Biography
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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide