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Christian Rub was an Austrian-born American character actor known for his work in films of the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies.
Born
Tuesday, 13 April 1886
Died
Saturday, 14 April 1956
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| That's Entertainment, Part II | Clip from 'The Great Waltz' / (archive footage) | 1976 |
| MGM Parade | Old Clement | 1955 |
| Something for the Birds | Leo Fischer | 1952 |
| Fall Guy | Swede | 1947 |
| Strange Confession | Mr. Moore | 1945 |
| Rhapsody in Blue | Swedish Janitor | 1945 |
| Three Is a Family | Bellboy | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Jones | 1944 |
| Once Upon a Time | Mr. Snapps / Mr. Snapps - Janitor | 1944 |
| Jungle Woman | George - Groundsman / George | 1944 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| That's Entertainment, Part II | Clip from 'The Great Waltz' / (archive footage) | 1976 |
| MGM Parade | Old Clement | 1955 |
| Something for the Birds | Leo Fischer | 1952 |
| Fall Guy | Swede | 1947 |
| Strange Confession | Mr. Moore | 1945 |
| Rhapsody in Blue | Swedish Janitor | 1945 |
| Three Is a Family | Bellboy | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Jones | 1944 |
| Once Upon a Time | Mr. Snapps / Mr. Snapps - Janitor | 1944 |
| Jungle Woman | George - Groundsman / George | 1944 |
| Princess O'Rourke | Janitor | 1943 |
| Bomber's Moon | Johann | 1943 |
| Leather Burners | Sooky Withers | 1943 |
| The Fighting Guerrillas | Tailor | 1943 |
| Berlin Correspondent | Prisoner | 1942 |
| Tales of Manhattan | Cello Player (Laughton sequence) | 1942 |
| It Happened in Flatbush | Pop Schlumbom | 1942 |
| Nazi Agent | Mohr | 1942 |
| Dangerously They Live | Steiner / Mr. Steiner | 1941 |
| Come Back, Miss Pipps | Mr. Swenson | 1941 |
| Henry Aldrich for President | School Janitor / Janitor | 1941 |
| Father's Son | Lunk Nelson | 1941 |
| Rhythm on the River | Pawnbroker | 1940 |
| Haunted House | Olaf Jensen | 1940 |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Loti | 1940 |
| Four Sons | Kapek | 1940 |
| Earthbound | Etienne Almette | 1940 |
| Ski Patrol | Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager | 1940 |
| Pinocchio | Geppetto | 1940 |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Thoren | 1940 |
| Everything Happens at Night | Telegrapher | 1939 |
| No Place to Go | Otto Schlemmer | 1939 |
| Hidden Power | Doctor | 1939 |
| Forged Passport | Mr. Nelson | 1939 |
| Never Say Die | The Mayor | 1939 |
| The Night Watchman | Father Cat | 1938 |
| The Great Waltz | Coachman | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Schmidt | 1938 |
| I'll Give a Million | Commissionaire | 1938 |
| Professor Beware | Gustave - Museum Attendant | 1938 |
| Mad About Music | Pierre | 1938 |
| Tovarich | Trombone Player | 1937 |
| Prescription for Romance | Conductor | 1937 |
| Heidi | Baker | 1937 |
| One Hundred Men and a Girl | Brandstetter | 1937 |
| It Could Happen to You | Clavish | 1937 |
| Captains Courageous | Old Clement | 1937 |
| Café Metropole | Maxl Schinner | 1937 |
| Thin Ice | Minister | 1937 |
| When Love Is Young | Anton Werner | 1937 |
| Maytime | Sleeper Outside Cafe | 1937 |
| Love on the Run | Stephen | 1936 |
| Murder with Pictures | Olaf | 1936 |
| The Devil Is a Sissy | Tombstone Mason | 1936 |
| Star for a Night | Postmaster | 1936 |
| Girls' Dormitory | Forester | 1936 |
| Suzy | 'Pop' Gaspard | 1936 |
| Sins of Man | Fritz | 1936 |
| Parole! | John - Jury Foreman | 1936 |
| Fury | Sven Ahern - Barber | 1936 |
| The Princess Comes Across | Gustavson | 1936 |
| Dracula's Daughter | Coachman / Coach Driver in Transylvania | 1936 |
| Murder on a Bridle Path | Chris Thomas | 1936 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Christian Jenson | 1936 |
| Till We Meet Again | Old Conductor | 1936 |
| The Leathernecks Have Landed | Schooner Captain | 1936 |
| Next Time We Love | Otto, Hotel Desk Clerk in St. Anton / Otto--Innkeeper | 1936 |
| Tough Guy | Cap | 1936 |
| Hitch Hike Lady | Farmer | 1935 |
| We're Only Human | William Anderson | 1935 |
| The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | Gallard's Guide | 1935 |
| Peter Ibbetson | Maj. Duquesnois / Major Duquesnois | 1935 |
| Metropolitan | Weidel | 1935 |
| Ladies Crave Excitement | Lars Swenson | 1935 |
| Oil for the Lamps of China | Dr. Jorgen | 1935 |
| Let 'em Have It | Henkel / Heinrich Henkel | 1935 |
| Age of Indiscretion | Briggs | 1935 |
| Mark of the Vampire | Deaf Man at Inquest | 1935 |
| Stolen Harmony | Mathew Huxley | 1935 |
| Black Fury | Miner | 1935 |
| A Dog of Flanders | Hans | 1935 |
| One More Spring | Man with glasses in elevator / Man in Elevator | 1935 |
| Maybe It's Love | Ole - the Janitor | 1935 |
| The Night Is Young | Cafe Proprietor | 1935 |
| Romance in Manhattan | Otto - an Immigrant | 1935 |
| The Mighty Barnum | Bit Part | 1934 |
| Music in the Air | Zipfelhuber | 1934 |
| I Am a Thief | Train Station Attendant | 1934 |
| No Ransom | Budge | 1934 |
| The Fountain | Kerstholt | 1934 |
| Romance in the Rain | Slotnick | 1934 |
| Stamboul Quest | Dr. Joachim Leder | 1934 |
| Little Man, What Now? | Herr Puttbreese | 1934 |
| Private Scandal | August - First Customer | 1934 |
| Sing and Like It | Elevator Operator | 1934 |
| No Greater Glory | Watchman | 1934 |
| No More Women | Big Pants | 1934 |
| The Cat and the Fiddle | Innkeeper | 1934 |
| Man of Two Worlds | Knudson | 1934 |
| Bureau of Missing Persons | Apartment House Custodian | 1933 |
| A Man of Sentiment | Herman Heupelkossel | 1933 |
| Tugboat Annie | Sailor | 1933 |
| Mary Stevens, M.D. | Gus - Mary's Janitor / Mary's Janitor Gus | 1933 |
| The Kiss Before the Mirror | Man on the Wrong Floor | 1933 |
| The Mind Reader | Printer | 1933 |
| Humanity | Schmiddy | 1933 |
| Luxury Liner | Peasant Father | 1933 |
| The Billion Dollar Scandal | Locksmith Convict | 1933 |
| No Other Woman | Eli Bogavitch / Eli Bigavitch | 1933 |
| Silver Dollar | Rische | 1932 |
| Secrets of the French Police | Anton Dorain | 1932 |
| The Crooked Circle | Old Dan | 1932 |
| The Man from Yesterday | Swiss Terrace Waiter | 1932 |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Axel Nordstrom | 1932 |
