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词条 Benny Rubin
释义

  1. Radio and television

  2. Books

  3. Partial filmography

  4. References

  5. External links

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| image = Stooge027 bennyrubin.jpg
| caption = Rubin, circa 1920s
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|2|2}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|7|15|1899|2|2}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
| years_active = 1928–1981
| occupation = Actor, Comedian
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| spouse = Mary Bolt (1927–1986)
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Benny Rubin (February 2, 1899 – July 15, 1986) was a Jewish American comedian and film actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Rubin made more than 200 radio, film and television appearances over a span of 50 years.

Radio and television

Rubin was known for his ability to imitate many dialects, as was evident when he was a panelist on the joke-telling radio series, Stop Me If You've Heard This One. Benny Rubin also provided the voice for Joe Jitsu throughout the television cartoon series, The Dick Tracy Show.

On radio, he played Professor Kropotkin on My Friend Irma{{r|rp|page1=245}}, was a co-host of Only Yesterday{{r|rp|page1=261}} and was a member of the cast of The Bickersons.[1]

He made frequent guest appearances on both the radio and television versions of The Jack Benny Program. A popular bit included Jack asking a series of questions that Rubin would answer with an ever-increasing irritated, "I don't know!" followed by the punchline. In later years he made many bit appearances, sometimes uncredited, for instance in a number of Jerry Lewis features. He also guest appeared in an episode on the television series The Joey Bishop Show as the hypnotist, Max Collins.

According to Jack Benny's autobiography, Sunday Nights at Seven, he once cast Rubin to portray a Pullman porter. Although Rubin could do a convincing African-American dialect, the producer insisted he looked "too Jewish" for the part. As a result, Benny ended up giving the part to Eddie Anderson, and the porter character soon evolved into the famous "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.

In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction as Gus Huffle, owner of the Pixley movie theater, in the episode "Wings". (The episode title is in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings starring 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 Lew Lehr, Cal Tinney, Roger Bower and Rubin were collected in Stop Me If You've Heard This One (1949), a 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.[2]

Rubin died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California on July 15, 1986.

Partial filmography

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  • Naughty Baby (1928)
  • Sunny Skies (1930)
  • Hot Curves (1930)
  • Leathernecking (1930)
  • Julius Sizzer (1931) short film
  • Dumb Dicks (1932) short film
  • Guests Wanted (1932) short film
  • Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937) short film
  • Zis Boom Bah (1941)
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
  • Double Trouble (1941)
  • Tangier Incident (1953)
  • Up in Smoke (1957)
  • A Hole in the Head (1959)
  • The Errand Boy (1961)
  • Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
  • A House Is Not a Home (1964)
  • That Funny Feeling (1965)
  • Angel in My Pocket (1969)
  • Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)
  • How to Frame a Figg (1971)
  • The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976)
  • The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
  • Coma (1978)
  • The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
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References

1. ^Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. P. 37.
2. ^[https://www.amazon.com/Come-Backstage-Me-Benny-Rubin/dp/0879720409/ Rubin, Benny. Come Backstage with Me. Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1972.]
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External links

{{commons category|Benny Rubin}}
  • {{IMDb name|id=0748014|name=Benny Rubin}}
  • {{Find a Grave|6604894}}
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