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Acting

Benny Rubin

Career: Active from 1929 to 1966, with a break from 1942 to 1952, busiest in 1930 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Blunder Boys
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Benny Rubin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
3.0, average 5.5
Tension
3.9, average 5.9
Melancholy
2.7, average 4.7
Violence
2.1, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Slapstick Comedy 2
Classic Slapstick Comedy 2
Nostalgic 2
Fast-Paced 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

136

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 74

The Other Side of the Wind

74

as Abe Vogel

1970s

11 titles · average score 62

Coma

68

as Mr. Schwartz

TV show

What's Happening!!

48

TV show · as Duke Morgan

The Shaggy D.A.

48

as Waiter

Emergency!

78

TV show · as Sam Cranks

Sanford and Son

51

TV show

Bridget Loves Bernie

67

TV show

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

70

as Golfer (uncredited)

Funny Face

TV show

How to Frame a Figg

67

as Max

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

as Information Clerk #1

1960s

32 titles · average score 62

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Mr. Shapiro / Mr. Gold

That Girl

45

TV show

I Dream of Jeannie

72

TV show · as Lou / Dr. Wedemeyer

The Munsters

72

TV show

Petticoat Junction

43

TV show · as Chief Fleeteagle / Gus Huffle

Science Friction

as Mad Scientist / Gorilla (voice)

The Beverly Hillbillies

47

TV show · as Indian Chief #2

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Man in Park / Mr. Smith

The Dick Tracy Show

65

TV show · as Joe Jitsu

The Dick Van Dyke Show

84

TV show · as Pharmacist

Mister Ed

45

TV show

The Mr. Magoo Show

65

TV show · as Charlie (voice)

1950s

46 titles · average score 64

Peter Gunn

73

TV show

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Sassano

Hoofs and Goofs

51

as Mr. Dinklespiel

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Dr. Herman Schultz

Lassie

64

TV show

Income Tax Sappy

70

as Mr. Cash

Masterson of Kansas

58

as Coroner

Tricky Dicks

68

as Antonio Zucchini Salami Gorgonzola dePizza

Pardon My Backfire

65

as Escaped Convict

The Abbott and Costello Show

51

TV show · as Sam

I Love Lucy

81

TV show · as Driver

Dragnet

46

TV show

1940s

14 titles · average score 63

Hollow Triumph

66

as Cabbie (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High

64

as Chinaman (uncredited)

Mr. Wise Guy

61

as Second Waiter

Obliging Young Lady

58

as First Bird Lover with Eyeglasses (uncredited)

The Bashful Bachelor

as Pitch Man

Broadway

as Counsellor (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

91

as Smather (uncredited)

Double Trouble

as Cafe cook

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

72

as Bugs

Let's Make Music

as Music Publisher

Sunny

37

as Maj. Montgomery Sloan

No, No, Nanette

57

as Max

1930s

28 titles · average score 52

Happily Buried

as Prince Chris Manusha

Fighting Mad

as Benny

The Adventures of Jane Arden

60

as Marvin Piermont

On Again—Off Again

Screenplay

High Flyers

66

Screenplay

Traveling Saleslady

48

Screenplay

The Girl Friend

Screenplay

as Detective Benny Rubin

as Julius and Sizzer

Hot Curves

as Benny Goldberg

Crazy House

51

as Benny

Sunny Skies

as Benny Krantz

1920s

4 titles · average score 58

Marianne

63

as Sam

It's a Great Life

54

as Benny Friedman

The Delicatessen Kid

as The Delicatessen Kid

Naughty Baby

as Benny Cohen