John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein

Active - 1969 - 2021  |   Born - Dec 8, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States  |   Genres - Drama, Mystery, Comedy

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John Rubinstein was born in Los Angeles in 1946, the same year that his celebrated father, 59-year-old concert pianist Arthur B. Rubinstein, became an American citizen. A fine musician in his own right, John has worked on the scores of such films as The Candidate (1972) and Jeremiah Johnson (1972). The younger Rubinstein is, however, far better known as an actor. He made a well-received Broadway debut in the popular musical Pippin and later co-starred in Children of a Lesser God and A Soldier's Tale. A familiar TV and movie face since 1970, Rubinstein starred in the 1972 theatrical feature Pippin, was featured as Meredith Baxter's ex-husband in the Mike Nichols-produced TV series Family (1976-1980), and was cast as MGM mogul Irving Thalberg in the 1980 TV movie The Silent Lovers. He was most familiar for his three-season (1984-1986) portrayal of uptight attorney Harrison K. Fox on the tongue-in-cheek private eye weekly Crazy Like a Fox. John Rubinstein is married to actress Judy West.

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  • Went to grade school at St. Bernard's in New York.
  • Made his Broadway debut in Pippin in 1972.
  • Won a Peabody Award for his musical score for the TV-movie Amber Waves.
  • Directed a 1987 production of the play The Rover at the Williamstown Theatre Festival after the original director failed to show up. 
  • Has taught a musical-theater class at the University of Southern California.