
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.

as Pope John Paul

as Strom

as The Colonel

as Marvin Telekunsky

as Arthur Kowalski

as Andree

as Jason Stiles

as Ole Jurgensen

as Dr. Reinhart

as Evan Hannibal

as Markus Strand

as Hendrick de Vries

as Louis Klammer

as Jacob

as Dr. Kassovitz

as Joseph

as Bolek Krupa

as Pops

as Phantom

as Professor Stoerk

as Jan

as Karl

as The Colonel

as Vittorio Di Fabrizi

as Fidel

as Tomasz

as Pavel

as Bishop Dancu

as The Priest

as Grandfather

as Zoubov

as Illyich

as Lasky

as Dr. Bloomer

as Stan Olynyk

as Gordon Tobin

as Augustus Glick

as Andreas

as Michael Barra

as Dr. Joseph Lewis

as Max Ehrlich

as Santa Claus

as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)

as Gregory Denarenko

as Eli Lapp

as Jacob

as Kaplan

as Psychiatrist

as Vrakettas

as Swenson

as Ivan

as Carl Nurmi