Howard Nelson Rubien

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 29/08/2018, 8:30

Howard Nelson Rubien 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

1961

Una vita difficile (uncredited) .... Party guest

1962
Boccaccio '70 (uncredited) .... Man eating
Il Gattopardo (credited as Howard N. Rubien ) .... Don Diego
L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (uncredited) .... Laboratory specialist
La marcia su Roma (credited as Howard Rubiens) .... Professor Miliziade Bellinzoni
Maciste all'inferno (uncredited) .... Villager

1963
Maciste contro i Mongoli (credited as Rubien Howard) .... Mongol elder at Khan's funeral

1965
Due mafiosi contro Goldginger (uncredited) .... General
Io uccido, tu uccidi - segment "Giochi acerbi" (uncredited) .... The count, a guest at the memorial service

1966
Bel Ami 2000 / 100 ragazze per un playboy (uncredited) .... Party guest
Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Politician
Ramon il Messicano (uncredited) .... The doctor
Scusi lei è favorevole o contrario? (uncredited) .... Party guest

1967
Killer kid (credited as Nelson Rubien) .... El Santo

1969
Cuore di mamma (uncredited) .... Dean of the university
La caduta degli dei (credited as H. Nelson Rubien) .... General

1971
Morte a Venezia (uncredited) .... Hotel guest

1972
Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna (uncredited) .... Priest
L'età di Cosimo de' Medici (TV mini series) - episode 3 (credited as Honard Nelson Rubien) .... Giorgio Gemisto Pletone
Ludwig (uncredited) .... Ambassador

1973
Canterbury n.2 (uncredited) .... First storyteller
Pane e cioccolata (uncredited) .... Restaurant customer
Tutti figli di mammasantissima (uncredited) ... Corrupt senator

1975
Mahogany (uncredited) .... Man at fashion show

1976
A Matter of Time (uncredited) .... Disgruntled hotel guest
Cassandra Crossing (uncredited) .... Train passenger
Cuore di cane (credited as Nelson Rubien) .... Professor's guest
L'innocente (uncredited) .... Party guest
Oh, Serafina! (uncredited) .... Augusto's grandfather
Spogliamoci così senza pudor (uncredited) .... Friend of the Partibon family

1978
Le braghe del padrone (uncredited) .... Elegant man in car

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 13:09

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

Post by **carlos** » 31/08/2018, 13:11

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 31/08/2018, 13:15

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):

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 13:23

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

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 13:33

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 31/08/2018, 13:59

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: