Nelson Rubien, Howard

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

[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

[Ciavazzaro]

A very nice role from Le braghe del padrone (1978) one of his last roles
In this scene Milena Vukotic must piss, but she does in this in Howard's car !

[Johan Melle]

Spogliamoci così senza pudor (1976) as Friend of the Partibon family