Christian Rub

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

Coachman

The Great Waltz

Mr. Swenson (uncredited)

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Prisoner

Berlin Correspondent

Doctor

Hidden Power

Maxl Schinner

Café Metropole

Schmiddy

Humanity

Big Pants

No More Women

Café Proprietor (uncredited)

The Night Is Young

(voice) (archive footage)

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

Schooner Captain

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Mark of the Vampire

Herr Puttbreese

Little Man, What Now?

Peasant Father

Luxury Liner

Swede

Fall Guy

Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)

Pinocchio

Lunk Nelson

Father's Son

Schmidt

You Can't Take It with You

Eli Bigavitch

No Other Woman

Lars Swenson

Ladies Crave Excitement

Weidel

Metropolitan

Mr. Steiner

Dangerously They Live

Mary's Janitor Gus

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Major Duquesnois

Peter Ibbetson

Old Dan

The Crooked Circle

Farmer

Hitch Hike Lady

Heinrich Henkel

Let 'em Have It

William Anderson

We're Only Human

Herman Heupelkossel

A Man of Sentiment

Commissionaire

I'll Give a Million

Olaf Jensen

Haunted House

Leo Fischer

Something for the Birds

Etienne Almette

Earthbound

Kapek

Four Sons

Axel Nordstrom

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Hans

A Dog of Flanders

George

Jungle Woman

Kerstholt

The Fountain

Man in Elevator

One More Spring

Tombstone Mason

The Devil Is a Sissy

Dr. Jorgen

Oil for the Lamps of China

Mathew Huxley (uncredited)

Stolen Harmony

Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)

Maybe It's Love

School Janitor

Henry Aldrich for President

The Mayor

Never Say Die

Mohr (uncredited)

Nazi Agent

Gustave - Museum Attendant

Professor Beware

Telegrapher

Everything Happens at Night

Olaf, the Valet

Outcast

Coach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)

Dracula's Daughter

Sven Ahern (uncredited)

Fury

Watchman

No Greater Glory

Knudson

Man of Two Worlds

Fritz

Sins of Man

Christian Jenson (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Thoren

Swiss Family Robinson

Bellboy

3 Is a Family

Olaf (uncredited)

Murder with Pictures

Anton Werner

When Love Is Young

Mr. Nelson

Forged Passport

Gustavson (uncredited)

The Princess Comes Across

Old Clement (uncredited)

Captains Courageous

Zipfelhuber

Music in the Air

Loti (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

Pawnbroker

Rhythm on the River

Swiss Terrace Waiter

The Man from Yesterday

Sooky Withers

Leather Burners

Baker

Heidi

The Belle of New York

Anton Dorain

Secrets of the French Police

Janitor (uncredited)

Bureau of Missing Persons

(archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

Rische

Silver Dollar

Clavish

It Could Happen to You

Mr. Moore

Strange Confession

Mr. Snapps (uncredited)

Once Upon a Time

Janitor (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke

Hans Schmidt

The Spectacle Maker

Trombone Player

Tovarich

Slotnick

Romance in the Rain

Briggs

Age of Indiscretion

Johann

Bomber's Moon

Budge (uncredited)

No Ransom

Cello Player (Laughton sequence)

Tales of Manhattan

Man on the Wrong Floor

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Mad About Music

Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager

Ski Patrol

Chris Thomas

Murder on a Bridle Path

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-04-13

Place of Birth

Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]

Also Known As

Christian Rube