Andrew Rubin
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Andrew Rubin was an actor best known for his role as George Martin in the first Police Academy movie. Rubin played the cadet and ladies' man in the 1984 comedy starring Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey and Kim Cattrall about a group of misfit police academy students and their instructors.
Rubin also appeared in the movies Sunnyside and Tell Me That You Love Me, as well as Casey’s Shadow and Little Miss Marker, opposite Walter Matthau.
His work in television was more extensive, with appearances on the series Ironside, Cannon, The Odd Couple, The Streets of San Francisco, Shazam!, The Jeffersons, S.W.A.T., Serpico, Lou Grant and Hardcastle and McCormick. He played recurring characters on several popular series, including six episodes of Norman Lear’s 1970’s sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, as reporter Jesus Jarrera.
He also played Phil Bonelli on Jessica Novak and Christopher Springer on Hometown, two short-lived network shows, the latter starring Jane Kaczmarek. In 1986 he played Willie Smith, a Manhattan cop, and partner to Peter Boyle’s title character on ABC’s Joe Bash.
Andrew Rubin was an actor best known for his role as George Martin in the first Police Academy movie. Rubin played the cadet and ladies' man in the 1984 comedy starring Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey and Kim Cattrall about a group of misfit police academy students and their instructors.
Rubin also appeared in the movies Sunnyside and Tell Me That You Love Me, as well as Casey’s Shadow and Little Miss Marker, opposite Walter Matthau.
His work in television was more extensive, with appearances on the series Ironside, Cannon, The Odd Couple, The Streets of San Francisco, Shazam!, The Jeffersons, S.W.A.T., Serpico, Lou Grant and Hardcastle and McCormick. He played recurring characters on several popular series, including six episodes of Norman Lear’s 1970’s sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, as reporter Jesus Jarrera.
He also played Phil Bonelli on Jessica Novak and Christopher Springer on Hometown, two short-lived network shows, the latter starring Jane Kaczmarek. In 1986 he played Willie Smith, a Manhattan cop, and partner to Peter Boyle’s title character on ABC’s Joe Bash.
Additionally, he appeared in the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, as well as the television movies Cage Without a Key, Roughnecks, The Line and Deadline: Madrid.
Rubin died October 5, 2015, in Los Angeles. He was 69.
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