Jan Rubeš
- Interprétation
- 6 juin 1920 · Volyně, Czechoslovakia
- 29 juin 2009
Biographie
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", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
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Filmographie
- Ordre & Châtiment : Le Péché de nos pères · Pope John Paul
- Tilt · Frank Modeste
- La république de l'amour · Strom
- Daniel et les Superdogs · The Colonel
- The Burial Society · Marvin Telekunsky
- Anthrax · Arthur Kowalski
- Le village du père Noël · Andree
- Believe · Jason Stiles
- La neige tombait sur les cèdres · Ole Jurgensen
- What Katy Did · Dr. Reinhart
- Nightmare Man · Evan Hannibal
- Le Solitaire · Markus Strand
- Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples · Hendrick de Vries
- Le 'cygne' du destin · Louis Klammer
- Inondations : Un fleuve en colère · Jacob
- Le troisième jumeau · Mr. Oliver
- Sarabande · Dr. Kassovitz
- Stargate SG-1 · Nicholas Ballard
- Never Too Late · Joseph
- Au-delà du réel : L'aventure continue · Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher
- Roommates · Bolek Krupa
- Les galons du silence · Far
- Boozecan · Pops
- Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio · Phantom
- Un tandem de choc · Dr. Mort Gustafson
- Urgences · Mr. Duzak
- Mesmer · Professor Stoerk
- Les Petits Champions 2 · Jan
- Les Oiseaux II · Karl
- X-Files : Aux frontières du réel · Vassily Peskow (uncredited), Vassily Peskow
- On My Own · The Colonel
- By Way of the Stars · Hausierer Nathan
- Devlin · Vittorio Di Fabrizi
- The Witches of Eastwick · Fidel
- Trahie · Tomasz
- Affaire non classée · Pavel
- Descending Angel · Bishop Dancu
- Amityville : La Malédiction · The Priest
- F-E-D-A
- Les Chemins Du Courage · Grandfather
- Divided Loyalties
- Cold Front · Zoubov
- Les Experts · Illyich
- Blind Fear · Lasky
- No Blame · Dr. Bloomer
- Something About Love · Stan Olynyk
- Le Baiser · Gordon Tobin
- La Guerre des Mondes - Dernier chapitre · Dr. Von Deer
- The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick · Augustus Glick
- Transplantations · Andreas
- Two Men · Michael Barra
- Froid comme la mort · Dr. Joseph Lewis
- The Marriage Bed · Max Ehrlich
- Kay O'Brien
- Un drôle de Noël · Santa Claus
- Kane & Abel · The Polish Consul
- Murder: By Reason of Insanity · Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)
- Meurtre dans l'espace · Gregory Denarenko
- Witness · Eli Lapp
- Charlie Grant's War · Jacob
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last
- L'Homme de Prague · Kaplan
- Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid · Psychiatrist
- Mr. Patman · Vrakettas
- Deadly Harvest · Swenson
- Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir · Patlenko
- Lions for Breakfast · Ivan
- L'incroyable randonnée · Carl Nurmi
- Festival · Guardian