Howard Nelson Rubien

[Ciavazzaro]

Howard Nelson Rubien (on the right) in Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966)

Howard Nelson Rubien is another very interesting generico, who made many many movies from the 60's til the end of the 70's.
His most famous credited role is the one in Il gattopardo (1963), but he is credited too in Killer Kid (1967) as Nelson Rubien, in L'età di Cosimo De' Medici (1972) as Honard Nelson Rubien.
But the majority of the time he is uncredited.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1961

1. Il pianeta degli uomini spenti (uncredited) .... United Commission representative
2. Il Re di Poggioreale (uncredited) .... Professor who asks for penicillin
3. Una vita difficile (uncredited) .... Eccellenza, party guest
   
   1962
4. Boccaccio '70 (uncredited) .... Man eating
5. Il sorpasso (uncredited) .... Man waiting in toilet door
6. L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (uncredited) .... Laboratory specialist
7. La marcia su Roma (credited as Howard Rubiens) .... Professor Miliziade Bellinzoni
8. Maciste all'inferno (uncredited) .... Villager
   
   1963
9. I 4 tassisti (uncredited) .... Man asking questions (uncertain identification)
10. Il Gattopardo (credited as Howard N. Rubien ) .... Don Diego
11. Maciste contro i Mongoli (credited as Rubien Howard) .... Mongol elder at Khan's funeral
    
    1964
12. Extraconiugale (uncredited) .... Man in Renato's home movie
    
    1965
13. Due mafiosi contro Goldginger (uncredited) .... General
14. Io uccido, tu uccidi - segment "Giochi acerbi" (uncredited) .... The count, a guest at the memorial service
    
    1966
15. Bel Ami 2000 / 100 ragazze per un playboy (uncredited) .... Party guest
16. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Politician
17. Ramon il Messicano (uncredited) .... The doctor
18. Requiem per un agente segreto (uncredited) .... The professor
19. Scusi lei è favorevole o contrario? (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1967
20. Killer kid (credited as Nelson Rubien) .... El Santo
    
    1969
21. Cuore di mamma (uncredited) .... Dean of the university
22. La caduta degli dei (credited as H. Nelson Rubien) .... General
    
    1971
23. Morte a Venezia (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
24. Stress (uncredited) .... Marquis
    
    1972
25. Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna (uncredited) .... Priest
26. L'età di Cosimo de' Medici (TV mini series) - episode 3 (credited as Honard Nelson Rubien) .... Giorgio Gemisto Pletone
27. Ludwig (uncredited) .... Ambassador
    
    1973
28. Canterbury n.2 (uncredited) .... First storyteller
29. Pane e cioccolata (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer
30. Tutti figli di mammasantissima (uncredited) ... Corrupt senator
    
    1975
31. Mahogany (uncredited) .... Man at fashion show
    
    1976
32. A Matter of Time (uncredited) .... Disgruntled hotel guest
33. Cassandra Crossing (uncredited) .... Train passenger
34. Cuore di cane (credited as Nelson Rubien) .... Professor's guest
35. L'innocente (uncredited) .... Party guest
36. Oh, Serafina! (uncredited) .... Augusto's grandfather
37. Spogliamoci così senza pudor (uncredited) .... Friend of the Partibon family
    
    1978
38. Le braghe del padrone (uncredited) .... Elegant man in car

[Ciavazzaro]

I have found him in many movies, so i wanted to open a topic for Howard too.

Here uncredited as party guest in Scusi lei è favorevole o contrario? (1966) - pic not mine

He is a guest at the memorial service (uncredited) in Io uccido, tu uccidi (1965), segment "Giochi acerbi"

And again uncredited in Boccaccio '70 (1962), segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"

And as Augusto's grandfather in Oh Serafina (1976) - still uncredited

[carlos]

Ah yes. This quite distinguished looking gentleman in the aforementioned Killer Kid as the patriarch of the revolution, El Santo (The Saint)

And a very bad screen from Ramon il Messicano (1966) as the doctor (uncredited)

edit: replaced pic with a much better one - carlos

[Johan Melle]

Yes, Mr. Rubien is an interesting actor who definitely deserves his own topic! And like all good generici he also appeared in fotoromanzi! He has a very good role (credited as Howard Rubien) in Sofia N. 2: "Il giglio di Hong-Kong" (April 1964):

[Ciavazzaro]

More roles for Howard!

First his credited one from Visconti's famous La caduta degli dei (1969)

Then his credited role in Cuore di cane (1976)

And then a very nice but uncredited part in Tutti figli di mammasantissima (1973) as a corrupt senator

[Ciavazzaro]

I found a very nice little role for Howard in Cuore di mamma (1969).

He plays a general who protested to some young people because they made noises, but he doesn't feel well and all the boys dance like they are in the army!

Also in Una vita difficile (1961)

And in Bel Ami 2000 a.k.a. 100 ragazze per un playboy (1966) as party guest husband of Irina Wassilchikoff

[Johan Melle]

All pictures from the old forum are now restored, but to Ciavazzaro: the role in Una vita difficile is missing from the filmography. Can you write the role and whether he was credited or not in the filmography?

Anyway, I have found two more roles for Howard. After his role in La caduta degli dei (1969), he worked for Visconti in at least two more films.

In Morte a Venezia (1971) he can be seen in several scenes as a hotel guest and has some brief dialogue, too, but he's uncredited:

He is also in L'innocente (1976) where he can be spotted in a few scenes as a party guest:

Of course, as noted in the first post, he also acted for Visconti in Il gattopardo (1963), but we're still waiting for the picture.

[mortimer]

Due mafiosi contro Goldginger (1965) as General (uncredited)

Canterbury n.2 (1973) as First storyteller (uncredited)

plus a pic for Pane e cioccolata (1973), listed on IMDb

[Johan Melle]

Yay! More roles! Keep 'em coming!

[Ciavazzaro]

Thank you Mortimer !
Im gonna check for the credits in Una vita difficile, and i forgot he plays a party guest.

I also have more roles too !