Jan Rubeš

Birthday:

06/06/1920

Place of birth:

Volyně, Czechoslovakia:

Biography:

Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan 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 Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.



Credits

Our Fathers (2005)
Pope John Paul
Daniel and the Superdogs (2004)
The Colonel
Anthrax (2001)
Arthur Kowalski
The Christmas Secret (2000)
Andree
Believe (2000)
Jason Stiles
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Ole Jurgensen
Nightmare Man (1999)
Evan Hannibal
What Katy Did (1999)
Dr. Reinhart
The White Raven (1998)
Markus Strand
Rescuers: Stories of Courage – Two Couples (1998)
Hendrick de Vries
Music from Another Room (1998)
Louis Klammer
Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)
Jacob Gunderson
Sarabande (1997)
Dr. Kassovitz
Never Too Late (1996)
Joseph
Roommates (1995)
Bolek Krupa
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
Far
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio (1994)
Phantom
Mesmer (1994)
Professor Stoerk
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Jan
The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
Karl
On My Own (1993)
The Colonel
Devlin (1992)
Vittorio Di Fabrizi
The Witches of Eastwick (1992)
Fidel
Deceived (1991)
Tomasz
Class Action (1991)
Pavel
Descending Angel (1990)
Bishop Dancu
Cold Front (1990)
Zoubov
The Amityville Curse (1990)
The Priest
Courage Mountain (1990)
Grandfather
Divided Loyalties (1990)
The Experts (1989)
Illyich
Blind Fear (1989)
Lasky
No Blame (1988)
Something About Love (1988)
The Kiss (1988)
Gordon Tobin
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
Augustus Glick
Blood Relations (1988)
Andreas
Dead of Winter (1987)
Dr. Joseph Lewis
The Marriage Bed (1986)
Max Ehrlich
One Magic Christmas (1985)
Santa Claus
Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)
Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)
Murder in Space (1985)
Gregory Denarenko
Witness (1985)
Eli Lapp
Charlie Grant's War (1985)
Jacob
The Amateur (1981)
Kaplan
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
Psychiatrist
Mr. Patman (1981)
Vrakettas
Deadly Harvest (1977)
Swenson
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Carl Nurmi