Benny Rubin

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Benny Rubin
Rubin (center-right) in Naughty Baby (1928)
Born
Benjamin Rubin

(1899-02-02)February 2, 1899
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 15, 1986(1986-07-15) (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHillside Memorial Park
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1928–1981
SpouseMary Bolt (1927–1934)

Benjamin Rubin (February 2, 1899 – July 15, 1986) was an American comedian and film actor. Born in Boston, Rubin made more than 200 radio, film and television appearances over a span of 50 years.

Career

In 1929, Rubin went to Hollywood, where he began working as a supporting actor in films and began developing his ethnic characters. His film debut was in Naughty Baby.[1]

Rubin was known for his ability to imitate many dialects. He performed in vaudeville with routines that included "English That's Different".[2]

Rubin demonstrated his dialect talents as a panelist on the joke-telling radio series, Stop Me If You've Heard This One. He also provided the voice for Joe Jitsu throughout the television cartoon series, The Dick Tracy Show. In 1963, he played the second Indian Chief on an episode of “The Beverly Hillbillies.”

On radio, he played Professor Kropotkin on

My Friend Irma,[3]: 245  was a co-host of Only Yesterday,[3]: 261  and was a member of the cast of The Bickersons.[3]

He made frequent guest appearances on both the radio and television versions of

The Joey Bishop Show
as the hypnotist, Max Collins.

Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
)

According to

Rochester Van Jones
".

He had a memorable turn in the Gunsmoke episode "Dr Herman Schultz M.D.", in which he played a physician who used his mesmeric skills to steal money.

He appeared in a 1961 episode of The Tab Hunter Show.

In 1968, he appeared on

Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen
, who also appear in the episode as themselves.) Then, in 1969, he appeared again (credited as the "man patient") in the episode: "The Ballard of the Everyday Housewife".

Books

Jokes by

Permabook
published by Garden City Publishing. Permabooks were designed with an unusual format of a paperback bound with stiff cardboard covers (with a "special wear-resistant finish") to simulate the look and feel of a hardcover book, and the company had previously published Best Jokes for All Occasions, edited by Powers Moulton.

The Stop Me If You've Heard This One Permabook featured a two-page foreword by Tinney, a one-page introduction by Bower, 66 pages of jokes by Bower, 85 pages of jokes by Tinney and 82 pages of jokes by Lehr. Under the heading, "P.S.", Rubin only had space for four jokes on two pages, as explained, "Benny Rubin was added to our show just before press time."

In 1972, Rubin published his autobiography, Come Backstage with Me.[4]

Personal life

On March 26, 1927, Rubin married actress Mary O'Brien. They had a daughter and were divorced in 1934.[5]

Rubin was the one disliked by The Three Stooges in the filming of Income Tax Sappy (1954), where he didn't like working with them. [incomprehensible]

Rubin appeared in a total of six Three Stooges short subjects. Since three of them occurred after the one mentioned above, he seems to have been able to put aside any real dislike he had for the team. [6]

Death

Rubin died of a

heart attack at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on July 15, 1986.[1] He is interred in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City.[7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^
    ProQuest 111099192
    . Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  2. ProQuest 100695055. Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via ProQuest
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
    .
  4. ISBN 978-0-8797-2040-7
    .
  5. ProQuest 101171396
    . Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Cast Member : Benny Rubin".
  7. ^ Distinguished Residents of Hillside Memorial Park (PDF). Hillside Memorial Park. 2011. p. 80.

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