Portrait of Christian Rub

Christian Rub

Acting

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).

Born: April 13, 1886

Place of Birth: Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]

Filmography

1995
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1952
1947
Fall Guy

as Swede

1945
Strange Confession

as Mr. Moore

1944
3 Is a Family

as Bellboy

1944
Once Upon a Time

as Mr. Snapps (uncredited)

1944
Jungle Woman

as George

1943
Princess O'Rourke

as Janitor (uncredited)

1943
Bomber's Moon

as Johann

1943
Leather Burners

as Sooky Withers

1942
1942
Tales of Manhattan

as Cello Player (Laughton sequence)

1942
Nazi Agent

as Mohr (uncredited)

1941
Dangerously They Live

as Mr. Steiner

1941
Come Back, Miss Pipps

as Mr. Swenson (uncredited)

1941
1941
Father's Son

as Lunk Nelson

1940
Rhythm on the River

as Pawnbroker

1940
Haunted House

as Olaf Jensen

1940
All This, and Heaven Too

as Loti (uncredited)

1940
Four Sons

as Kapek

1940
Earthbound

as Etienne Almette

1940
Ski Patrol

as Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager

1940
Pinocchio

as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)

1939
1939
Hidden Power

as Doctor

1939
Forged Passport

as Mr. Nelson

1939
Never Say Die

as The Mayor

1938
The Great Waltz

as Coachman

1938
Professor Beware

as Gustave - Museum Attendant

1938
I'll Give a Million

as Commissionaire

1937
Tovarich

as Trombone Player

1937
Heidi

as Baker

1937
Captains Courageous

as Old Clement (uncredited)

1937
Café Metropole

as Maxl Schinner

1937
When Love Is Young

as Anton Werner

1937
Outcast

as Olaf, the Valet

1936
Murder with Pictures

as Olaf (uncredited)

1936
The Devil Is a Sissy

as Tombstone Mason

1936
Sins of Man

as Fritz

1936
Fury

as Sven Ahern (uncredited)

1936
The Princess Comes Across

as Gustavson (uncredited)

1936
Dracula's Daughter

as Coach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)

1936
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Christian Jenson (uncredited)

1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed

as Schooner Captain

1935
1935
We're Only Human

as William Anderson

1935
Peter Ibbetson

as Major Duquesnois

1935
Metropolitan

as Weidel

1935
1935
Let 'em Have It

as Heinrich Henkel

1935
1935
Stolen Harmony

as Mathew Huxley (uncredited)

1935
One More Spring

as Man in Elevator

1935
Maybe It's Love

as Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)

1935
The Night Is Young

as Café Proprietor (uncredited)

1934
Music in the Air

as Zipfelhuber

1934
The Spectacle Maker

as Hans Schmidt

1934
The Fountain

as Kerstholt

1934
1934
Little Man, What Now?

as Herr Puttbreese

1934
No Greater Glory

as Watchman

1934
No More Women

as Big Pants

1934
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons

as Janitor (uncredited)

1933
A Man of Sentiment

as Herman Heupelkossel

1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.

as Mary's Janitor Gus

1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror

as Man on the Wrong Floor

1933
Humanity

as Schmiddy

1933
Luxury Liner

as Peasant Father

1933
No Other Woman

as Eli Bigavitch

1932
Silver Dollar

as Rische

1932
1932
1932
The Man from Yesterday

as Swiss Terrace Waiter

1932