Hunter, Tab, 1931-2018
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Personality
- Hallmark hall of fame. Hans Brinker ... [MP] 1958-02-09:
- Halliwell's filmgoer's companion, 1983 Tab Hunter, the chiseled 1950s heartthrob who portrayed Joe Hardy in the Damn Yankees! movie, had a No. 1 record and starred in two outlandish films with the drag queen Divine, died Sunday night [July 8 2018] in Santa Barbara. He was born Arthur Andrew Kelm on July 11, 1931, in New York City ( (Hollywood Reporter website, viewed 09 July 2018) )
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond hair and clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. During the 1950s and 1960s, in his twenties and thirties, Hunter was a Hollywood heart-throb, acting in numerous roles and appearing on the covers of hundreds of magazines. His notable screen credits include Battle Cry (1955), The Girl He Left Behind (1956),Gunman's Walk (1958), Damn Yankees (1958), and Polyester (1981) . Hunter also had a music career in the late 1950s; in 1957, he released a no. 1 hit single "Young Love". Hunter's 2005 autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, was a New York Times bestseller.
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