ABOUT JAN RUBES
Czech-Canadian opera singer and actor who was a winner of a 1990 Earle Grey Award and was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 1995.
He graduated from the Prague Conservatoire before joining the Prague Opera House as a bass singer.
He played the role of an Amish patriarch in Peter Weir's film Witness .
He was married to Susan Douglas Rubes from 1950 until his death in 2009, and they had three sons.
He played the role of Jan in the film D2: The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez .
