Biography
John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Our Almost Completely True Story
2023
as Dr. Morrow
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
2023
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
2021
as Older Jess Oppenheimer
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
2021
as Self
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
2016
as Voice Actor (voice)
In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity lives in small settlements whose main activity is to produce electricity.

Daddy
2015
as Uncle Liam
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
2015
as Marcus Wheeler
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
2013
as Dr. White
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
2012
as Dr. Floyd Ferris
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
2012
as Stan
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
2010
as Dr. Harris
A near death experience gives a young man, engaged to be married, the ability to heal people.

Jekyll
2007
as Daniel Carew
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
2007
as Cary Evor
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
2007
as Lichterhand
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
2006
as Tarnower's Best Friend
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
2005
as Phil Raphaelson
When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.

Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution
2005
as Mark Geragos
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
2003
as Gynecologist
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
2002
as Dinner Guest
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
2000
as Rev. Hoverstock
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
1997
as Dr. Frank Corrigan
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
1996
as Stan Dwerkin
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
1996
as Darryl Zanuck
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
1995
as Frank Kramer
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
1995
as Jerome Wildsmith
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
1994
as District Attorney
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
1994
as Chip Chayken
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
1993
as Thomas Hassrick
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
1993
as Moe Baumler
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
1992
as Ban Worrall
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
Temptations
1992
Director
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
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
Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 1 A girl is torn whether to meet her birth mother.

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
1990
as Norman DeRoin
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
A story of the famous pianist and entertainer, Liberace.

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988
as Johnny
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
1988
as Arthur Kane
The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
as Neil Steinhart
Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigne...

Rubinstein Remembered
1987
as Self - Host
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.
Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.

City Killer
1984
Original Music Composer
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
1984
Music
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
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
1983
Music
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
1983
as Robert Lewin
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
1983
as Steve White
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
1983
as David Koenig
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
1982
Original Music Composer
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
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Skokie
1981
as Herb Lewisohn
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.

Killjoy
1981
as Dr. Paul Trenton
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
1980
as Irving Thalberg
The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

To Race the Wind
1980
Music
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
1980
Conductor, Music
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
1980
as Dr. Max Westcott
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
1979
as Alan Lenz
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
Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979
Music
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
1979
Original Music Composer
Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.

The Boys from Brazil
1978
as David Bennett
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Happily Ever After
1978
as Richy Johnson
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
1978
Music
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
1978
Original Music Composer
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
1978
Music
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
1978
Original Music Composer
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
1977
as Dan Corey
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
1977
as John Norris
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
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
1976
Original Music Composer
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
1976
as Wakely
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
A dead man's secret haunts a close-knit group of musicians.

All Together Now
1975
as Bill Lindsay
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
1973
Original Music Composer
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
1972
Original Music Composer
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
1972
as Professor
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
1972
Original Music Composer
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
1972
as Ernest Lincoln
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
1971
as Justin Conway
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
1971
as Zachariah
A blacksmith and an amateur gunslinger embark on journey through the west together but soon separate and have surreal experiences of their own.

Zachariah
1971
Songs
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
1970
as Teddy
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
1970
as Herbert
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
1969
as Yale
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.