Cast & creator
Christian Rub
Best known for MGM Parade, Pinocchio, You Can't Take It with You
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).
Also known as: Christian Rube, Chris Rube, Chriss Rubb
89
film credits
1
television credits
90
1919–1995 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
Showing 90 of 90 credits
MGM Parade
self
1955
Pinocchio
Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
1940
You Can't Take It with You
Schmidt
1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Christian Jenson (uncredited)
1936
Mark of the Vampire
1935
All This, and Heaven Too
Loti (uncredited)
1940
Dracula's Daughter
Coach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)
1936
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Captains Courageous
Old Clement (uncredited)
1937
Peter Ibbetson
Major Duquesnois
1935
Fury
Sven Ahern (uncredited)
1936
Heidi
Baker
1937
The Princess Comes Across
Gustavson (uncredited)
1936
Once Upon a Time
Mr. Snapps (uncredited)
1944
I'll Give a Million
Commissionaire
1938
Tales of Manhattan
Wilson
1942
Luxury Liner
Peasant Father
1933
We're Only Human
William Anderson
1935
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
(voice) (archive footage)
1995
The Night Is Young
Café Proprietor (uncredited)
1935
The Devil Is a Sissy
Tombstone Mason
1936
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Mary's Janitor Gus
1933
3 Is a Family
Bellboy
1944
Little Man, What Now?
Herr Puttbreese
1934
A Dog of Flanders
Hans
1935
Oil for the Lamps of China
Dr. Jorgen
1935
Bureau of Missing Persons
Janitor (uncredited)
1933
Man of Two Worlds
Knudson
1934
Outcast
Olaf, the Valet
1937
Rhythm on the River
Pawnbroker
1940
Music in the Air
Zipfelhuber
1934
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Man on the Wrong Floor
1933
Murder on a Bridle Path
Chris Thomas
1936
Everything Happens at Night
Telegrapher
1939
Henry Aldrich for President
School Janitor
1941
Romance in the Rain
Slotnick
1934
Princess O'Rourke
Janitor (uncredited)
1943
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Axel Nordstrom
1932
The Great Waltz
Coachman
1938
Sins of Man
Fritz
1936
Berlin Correspondent
Prisoner
1942
One More Spring
Man in Elevator
1935
It Could Happen to You
Clavish
1937
Secrets of the French Police
Anton Dorain
1932
Maybe It's Love
Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)
1935
The Man from Yesterday
Swiss Terrace Waiter
1932
Something for the Birds
Leo Fischer
1952
A Man of Sentiment
Herman Heupelkossel
1933
Leather Burners
Sooky Withers
1943
Ladies Crave Excitement
Lars Swenson
1935
Silver Dollar
Rische
1932
Jungle Woman
George
1944
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Schooner Captain
1936
Nazi Agent
Mohr (uncredited)
1942
The Belle of New York
1919
Café Metropole
Maxl Schinner
1937
Tovarich
Trombone Player
1937
Let 'em Have It
Heinrich Henkel
1935
Never Say Die
The Mayor
1939
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Mr. Swenson (uncredited)
1941
Swiss Family Robinson
Thoren
1940
Dangerously They Live
Mr. Steiner
1941
No Greater Glory
Watchman
1934
Mad About Music
1938
Four Sons
Kapek
1940
When Love Is Young
Anton Werner
1937
Stolen Harmony
Mathew Huxley (uncredited)
1935
Metropolitan
Weidel
1935
Tugboat Annie
Sailor (uncredited)
1933
Bomber's Moon
Johann
1943
Strange Confession
Mr. Moore
1945
Professor Beware
Gustave - Museum Attendant
1938
Father's Son
Lunk Nelson
1941
Age of Indiscretion
Briggs
1935
No Other Woman
Eli Bigavitch
1933
The Fountain
Kerstholt
1934
Hitch Hike Lady
Farmer
1935
Forged Passport
Mr. Nelson
1939
Murder with Pictures
Olaf (uncredited)
1936
Fall Guy
Swede
1947
Hidden Power
Doctor
1939
The Crooked Circle
Old Dan
1932
Walt Disney's Wet and Wild
Geppetto (voice)
1986
Haunted House
Olaf Jensen
1940
Ski Patrol
Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager
1940
Earthbound
Etienne Almette
1940
The Spectacle Maker
Hans Schmidt
1934
No More Women
Big Pants
1934
Humanity
Schmiddy
1933No Ransom
Budge (uncredited)
1934