Trivia

In 2001 he and his family helped to establish The Christopher J. Rubes Center For EMS Studies, named after his physician son who died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1996.

Became a member of the Order of Canada in 1995, a civilian honour awarded to Canadian citizens for outstanding achievement and service to the country or to humanity at large.

He appeared in the first CBC (Canada) telecast with pianist Glenn Gould in 1953.

Has a house in Ontario, Canada, where he lives in summer and a second home in Florida, USA, where he stays in winter.

Ranked 2nd in Canada among competitive senior tennis players in 1991.

His grandson is called Jasan Rubes. His name means "ash tree" in Slavic languages.

He was a founding member of the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. He performed with the company more than a thousand times between 1949 and 1989.

Co-starred with his wife, Susan Douglas Rubes, in The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988), and also in the later CBC television series Max Glick (1990).

His autobiography, 'Jan Rubes: A Man of Many Talents' was published in Canada in 2007.

Father of actor Anthony Dean Rubes.