Jan Rubeš

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 06, 1920 (105 years old)
Death date
Jun 29, 2009

Jan Rubeš

Known For

Anthrax
1h 29m
Movie 2001

Anthrax

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 blame on a local agricultural research center. A reporter encourages the angry ranchers - led by the Mountie's mother-in-law - to stage a sit-in at the research center. When an eccentric old rancher dies after being exposed to a deadly strain of anthrax, the protesters are quarantined. No one notices that the reporter has disappeared - along with several vials of the deadly bacteria. The RCMP officer begins his own investigation, gleaning information from a U.S. government agent. He finds himself racing against time to recover the stolen anthrax.

Believe
1h 37m
Movie 2000

Believe

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 he begins to see the ghost of a woman around his grandfather's house. He also gets to know a girl named Kathrine and the two fast become friends. They both want to help the ghost who holds a connection to both of their families. As they research the past, Ben and Katherine find out that sometimes all you need to do to help someone is to believe.

Nightmare Man
1h 38m
Movie 1999

Nightmare Man

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

The White Raven
1h 32m
Movie 1998

The White Raven

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 largest diamond ever mined was used during World War II to buy a Jewish woman freedom from a prison camp. Only trouble is it disappeared after the war and now everyone is after it, including the Russians, former Nazis, gangsters, and the original owner. Somehow, the story that the journalist originally wrote about a camp survivor is believed to have leads to the diamond.

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1h 49m
Movie 1998

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

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

The Third Twin
TV Show 1997

The Third Twin

A biologist falls for a twin she is studying and confronts a scientist with evidence on a cloning scandal.

Sarabande
0h 56m
Movie 1997

Sarabande

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 to Canada to perform Bach's Cello Suites.

Roommates
1h 48m
Movie 1995

Roommates

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

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
0h 55m
Movie 1994

Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio

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

Mesmer
1h 47m
Movie 1994

Mesmer

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

Biography

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 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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