Christian Rub

Christian Rub
Born	April 13, 1886 Passau, Bavaria, Germany
Died	April 14, 1956 (aged 70) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1919 – 1952

Christian Rub (April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) was known as a character actor from the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies.

He was born in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. His first appearance was in the 1919 movie The Belle of New York. Rub was the visual basis and voice of Mister Geppetto in the animated Disney film Pinocchio (1940), Rub appeared in his last movie, Something for the Birds, as Leo. He died in Santa Barbara, California just one day after his 70th birthday.

Partial filmography

• Secrets of the French Police (1932)
• No Other Woman (1933)
• Luxury Liner (1933)
• Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
• No Greater Glory (1934)
• A Dog of Flanders (1935)
• Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
• Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
• Metropolitan (1935)
• Peter Ibbetson (1935)
• Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) (uncredited)
• Suzy (1936)
• Girls' Dormitory (1936)
• Captains Courageous (1937) (uncredited)
• One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
• Heidi (1937)
• Mad About Music (1938)
• You Can't Take It With You (1938)
• The Great Waltz (1938)
• Never Say Die (1939)
• Everything Happens at Night (1939)
• Pinocchio (1940) (uncredited voice of Geppetto)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Four Sons (1940)
• Father's Son (1941)
• Dangerously They Live (1941)
• Tales of Manhattan (1942)
• Berlin Correspondent (1942)
• Strange Confession (1945)
• Fall Guy (1947)
• Something for the Birds (1952)

External links

• Christian Rub at the Internet Movie Database
• Christian Rub at the Internet Broadway Database