Jan Rubes

Jan Rubes CM (born 6 June 1920 in Volyně, Czechoslovakia) is a bass singer and actor based in Canada.

Born at the end of World War I he graduated from the Prague Conservatoire and joined the Prague Opera House as a bass singer. In 1948 he won first prize at the Geneva International Music Festival, and emigrated to Canada at the end of the year to pursue a career in a wider sphere.

Beginning as a singer with the Canadian Opera Company, he subsequently directed and became director of touring, before switching to radio and television, where he became known as an actor and presenter well known in Canada.

He is noted for his portrayal of an Amish patriarch in Peter Weir's major-market film Witness.

Awards and recognition

• 1989: nominee, 10th Genie Awards, Best Actor, Something About Love
• 1990: winner, Earle Grey Award
• 1995: appointed Member, Order of Canada

Filmography

Motion pictures

• 1963: The Incredible Journey
• 1975: Lions For Breakfast
• 1979: Your Ticket is No Longer Valid
• 1980: Mr. Patman
• 1981: The Amateur
• 1981: Utilities
• 1985: Murder in Space
• 1985: One Magic Christmas
• 1985: Witness
• 1987: Blood Relations
• 1987: Dead of Winter
• 1988: The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• 1988: Something About Love
• 1988: This Kiss
• 1989: Blind Fear
• 1989: Cold Front
• 1989: Courage Mountain
• 1989: The Experts
• 1990: The Amityville Curse
• 1991: Deceived
• 1991: Glass Action
• 1992: On My Own
• 1993: Coming of Age
• 1994: D2: The Mighty Ducks
• 1994: Mesmer
• 1995: Roommates
• 1997: Never Too Late
• 1998: Music from Another Room
• 1998: The White Raven
• 1999: Nightmare Man
• 1999: Snow Falling on Cedars
• 2000: Believe
• 2001: Anthrax
• 2002: The Burial Society
• 2003: The Republic of Love
• 2004: Daniel and the Superdogs

Television movies

• 1975: Deadly Harvest
• 1977: The Day My Granddad Died
• 1984: Charlie Grant's War
• 1985: Murder by Reason of Insanity
• 1988: No Blame
• 1988: Two Men
• 1990: Descending Angel
• 1992: Devlin
• 1994: The Birds II: Land's End
• 1995: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
• 1996: The Marriage Bed
• 1997: Flood: A River's Rampage
• 1999: What Katy Did
• 2005: Our Fathers

Television series

• 1970-1971: Castle Zaremba
• 1983: Vandenberg
• 1975-1983: Guess What (host)
• 1985: Kane & Abel (mini-series)
• 1986: Crossings (mini-series)
• 1986: Kay O'Brien
• 1990-1992: Max Glick
• 1992: By Way of the Stars (mini-series)
• 1996: The X-Files
• 1996-1998: Due South
• 1997: The Third Twin (mini-series)

External links

• Jan Rubes at the Internet Movie Database
• Jan Rubes at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• NorthernStars: Jan Rubes

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