Jan Rubeš

Jan Rubeš

1920-06-06 Volyně, Czechoslovakia 51 Credits

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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 o...

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Our Fathers

Our Fathers

2005

as Pope John Paul

6.4
Acting

In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of ...

Daniel and the Superdogs

Daniel and the Superdogs

2004

as The Colonel

6.8
Acting

A young boy still recovering from his mother's recent death teams with his two best friends to turn a regular pooch into a stunt-performing super-dog ...

The Burial Society

The Burial Society

2002

as Marvin Telekunsky

5.3
Acting

In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates the mysterious world of the Chevrah Kadisha ...

Anthrax

Anthrax

2001

as Arthur Kowalski

3.7
Acting

When cattle mysteriously start dying of anthrax in a small Alberta ranching community, an RCMP officer tries to keep the peace as ranchers lay the bla...

The Christmas Secret

The Christmas Secret

2000

as Andree

5.8
Acting

In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas...

Believe

Believe

2000

as Jason Stiles

5.3
Acting

After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern Grandfather in a small town. Almost as soon as he arrives h...

Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

as Ole Jurgensen

6.1
Acting

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emot...

What Katy Did

What Katy Did

1999

as Dr. Reinhart

7.0
Acting

A 13-year-old girl is more than her widowed father can handle at times, even with help from her aunt, until a tragic accident changes her outlook on l...

Nightmare Man

Nightmare Man

1999

as Evan Hannibal

Acting

After recovering from a near-fatal wound, a cop develops the ability to see crime scenes through psychic flashes.

The White Raven

The White Raven

1998

as Markus Strand

3.5
Acting

A journalist gets pulled into an intrigue by his editor that involves a story that he received a Pulitzer for years before. It seems that the second l...

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

1998

as Hendrick de Vries

1.0
Acting

Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust victims.

Music from Another Room

Music from Another Room

1998

as Louis Klammer

5.8
Acting

Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl h...

Flood: A River's Rampage

Flood: A River's Rampage

1997

as Jacob Gunderson

4.8
Acting

After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it's banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Kate Vernon realise their town is next on the hit li...

Sarabande

Sarabande

1997

as Dr. Kassovitz

6.5
Acting

The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he travels...

Never Too Late

Never Too Late

1996

as Joseph

4.0
Acting

Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.

Roommates

Roommates

1995

as Bolek Krupa

5.9
Acting

An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

1995

as Far

5.7
Acting

After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen h...

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio

1994

as Phantom

Acting

Shari, Lamb Chop, and the gang visit a studio haunted by a mysterious phantom.

Mesmer

Mesmer

1994

as Professor Stoerk

6.0
Acting

A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal mag...

D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks

1994

as Jan

6.2
Acting

After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Duck...

The Birds II: Land's End

The Birds II: Land's End

1994

as Karl

3.7
Acting

Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more...

On My Own

On My Own

1993

as The Colonel

6.0
Acting

Simon Henderson is at boarding school in Canada while his father works in Hong Kong, and his mother lives in England. When his parents visit him in th...

Devlin

Devlin

1992

as Vittorio Di Fabrizi

5.0
Acting

A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.

The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

1992

as Fidel

6.0
Acting

An unsold TV series pilot about three single witches living together who try to conjure up their idea of the "perfect man." One day, their wish comes ...

Deceived

Deceived

1991

as Tomasz

5.7
Acting

The murder of a museum curator places art dealer Jack Saunders under suspicion for selling forged treasures to museums. When Jack suddenly dies in a c...

Class Action

Class Action

1991

as Pavel

6.3
Acting

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie ag...

Descending Angel

Descending Angel

1990

as Bishop Dancu

5.0
Acting

A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass murder...

The Amityville Curse

The Amityville Curse

1990

as The Priest

3.9
Acting

After purchasing a property in Amityville, New York, Debbie and her husband invite three of their closest friends to help renovate. Immediately uneasy...

Courage Mountain

Courage Mountain

1990

as Grandfather

6.0
Acting

At the beginning of World War I, a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school.

Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties

1990

Acting

Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, and the events that led to the birth of Canada as a nation. During the time of the American Revolution, w...

Cold Front

Cold Front

1989

as Zoubov

4.4
Acting

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.

The Experts

The Experts

1989

as Illyich

4.4
Acting

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don'...

Blind Fear

Blind Fear

1989

as Lasky

4.0
Acting

A blind employee at a New England lodge is in danger when a gang of killers arrives to stay at the lodge.

No Blame

1988

Acting

Amy Donaldson, a successful fashion editor of City Magazine, is married to Carl, an accountant, and they have one young son, Brian. Amy is pregnant an...

Something About Love

1988

6.2
Acting

Wally Olynyk (Stefan Wodoslawsky) returns home to the Cape Breton region of Nova Scotia in this somber drama. After years of living in Los Angeles, he...

The Kiss

The Kiss

1988

as Gordon Tobin

5.8
Acting

After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to ...

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

1988

as Augustus Glick

5.5
Acting

The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing fami...

Blood Relations

Blood Relations

1988

as Andreas

3.9
Acting

A trip to meet her fiance's family becomes a descent into hell when Marie discovers that her future husband wants more than just a wife... Dying for ...

Dead of Winter

Dead of Winter

1987

as Dr. Joseph Lewis

6.0
Acting

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

The Marriage Bed

The Marriage Bed

1986

as Max Ehrlich

7.0
Acting

Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years. Annie looks back via flashbacks at h...

One Magic Christmas

One Magic Christmas

1985

as Santa Claus

5.8
Acting

Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gid...

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985

as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)

3.5
Acting

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wif...

Murder in Space

Murder in Space

1985

as Gregory Denarenko

4.8
Acting

Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing t...

Witness

Witness

1985

as Eli Lapp

7.1
Acting

While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their communi...

Charlie Grant's War

Charlie Grant's War

1985

as Jacob

7.0
Acting

A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.

The Amateur

The Amateur

1981

as Kaplan

5.4
Acting

A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discove...

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

1981

as Psychiatrist

5.0
Acting

Set within the super-rich jet-set society of Paris, Richard Harris portrays a man whose life is gradually being destroyed. From sexual trauma to finan...

Mr. Patman

Mr. Patman

1981

as Vrakettas

4.5
Acting

Women, patients and paranoia surround an Irish night-shift orderly in a Canadian mental ward.

Deadly Harvest

Deadly Harvest

1977

as Swenson

4.3
Acting

Farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world's worst famine.

Lions for Breakfast

1975

as Ivan

8.0
Acting

A man, a dog, and two boys travel together by bus, including a tour through a safari park.

The Incredible Journey

The Incredible Journey

1963

as Carl Nurmi

6.6
Acting

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?