Andrew Rubin obit

Andrew Rubin, a Cadet in the First ‘Police Academy’ Film, Dies at 69

He appeared in two Walter Matthau films and was on such TV shows as 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' and 'The Odd Couple.' 

He was not on the list.

Andy Rubin, who played cadet and ladies man George Martin in the first Police Academy movie, died Oct. 5 of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his manager, Joan Sittenfield, said. He was 69.

Rubin also starred opposite Walter Matthau in Casey’s Shadow (1978) and Little Miss Marker (1980) and portrayed Jesus Jarerra, a reporter for the Fernwood television station, on the 1970s Norman Lear syndicated hit Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

In the 1980s, Rubin played a Manhattan cop on the beat and partner of Peter Boyle on the ABC series Joe Bash, created by Danny Arnold (Barney Miller), and was a regular on two other short-lived network shows, Jessica Novak and Hometown.

In Police Academy (1984), Rubin’s character Martin is wearing a shower cap and caught sneaking into the women’s bunk room by Sgt. Debbie Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook), and they have sex. He later admits that he’s not the ladies man he’s cracked up to be and that his Spanish accent is fake.

Born in New Bedford, Mass., Rubin graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and made his TV debut on an episode of Bracken’s World in 1970. He later appeared on such shows as Ironside, The Odd Couple, The Streets of San Francisco, The Jeffersons and Lou Grant and, as ABC’s science editor Jules Bergman, in the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.

Sittenfield said that Rubin took almost 15 years off from acting and was involved with running several nonprofit, humanitarian organizations before returning to show business five years ago.

Survivors include his wife Lauren and brother Richard.

 

Actor

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

From the Earth to the Moon

8.6

TV Mini Series

Jules Bergman

1998

1 episode

 

Deadline: Madrid (1988)

Deadline: Madrid

6.6

TV Movie

Jonathan Taylor

1988

 

The Line

TV Movie

Ken Morris

1987

 

Peter Boyle and Andrew Rubin in Joe Bash (1986)

Joe Bash

7.0

TV Series

Willie Smith

1986

6 episodes

 

Hometown (1985)

Hometown

7.3

TV Series

Christopher Springer

1985

10 episodes

 

Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly in Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)

Hardcastle and McCormick

6.6

TV Series

Mickey Noonan

1984

1 episode

 

Kim Cattrall, Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Leslie Easterbrook, George Gaynes, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Andrew Rubin, Donovan Scott, and Bubba Smith in Police Academy (1984)

Police Academy

6.7

George Martín

1984

 

Tell Me That You Love Me (1983)

Tell Me That You Love Me

4.6

Ronny

1983

 

Helen Shaver and David Spielberg in Jessica Novak (1981)

Jessica Novak

TV Series

Phil Bonelli

1981

6 episodes

 

Roughnecks (1980)

Roughnecks

7.4

TV Movie

George Harris

1980

 

Julie Andrews, Walter Matthau, and Sara Stimson in Little Miss Marker (1980)

Little Miss Marker

6.3

Carter

1980

 

Edward Asner in Lou Grant (1977)

Lou Grant

7.3

TV Series

Jeff Lindsey

1980

1 episode

 

John Lansing, Stacey Pickren, and Joey Travolta in Sunnyside (1979)

Sunnyside

5.3

Eddie Reaper

1979

 

Casey's Shadow (1978)

Casey's Shadow

6.1

Buddy Bourdelle (as Andrew A. Rubin)

1978

 

Serpico (1976)

Serpico

6.9

TV Series

Vladimer (as Andrew A. Rubin)

1976

1 episode

 

Harold Gould and Stefanie Powers in The Feather and Father Gang (1976)

The Feather and Father Gang

7.0

TV Series

Delaney (as Andrew A. Rubin)

1976

1 episode

 

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

7.9

TV Series

Jesus Jarrera

1976

6 episodes

 

Susan Howard, Barry Newman, and Albert Salmi in Petrocelli (1974)

Petrocelli

7.2

TV Series

'Doc' Holliday

1976

1 episode

 

S.W.A.T. (1975)

S.W.A.T.

6.7

TV Series

Bud

1975

1 episode

 

Marla Gibbs, Paul Benedict, Franklin Cover, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Isabel Sanford, and Berlinda Tolbert in The Jeffersons (1975)

The Jeffersons

7.5

TV Series

Allan Willis

1975

1 episode

 

Cage Without a Key (1975)

Cage Without a Key

6.1

TV Movie

Russo

1975

 

Shazam! (1974)

Shazam!

6.5

TV Series

Ron Craig

1974

1 episode

 

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco

7.3

TV Series

Jack Davies

1973

1 episode

 

Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)

The Odd Couple

7.9

TV Series

Monroe Hernandez

Monroe (as Andy Rubin)

1972–1973

2 episodes

 

Group Marriage (1972)

Group Marriage

5.3

AC-DC (as Andy Rubin)

1972

 

Cannon (1971)

Cannon

6.8

TV Series

Ben Kendall

1972

1 episode

 

Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)

Ironside

6.9

TV Series

Ara

Frank

1970–1971

2 episodes

 

Bracken's World (1969)

Bracken's World

6.9

TV Series

Paul (Actor)

1970

1 episode