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Christian Rub

Christian Rub

Actor · Died April 14, 1956, aged 70 · Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]

Christian Rub (April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) was an Austrian-born American character actor. He was the visual basis and voice of Mister Geppetto in the animated Disney film Pinocchio (1940).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 13, 1886
Died
April 14, 1956 (aged 70)
From
Graz, Austrian Empire [now Graz, Styria, Austria]
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 17% in 30 days

What are Christian Rub's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Bonds
19%
Self
18%
Survival
12%
Power
8%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Warm
4
Hopeful
3
Joyful
3
Melancholic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Christian Rub's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Christian Rub's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

88 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as (voice) (archive footage)

  • That's Entertainment, Part II(1976)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Something for the Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Leo Fischer

  • Fall Guy(1947)

    as Swede

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Strange Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Mr. Moore

  • Three Is a Family(1944)

    as Bellboy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Once Upon a Time(1944)

    as Mr. Snapps (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Jungle Woman(1944)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Princess O'Rourke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Janitor (uncredited)

  • Bomber's Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Johann

  • Leather Burners(1943)

    as Sooky Withers

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Berlin Correspondent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Prisoner

  • Tales of Manhattan(1942)

    as Wilson

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Nazi Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Mohr (uncredited)

  • Dangerously They Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mr. Steiner

  • Come Back, Miss Pipps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mr. Swenson (uncredited)

  • Henry Aldrich for President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as School Janitor

  • Father's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Lunk Nelson

  • Rhythm on the River(1940)

    as Pawnbroker

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Haunted House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Olaf Jensen

  • All This, and Heaven Too(1940)

    as Loti (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Four Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Kapek

  • Earthbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Etienne Almette

  • Ski Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Jakob Sorenson - Old Villager

  • Pinocchio(1940)

    as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Swiss Family Robinson(1940)

    as Thoren

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Everything Happens at Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Telegrapher

  • Hidden Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Doctor

  • Forged Passport (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mr. Nelson

  • Never Say Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as The Mayor

  • The Great Waltz(1938)

    as Coachman

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • You Can't Take It with You(1938)

    as Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Professor Beware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Gustave - Museum Attendant

  • I'll Give a Million(1938)

    as Commissionaire

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Mad About Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Actor

  • Tovarich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Trombone Player

  • Heidi(1937)

    as Baker

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • It Could Happen to You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Clavish

  • Captains Courageous(1937)

    as Old Clement (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Café Metropole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Maxl Schinner

  • When Love Is Young (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Anton Werner

  • Outcast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Olaf, the Valet

  • Murder with Pictures(1936)

    as Olaf (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Devil Is a Sissy(1936)

    as Tombstone Mason

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Sins of Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Fritz

  • Fury(1936)

    as Sven Ahern (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Princess Comes Across(1936)

    as Gustavson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Dracula's Daughter(1936)

    as Coach Driver in Transylvania (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Murder on a Bridle Path(1936)

    as Chris Thomas

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)

    as Christian Jenson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Leathernecks Have Landed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Schooner Captain

  • Hitch Hike Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Farmer

  • We're Only Human(1935)

    as William Anderson

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Peter Ibbetson(1935)

    as Major Duquesnois

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Metropolitan(1935)

    as Weidel

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Ladies Crave Excitement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Lars Swenson

  • Oil for the Lamps of China(1935)

    as Dr. Jorgen

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Let 'em Have It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Heinrich Henkel

  • Age of Indiscretion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Briggs

  • Mark of the Vampire(1935)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Stolen Harmony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mathew Huxley (uncredited)

  • A Dog of Flanders(1935)

    as Hans

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • One More Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Man in Elevator

  • Maybe It's Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Ole - the Janitor (uncredited)

  • The Night Is Young(1935)

    as Café Proprietor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Music in the Air(1934)

    as Zipfelhuber

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • No Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Budge (uncredited)

  • The Spectacle Maker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Hans Schmidt

  • The Fountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Kerstholt

  • Romance in the Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Slotnick

  • Little Man, What Now? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Herr Puttbreese

  • No Greater Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Watchman

  • No More Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Big Pants

  • Man of Two Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Knudson

  • Bureau of Missing Persons(1933)

    as Janitor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • A Man of Sentiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Herman Heupelkossel

  • Tugboat Annie(1933)

    as Sailor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Mary Stevens, M.D.(1933)

    as Mary's Janitor Gus

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Kiss Before the Mirror(1933)

    as Man on the Wrong Floor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Humanity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Schmiddy

  • Luxury Liner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Peasant Father

  • No Other Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Eli Bigavitch

  • Silver Dollar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Rische

  • Secrets of the French Police(1932)

    as Anton Dorain

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Crooked Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Old Dan

  • The Man from Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Swiss Terrace Waiter

  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Axel Nordstrom

  • The Belle of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 88 titles from 1919 to 1995.

Biggest box office

Pinocchio (1940)

$122M worldwide

Highest rated

Pinocchio (1940)

Midcredits 91st

Film career

  • 1935Screen debut· Mark of the Vampire
  • 1940Career best· Pinocchio

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting88 of 88: 88 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

1910s1 · acting1930s61 · acting1940s23 · acting1950s1 · acting1970s1 · acting1990s1 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 9 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Christian Rub's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 36; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Music in the Air (1934)

73rd percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Christian Rub work with?

People who share at least 2 of Christian Rub's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dorothy Yost shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers