John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein

1946-12-08 Los Angeles, California, USA 83 Credits

Biography

John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director.

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Our Almost Completely True Story

Our Almost Completely True Story

2023

as Dr. Morrow

1.0
Acting

When a beautiful, tall, aging Hollywood star and a short, funny Jewish man try online dating, it's a disaster. But when they randomly meet at a bird ...

Trouble

Trouble

2023

6.0
Acting

Set in 1952, this musical thriller is what happens when a traveling salesman shows up on the doorstep of a dying old man and can't contain the song wi...

Being the Ricardos

Being the Ricardos

2021

as Older Jess Oppenheimer

6.5
Acting

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Electric City

Electric City

2016

as Voice Actor (voice)

6.5
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity lives in small settlements whose main activity is to produce electricity.

Daddy

Daddy

2015

as Uncle Liam

5.0
Acting

Colin McCormack thinks he has it all - a great job, a steady stream of hot younger guys, and a best friend whose devotion he takes for granted. But wh...

The Atticus Institute

The Atticus Institute

2015

as Marcus Wheeler

5.8
Acting

In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she ex...

A Mother's Rage

A Mother's Rage

2013

as Dr. White

5.4
Acting

A mother and her daughter, Conner, embark on a journey to Conner's new school - both unaware of how many "bumps" they may find along the way.

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012

as Dr. Floyd Ferris

5.3
Acting

Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continu...

Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going

2012

as Stan

6.0
Acting

An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce.

Healing Hands

Healing Hands

2010

as Dr. Harris

6.6
Acting

A near death experience gives a young man, engaged to be married, the ability to heal people.

Jekyll

Jekyll

2007

as Daniel Carew

2.3
Acting

When Dr. Jekyll creates his alter-ego avatar and then downloads him directly into his brain, he turns into a psychopathic, hedonistic, ultra-violent p...

Choose Connor

Choose Connor

2007

as Cary Evor

5.9
Acting

Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in...

Sublime

Sublime

2007

as Lichterhand

5.3
Acting

Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than origin...

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris

2006

as Tarnower's Best Friend

5.9
Acting

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean ...

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

2005

as Phil Raphaelson

6.2
Acting

When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.

Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution

Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution

2005

as Mark Geragos

Acting

A single blind date suffices for handsome gentleman Scott Peterson, a traveling salesman, to seduce Amber Frey all the way. When a colleague finds out...

21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

as Gynecologist

7.3
Acting

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...

Red Dragon

Red Dragon

2002

as Dinner Guest

7.0
Acting

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it ...

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

2000

as Rev. Hoverstock

5.6
Acting

About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigatio...

The Sleepwalker Killing

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

as Dr. Frank Corrigan

5.9
Acting

Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot...

Kid Cop

Kid Cop

1996

as Stan Dwerkin

7.2
Acting

Eleven year old Peter Hansen is determined to follow his Dad's career example by becoming a one-boy neighborhood police force. When a local burglary i...

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Norma Jean & Marilyn

1996

as Darryl Zanuck

6.2
Acting

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to furthe...

Mercy

Mercy

1995

as Frank Kramer

6.5
Acting

A couple of people steal the daughter of a famous lawyer. Now they want money to give her back, but it's not just the money they want. They want reven...

919 Fifth Avenue

919 Fifth Avenue

1995

as Jerome Wildsmith

1.0
Acting

When Ben Constant agreed to write a biography on the wealthy Van Degan family, he never suspected the depth of scandal and intrigue surrounding them.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

1994

as District Attorney

7.3
Acting

A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

1994

as Chip Chayken

7.2
Acting

While tracking a ruthless killer, RoboCop and Madigan uncover a conspiracy between insane genius Dr. Cray Mallardo and ruthless OCP executive Chip Cha...

Another Stakeout

Another Stakeout

1993

as Thomas Hassrick

5.5
Acting

A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where an important Mafia trial witness ...

The American Clock

The American Clock

1993

as Moe Baumler

6.5
Acting

Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...

In My Daughter's Name

In My Daughter's Name

1992

as Ban Worrall

6.2
Acting

A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.

Temptations

1992

Director

Directing

Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 3 The gang prepares to go their separate ways as the summer comes to a close.

Second Chances

1992

Director

Directing

Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 2 A girl struggles with her feelings as her mother prepares to remarry years after her father's death.

First Impressions

1992

Director

Directing

Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 1 A girl is torn whether to meet her birth mother.

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase

1990

as Norman DeRoin

7.4
Acting

A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.

Liberace

1988

as Jamie

6.0
Acting

A story of the famous pianist and entertainer, Liberace.

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988

as Johnny

Acting

Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely danc...

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun

1988

as Arthur Kane

3.0
Acting

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

Someone to Watch Over Me

Someone to Watch Over Me

1987

as Neil Steinhart

5.9
Acting

Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigne...

Rubinstein Remembered

Rubinstein Remembered

1987

as Self - Host

Acting

This program traces Rubinstein's career and features excerpts from his performances of works by Frederic Chopin, his favorite composer. There are also...

Still Crazy Like a Fox

1987

as Harrison Fox, Jr.

7.7
Acting

Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.

City Killer

City Killer

1984

Original Music Composer

5.4

An attractive young girl is being watched closely by her ex-lover, but matters soon start to escalate and run out of control.

The Dollmaker

The Dollmaker

1984

Music

7.5

During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying...

Choices of the Heart

1983

Original Music Composer

5.5

Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ...

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

1983

Music

6.0

A widowed mother, Ava Pryce (Katharine Ross) and daughter Susan Decker (Linda Hamilton) clash over the same man, a West Coast restaurant the owner nam...

Daniel

Daniel

1983

as Robert Lewin

6.6
Acting

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New...

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

1983

as Steve White

7.0
Acting

A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-...

I Take These Men

I Take These Men

1983

as David Koenig

1.0
Acting

Moments before being surprised at an anniversary garden party thrown by her husband and their family and friends, Carol Sherwood shocks him by saying ...

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1982

Original Music Composer

6.0

While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond becomes aware of a mute, disheveled girl named Belin...

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Skokie

Skokie

1981

as Herb Lewisohn

6.0
Acting

A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.

Killjoy

Killjoy

1981

as Dr. Paul Trenton

7.9
Acting

A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning deception? At City General Hospital, two young doctor...

The Silent Lovers

The Silent Lovers

1980

as Irving Thalberg

3.5
Acting

The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

To Race the Wind

To Race the Wind

1980

Music

8.5

A lighthearted dramatization of the autobiography of Harold Krents, a blind Harvard Law School student trying to make his way in a sighted world.

Amber Waves

Amber Waves

1980

Conductor, Music

8.5

A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but b...

Make Me an Offer

Make Me an Offer

1980

as Dr. Max Westcott

4.5
Acting

Joyce Windsor is a woman who gets involved in the real estate game after the husband she helped put through law school dumps her. But she has to deal ...

She's Dressed to Kill

She's Dressed to Kill

1979

as Alan Lenz

5.4
Acting

A fashion designer gives a private showing at her mansion over a weekend, but someone starts killing off the models.

In Search of Historic Jesus

1979

as Jesus

4.3
Acting

Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

1979

Music

6.0

The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of he...

Champions: A Love Story

Champions: A Love Story

1979

Original Music Composer

5.8

Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978

as David Bennett

6.7
Acting

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Happily Ever After

1978

as Richy Johnson

Acting

Suzanne Somers appears in her first TV starring role in this romantic comedy about an aspiring singer torn between making the most of her one chance a...

The New Maverick

The New Maverick

1978

Music

4.0

Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail of a fast buck.

China 9, Liberty 37

China 9, Liberty 37

1978

Original Music Composer

5.3

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to murder Matthew, a miner who has steadfastly refused t...

Stickin' Together

Stickin' Together

1978

Music

6.0

A Hawaiian beach bum finds himself surrogate uncle to five orphaned children, helping them stay together, in this pilot movie for a TV series which tu...

The Lazarus Syndrome

The Lazarus Syndrome

1978

Original Music Composer

4.6

An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taki...

Corey: For the People

Corey: For the People

1977

as Dan Corey

Acting

A wealthy socialite is accused of killing her husband. She claims self-defense as a battered wife, and the district attorney plans to go along with th...

The Car

The Car

1977

as John Norris

6.3
Acting

The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the...

Stalk the Wild Child

Stalk the Wild Child

1976

Original Music Composer

A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

1976

Original Music Composer

4.5

Haunted by visions from his abusive childhood, Montana deputy sheriff Lou Ford gradually exhibits the signs of a homicidal schizophrenic.

The Quest: The Longest Drive

The Quest: The Longest Drive

1976

as Wakely

5.0
Acting

To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market.

Mr. and Ms. and the Magic Studio Murders

1975

as David

Acting

A dead man's secret haunts a close-knit group of musicians.

All Together Now

All Together Now

1975

as Bill Lindsay

Acting

Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.

Kid Blue

Kid Blue

1973

Original Music Composer

6.9

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's ...

Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

1972

Original Music Composer

7.3

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of th...

The Sandpit Generals

The Sandpit Generals

1972

as Professor

5.8
Acting

Inspired by the classic novel by Brazilian cultural icon Jorge Amado, this is the story of a gang of homeless children lead by Pedro Bala. Set in Bahi...

The Candidate

The Candidate

1972

Original Music Composer

6.5

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Something Evil

Something Evil

1972

as Ernest Lincoln

5.4
Acting

A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants ...

A Howling in the Woods

A Howling in the Woods

1971

as Justin Conway

4.9
Acting

A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mys...

Zachariah

Zachariah

1971

as Zachariah

5.2
Acting

A blacksmith and an amateur gunslinger embark on journey through the west together but soon separate and have surreal experiences of their own.

Zachariah

Zachariah

1971

Songs

5.2

A blacksmith and an amateur gunslinger embark on journey through the west together but soon separate and have surreal experiences of their own.

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

1970

as Teddy

Acting

A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."

Getting Straight

Getting Straight

1970

as Herbert

6.4
Acting

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he...

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

1969

as Yale

4.7
Acting

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.