Brubaker was born in Robinson, Illinois, on October 9, 1916, the son of George Brubaker.[1] His interest in acting developed when he was a student[2] at Robinson Township High School. He dropped out of Northwestern University after two years[1] and went to New York.[2]
Brubaker debuted as a professional actor in Oh Say Can You Sing, Dance or Act (1936), a production of the Federal Theatre Project.[2] While he worked at radio station KMPC, Brubaker caught the attention of an executive of Paramount Pictures,[1] and his film debut came in a bit part in Blonde Alibi (1946).[2]
Brubaker portrayed a deputy in the syndicated television series U.S. Marshal.[3] He was the only actor to have two recurring roles on the television series, Gunsmoke,[4] portraying both a bartender named Floyd and a stagecoach driver named Jim Buck (often uncredited).[2] Some of Brubaker's other credits included the Rock Hudson film, Seconds, and television crime dramas The Walter Winchell File and Perry Mason, and the television police drama The Asphalt Jungle.
Later years
After he left acting, Brubaker worked for Forest Lawn Cemetery as a director in the training department. When he retired from that job, he moved to Lake Elsinore, California.[1]
^Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1134. ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
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