heaven Too1940Peter Ibbetson poster7.0Peter Ibbetson1935Mark of the Vampire poster6.2Mark of the Vampire1935

Filmography

87 films as actor
  1. 1986Walt Disney's Wet and WildGeppetto (voice)
  2. 1952Something for the BirdsLeo Fischer
  3. 1947Fall GuySwede
  4. 1945Strange ConfessionMr. Moore
  5. 19443 Is a FamilyBellboy
  6. 1944Once Upon a TimeMr. Snapps (uncredited)
  7. 1944Jungle WomanGeorge
  8. 1943Princess O'RourkeJanitor (uncredited)
  9. 1943Bomber's MoonJohann
  10. 1943Leather BurnersSooky Withers
  11. 1942Berlin CorrespondentPrisoner
  12. 1942Tales of ManhattanWilson
  13. 1942Nazi AgentMohr (uncredited)
  14. 1941Dangerously They LiveMr. Steiner
  15. 1941Come Back, Miss PippsMr. Swenson (uncredited)
  16. 1941Henry Aldrich for PresidentSchool Janitor
  17. 1941Father's SonLunk Nelson
  18. 1940Rhythm on the RiverPawnbroker
  19. 1940Haunted HouseOlaf Jensen
  20. 1940All This, and Heaven TooLoti (uncredited)
  21. 1940Four SonsKapek
  22. 1940EarthboundEtienne Almette
  23. 1940Ski PatrolJakob Sorenson - Old Villager
  24. 1940PinocchioGeppetto (voice) (uncredited)
  25. 1940Swiss Family RobinsonThoren
  26. 1939Everything Happens at NightTelegrapher
  27. 1939Hidden PowerDoctor
  28. 1939Forged PassportMr. Nelson
  29. 1939Never Say DieThe Mayor
  30. 1938The Great WaltzCoachman
  31. 1938You Can't Take It with YouSchmidt
  32. 1938Professor BewareGustave - Museum Attendant
  33. 1938I'll Give a MillionCommissionaire
  34. 1938Mad About Music
  35. 1937TovarichTrombone Player
  36. 1937HeidiBaker
  37. 1937It Could Happen to YouClavish
  38. 1937Captains CourageousOld Clement (uncredited)
  39. 1937Café MetropoleMaxl Schinner
  40. 1937When Love Is YoungAnton Werner
  41. 1937OutcastOlaf, the Valet
  42. 1936Murder with PicturesOlaf (uncredited)
  43. 1936The Devil Is a SissyTombstone Mason
  44. 1936Sins of ManFritz
  45. 1936FurySven Ahern (uncredited)
  46. 1936The Princess Comes AcrossGustavson (uncredited)
  47. 1936Dracula's DaughterCoach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)
  48. 1936Murder on a Bridle PathChris Thomas
  49. 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to TownChristian Jenson (uncredited)
  50. 1936The Leathernecks Have LandedSchooner Captain
  51. 1935Hitch Hike LadyFarmer
  52. 1935We're Only HumanWilliam Anderson
  53. 1935Peter IbbetsonMajor Duquesnois
  54. 1935MetropolitanWeidel
  55. 1935Ladies Crave ExcitementLars Swenson
  56. 1935Oil for the Lamps of ChinaDr. Jorgen
  57. 1935Let 'em Have ItHeinrich Henkel
  58. 1935Age of IndiscretionBriggs
  59. 1935Mark of the Vampire
  60. 1935Stolen HarmonyMathew Huxley (uncredited)
  61. 1935A Dog of FlandersHans
  62. 1935One More SpringMan in Elevator
  63. 1935Maybe It's LoveOle - the Janitor (uncredited)
  64. 1935The Night Is YoungCafé Proprietor (uncredited)
  65. 1934Music in the AirZipfelhuber
  66. 1934No RansomBudge (uncredited)
  67. 1934The Spectacle MakerHans Schmidt
  68. 1934The FountainKerstholt
  69. 1934Romance in the RainSlotnick
  70. 1934Little Man, What Now?Herr Puttbreese
  71. 1934No Greater GloryWatchman
  72. 1934No More WomenBig Pants
  73. 1934Man of Two WorldsKnudson
  74. 1933Bureau of Missing PersonsJanitor (uncredited)
  75. 1933A Man of SentimentHerman Heupelkossel
  76. 1933Tugboat AnnieSailor (uncredited)
  77. 1933Mary Stevens, M.D.Mary's Janitor Gus
  78. 1933The Kiss Before the MirrorMan on the Wrong Floor
  79. 1933HumanitySchmiddy
  80. 1933Luxury LinerPeasant Father
  81. 1933No Other WomanEli Bigavitch
  82. 1932Silver DollarRische
  83. 1932Secrets of the French PoliceAnton Dorain
  84. 1932The Crooked CircleOld Dan
  85. 1932The Man from YesterdaySwiss Terrace Waiter
  86. 1932The Trial of Vivienne WareAxel Nordstrom
  87. 1919The Belle of New York