Christian Rub
Acting1886Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]
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).
Known For
Acting History
1995
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
as (voice) (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1955
MGM Parade
TVas self
1952
Something for the Birds
as Leo Fischer
1947
Fall Guy
as Swede
1945
Strange Confession
as Mr. Moore
1944
1943
1942
1941
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Mr. Swenson (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich for President
as School Janitor
Dangerously They Live
as Mr. Steiner
Father's Son
as Lunk Nelson
1940
Haunted House
as Olaf Jensen
All This, and Heaven Too
as Loti (uncredited)
Four Sons
as Kapek
Earthbound
as Etienne Almette
Pinocchio
as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
Ski Patrol
as Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager
Rhythm on the River
as Pawnbroker
Swiss Family Robinson
as Thoren
1939
Never Say Die
as The Mayor
Everything Happens at Night
as Telegrapher
Forged Passport
as Mr. Nelson
Hidden Power
as Doctor
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Schmidt
Professor Beware
as Gustave - Museum Attendant
I'll Give a Million
as Commissionaire
The Great Waltz
as Coachman
1937
Outcast
as Olaf, the Valet
When Love Is Young
as Anton Werner
Heidi
as Baker
Tovarich
as Trombone Player
Captains Courageous
as Old Clement (uncredited)
Café Metropole
as Maxl Schinner
It Could Happen to You
as Clavish
1936
Dracula's Daughter
as Coach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)
Fury
as Sven Ahern (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Tombstone Mason
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Chris Thomas
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Schooner Captain
Murder with Pictures
as Olaf (uncredited)
Sins of Man
as Fritz
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Christian Jenson (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
as Gustavson (uncredited)
1935
A Dog of Flanders
as Hans
Metropolitan
as Weidel
One More Spring
as Man in Elevator
Hitch Hike Lady
as Farmer
Maybe It's Love
as Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Lars Swenson
Let 'em Have It
as Heinrich Henkel
The Night Is Young
as Café Proprietor (uncredited)
We're Only Human
as William Anderson
Age of Indiscretion
as Briggs
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Dr. Jorgen
Stolen Harmony
as Mathew Huxley (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
as Major Duquesnois
1934
The Fountain
as Kerstholt
No Ransom
as Budge (uncredited)
Music in the Air
as Zipfelhuber
No Greater Glory
as Watchman
Man of Two Worlds
as Knudson
The Spectacle Maker
as Hans Schmidt
No More Women
as Big Pants
Romance in the Rain
as Slotnick
Little Man, What Now?
as Herr Puttbreese
1933
Humanity
as Schmiddy
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Janitor (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Mary's Janitor Gus
No Other Woman
as Eli Bigavitch
Luxury Liner
as Peasant Father
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Man on the Wrong Floor
A Man of Sentiment
as Herman Heupelkossel
1932
Silver Dollar
as Rische
The Crooked Circle
as Old Dan
Secrets of the French Police
as Anton Dorain
The Man from Yesterday
as Swiss Terrace Waiter
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Axel Nordstrom