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Profile of Tab Hunter
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Tab Hunter |
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New York, New York, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Tab Hunter (born July 11, 1931 in New York City, New York) is an American actor and singer.
He was born Male Kelm, the son of Jewish parents, Charles Kelm and Gertrude Gelien. Shortly after his birth, his mother decided on the first name of Arthur. Within a few years of his birth, his parents divorced and his mother moved with her two sons to California and all three took her maiden name of Gelien. Arthur's older brother, Walter ("Walt"), was later killed in the Vietnam War.
Signed to a film studio contract at Warner Bros. and renamed "Tab Hunter," he was one of many Hollywood B-picture actors whose rights were owned by the studio. His good looks got him pegged as a teen idol and he obtained a role in the film Island of Desire chiefly for this reason. His "Island" screen partner was '40s beauty Linda Darnell.
Although he had only a mediocre singing voice, based on his teen idol status he had a 1957 hit record with a cover of the Sonny James hit song, "Young Love", which topped the charts at #1 for over a month.
His own television show, "The Tab Hunter Show," had a brief run (1960-61). During this time he met actor Anthony Perkins, with whom he had an off-and-on sexual relationship for several years but his homosexuality was covered up by the studio.
For his contribution to the recording industry, Tab Hunter has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6320 Hollywood Blvd.
His career was revived in the '80s when he starred opposite Divine in two films: John Waters' Polyester (1981) and Paul Bartel's Lust in the Dust (1985). He also wrote the story for, and appeared in, the movie "Dark Horse" (1992).
Tab Hunter currently lives in Montecito, California, near Santa Barbara. His autobiography, "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" (ISBN 1565124669) was released on October 10, 2005. The book was co-written by Eddie Muller.
Hunter has appeared in over fifty films which include:
- Saturday Island aka Island of Desire (1952) (opposite Linda Darnell)
- Gun Belt (1953)
- The Steel Lady (1953)
- Return to Treasure Island (1954)
- Battle Cry (1955)
- The Burning Hills (1956) (opposite Natalie Wood)
- Damn Yankees (1958)
- That Kind of Woman (1959)
- Operation Bikini (1963) (with Frankie Avalon)
- Ride the Wild Surf (1964) (with Fabian)
- The Loved One (1965)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
- Polyester (1981) (opposite Divine)
- Lust in the Dust (1985) (opposite Divine)
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