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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 6, 1920
Died
June 29, 2009
Place of Birth
Volyně, Czechoslovakia
Also Known As
- Jan Rubes
Jan Rubeš
1.9 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
6.4
Pope John Paul
Our Fathers
2005
6.8
Frank Modeste
Tilt
2005
6.8
The Colonel
Daniel and the Superdogs
2004
5.3
Marvin Telekunsky
The Burial Society
2002
3.7
Arthur Kowalski
Anthrax
2001
5.8
Andree
The Christmas Secret
2000
5.4
Jason Stiles
Believe
2000
6.0
Ole Jurgensen
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
0.0
Evan Hannibal
Nightmare Man
1999
7.0
Dr. Reinhart
What Katy Did
1999
Credits
Our Fathers
as Pope John Paul
2005
6.4
Tilt
as Frank Modeste
2005
6.8
Daniel and the Superdogs
as The Colonel
2004
6.8
The Burial Society
as Marvin Telekunsky
2002
5.3
Anthrax
as Arthur Kowalski
2001
3.7
The Christmas Secret
as Andree
2000
5.8
Believe
as Jason Stiles
2000
5.4
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Ole Jurgensen
1999
6.0
Nightmare Man
as Evan Hannibal
1999
0.0
What Katy Did
as Dr. Reinhart
1999
7.0
The White Raven
as Markus Strand
1998
3.2
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
as Hendrick de Vries
1998
1.0
Music from Another Room
as Louis Klammer
1998
5.6
Flood: A River's Rampage
as Jacob Gunderson
1997
4.8
The Third Twin
as Mr. Oliver
1997
5.1
Sarabande
as Dr. Kassovitz
1997
6.5
Stargate SG-1
as Nicholas Ballard
1997
8.3
Never Too Late
as Joseph
1996
4.0
The Outer Limits
as Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher
1995
7.7
Roommates
as Bolek Krupa
1995
5.7
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
as Far
1995
5.4
Boozecan
as Pops
1994
5.0
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
as Phantom
1994
0.0
Due South
as Dr. Mort Gustafson
1994
7.6
ER
as Mr. Duzak
1994
7.8
Mesmer
as Professor Stoerk
1994
6.0
D2: The Mighty Ducks
as Jan
1994
6.2
The Birds II: Land's End
as Karl
1994
3.8
The X-Files
as Vassily Peskow (uncredited)
1993
8.4
The X-Files
as Vassily Peskow
1993
8.4
On My Own
as The Colonel
1993
5.0
By Way of the Stars
as Hausierer Nathan
1992
5.7
Devlin
as Vittorio Di Fabrizi
1992
5.3
The Witches of Eastwick
as Fidel
1992
6.0
Deceived
as Tomasz
1991
5.7
Class Action
as Pavel
1991
6.3
Descending Angel
as Bishop Dancu
1990
5.0
The Amityville Curse
as The Priest
1990
4.0
🎬
F-E-D-A
1990
0.0
Courage Mountain
as Grandfather
1990
5.7
Divided Loyalties
1990
0.0
Cold Front
as Zoubov
1989
4.4
The Experts
as Illyich
1989
4.5
Blind Fear
as Lasky
1989
4.0
🎬
No Blame
1988
0.0
🎬
Something About Love
1988
6.2
The Kiss
as Gordon Tobin
1988
5.7
War of the Worlds
as Dr. Von Deer
1988
6.2
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
as Augustus Glick
1988
5.5
Blood Relations
as Andreas
1988
3.6
Dead of Winter
as Dr. Joseph Lewis
1987
6.0
The Marriage Bed
as Max Ehrlich
1986
7.0
🎬
Kay O'Brien
1986
5.0
One Magic Christmas
as Santa Claus
1985
5.9
Kane & Abel
as The Polish Consul
1985
7.6
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)
1985
3.5
Murder in Space
as Gregory Denarenko
1985
4.8
Witness
as Eli Lapp
1985
7.1
Charlie Grant's War
as Jacob
1985
7.0
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
5.4
The Amateur
as Kaplan
1981
5.2
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
as Psychiatrist
1981
4.4
Mr. Patman
as Vrakettas
1981
4.0
Deadly Harvest
as Swenson
1977
4.3
The New Avengers
as Patlenko
1976
7.0
🎬
Lions for Breakfast
as Ivan
1975
8.0
The Incredible Journey
as Carl Nurmi
1963
6.7