People
Jan Rubeš
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",... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Our Fathers as Pope John Paul | 2005-05-11 |
| Daniel and the Superdogs as The Colonel | 2004-10-27 |
| The Burial Society as Marvin Telekunsky | 2002-10-07 |
| Anthrax as Arthur Kowalski | 2001-01-01 |
| The Christmas Secret as Andree | 2000-12-12 |
| Believe as Jason Stiles | 2000-03-22 |
| Snow Falling on Cedars as Ole Jurgensen | 1999-12-22 |
| What Katy Did as Dr. Reinhart | 1999-01-01 |
| Nightmare Man as Evan Hannibal | 1999-01-01 |
| The White Raven as Markus Strand | 1998-12-18 |
| Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples as Hendrick de Vries | 1998-05-10 |
| Music from Another Room as Louis Klammer | 1998-04-24 |
| Flood: A River's Rampage as Jacob Gunderson | 1997-11-16 |
| Sarabande as Dr. Kassovitz | 1997-10-24 |
| Never Too Late as Joseph | 1996-08-26 |
| Roommates as Bolek Krupa | 1995-03-03 |
| Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Far | 1995-01-23 |
| Boozecan as Pops | 1994-10-22 |
| Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio as Phantom | 1994-10-21 |
| Mesmer as Professor Stoerk | 1994-08-25 |
| D2: The Mighty Ducks as Jan | 1994-03-25 |
| The Birds II: Land's End as Karl | 1994-03-19 |
| On My Own as The Colonel | 1993-07-02 |
| Devlin as Vittorio Di Fabrizi | 1992-09-12 |
| The Witches of Eastwick as Fidel | 1992-07-03 |
| Deceived as Tomasz | 1991-09-27 |
| Class Action as Pavel | 1991-03-15 |
| Descending Angel as Bishop Dancu | 1990-11-25 |
| The Amityville Curse as The Priest | 1990-05-07 |
| F-E-D-A | 1990-03-28 |
| Courage Mountain as Grandfather | 1990-02-14 |
| Divided Loyalties | 1990-02-13 |
| Cold Front as Zoubov | 1989-09-29 |
| The Experts as Illyich | 1989-01-13 |
| Blind Fear as Lasky | 1989-01-01 |
| No Blame | 1988-12-12 |
| Something About Love | 1988-12-09 |
| The Kiss as Gordon Tobin | 1988-10-14 |
| The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick as Augustus Glick | 1988-09-16 |
| Blood Relations as Andreas | 1988-07-01 |
| Dead of Winter as Dr. Joseph Lewis | 1987-02-06 |
| The Marriage Bed as Max Ehrlich | 1986-12-22 |
| One Magic Christmas as Santa Claus | 1985-11-22 |
| Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited) | 1985-10-01 |
| Murder in Space as Gregory Denarenko | 1985-07-28 |
| Witness as Eli Lapp | 1985-02-08 |
| Charlie Grant's War as Jacob | 1985-01-27 |
| The Amateur as Kaplan | 1981-12-11 |
| Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid as Psychiatrist | 1981-09-19 |
| Mr. Patman as Vrakettas | 1981-04-22 |
| Deadly Harvest as Swenson | 1977-08-21 |
| Lions for Breakfast as Ivan | 1975-05-07 |
| The Incredible Journey as Carl Nurmi | 1963-11-20 |

