Jan Rubeš

Actor Jun 6 (died age 89) Volyně, Czechoslovakia 1963–2005 (42 year career)

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Biography

Jan Ladislav Rubeš CM (6 June 1920 – 29 June 2009) was a Czech-Canadian bass opera singer and actor. Born in Czechoslovakia, he graduated in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague. Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to…

Known For

Film

Witness

Eli Lapp

Film

D2: The Mighty Ducks

Jan

Film

Class Action

Pavel

Film

The Incredible Journey

Carl Nurmi

Film

Snow Falling on Cedars

Ole Jurgensen

Film

Dead of Winter

Dr. Joseph Lewis

Film

One Magic Christmas

Santa Claus

Film

Deceived

Tomasz

Filmography

Acting (66)

Movies (53)

Our Fathers

2005

as Pope John Paul

6.4

Daniel and the Superdogs

as The Colonel

The Burial Society

as Marvin Telekunsky

Anthrax

as Arthur Kowalski

The Christmas Secret

as Andree

Believe

as Jason Stiles

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

as Ole Jurgensen

6.0

Nightmare Man

1999

as Evan Hannibal

What Katy Did

1999

as Dr. Reinhart

7.0

Music from Another Room

as Louis Klammer

The White Raven

as Markus Strand

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

1998

as Hendrick de Vries

1.0

Flood: A River's Rampage

as Jacob Gunderson

Sarabande

as Dr. Kassovitz

Never Too Late

as Joseph

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

as Far

Roommates

as Bolek Krupa

D2: The Mighty Ducks

as Jan

Mesmer

as Professor Stoerk

The Birds II: Land's End

as Karl

Boozecan

as Pops

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio

1994

as Phantom

On My Own

1993

as The Colonel

5.0

Devlin

1992

as Vittorio Di Fabrizi

5.3

The Witches of Eastwick

as Fidel

Class Action

as Pavel

Deceived

as Tomasz

The Amityville Curse

as The Priest

Descending Angel

as Bishop Dancu

F-E-D-A

Courage Mountain

as Grandfather

Divided Loyalties

The Experts

as Illyich

Blind Fear

as Lasky

Cold Front

as Zoubov

Something About Love

Blood Relations

as Andreas

The Kiss

as Gordon Tobin

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

as Augustus Glick

No Blame

Dead of Winter

as Dr. Joseph Lewis

The Marriage Bed

as Max Ehrlich

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985

as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)

Charlie Grant's War

as Jacob

Witness

as Eli Lapp

One Magic Christmas

as Santa Claus

Murder in Space

as Gregory Denarenko

The Amateur

as Kaplan

Mr. Patman

as Vrakettas

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

as Psychiatrist

Deadly Harvest

as Swenson

Lions for Breakfast

as Ivan

The Incredible Journey

1963

as Carl Nurmi

6.6

Television (13)

Tilt

as Frank Modeste

Stargate SG-1

as Nicholas Ballard

The Third Twin

as Mr. Oliver

The Outer Limits

as Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher

as Mr. Duzak

Due South

as Dr. Mort Gustafson

7.6

The X-Files

1993

as Vassily Peskow (uncredited)

By Way of the Stars

as Hausierer Nathan

War of the Worlds

as Dr. Von Deer

Kay O'Brien

Kane & Abel

as The Polish Consul

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

The New Avengers

as Patlenko