TAB HUNTER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Tab Hunter was born on July 11th, 1931 in New York City, New York with the birth name Arthur Andrew Kelm to parents Charles and Gertrude.  He had one older brother and grew up in an abusive household.  Once his parents divorced, his mother relocated to California with him and his older brother.  

At the age of fifteen, he dropped out of school and he joined the Coast Guard not being honest with his true age, however when his age was revealed he was discharged from service.  He decided to consentrate on his love of horse riding and got a job at a riding academy which soon lead to his pursuit for a career as an actor even though he had no previous acting experience. 

His film debut was in "The Lawless" (1950) and he followed with a number of other roles such as "Island of Desire' (1952), "Battle Cry" (1955), "The Sea Chase" (1955), "The Burning Hill" (1956), "The Girl He Left Behind" (1956) and "Damn Yankees!" (1958) a role he is most known for today.
 
Hunter wanted to show the world he was actually talented and more then just good looks so he embarked on a singing career.  He actually made the top 40 chart with songs such as, "Young Love" (1957), however his music career did not last so long and therefore he returned back to acting to make a living.

Along with building a decent career as a film actor and now a recording artist he also began appearing on television.  He was given his own series, "The Tab Hunter Show" (1960) which only lasted one season but he did manage over his career to make more than 200 television appearances. 
 
The quality of film roles being offered to him were less then standard, but he took them anyway to stay working in the industry.  Such roles on films like, "Operation Bikini" (1963), "Ride the Wild Surf" (1964), "City in the Sea" (1965) and "Birds Do It" (1966) lead to him begin pursuing other entertainment aspects such as stage acting and touring the dinner circuit, but he also made regular appearances on, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976). 
 
He made a decent comeback in the 1980's with some of his later film roles in which he starred a total of three times with female impersonator Divine in, "Polyester" (1981), "Out of the Dark" (1989) and "Lust in the Dust" (1985).  
 
Today, Hunter still works in the industry as a film producer in Southern California at the age of seventy and was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording. 

Filmography

1992 Dark Horse
1989 Out of the Dark 
1988 Grotesque 
1988 Cameron's Closet 
1985 Lust in the Dust 
1984 Masquerade
1984 The Fall Guy
1982 Benson
1982 Grease 2 
1982 Pandemonium 
1981 Strike Force
1981 Polyester 
1980 Charlie's Angels 
1979 The Kid from Left Field
1979 $weepstake$
1978 Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold 
1978 Hawaii Five-O
1978 Police Woman
1977 The Love Boat
1977-1978 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1977 Forever Fernwood 
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood 
1976 McMillan & Wife
1976 Ellery Queen
1975 Timber Tramps 
1975 The Six Million Dollar Man
1973 Circle of Fear
1973 Sweet Kill 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1972 Cannon 
1971 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 
1971 Hacksaw 
1970 San Francisco International Airport
1970 The Virginian 
1969 Vengeance Is My Forgiveness
1969 The Legion of No Return 
1968 The Last Chance 
1967 Hostile Guns 
1967 The Cups of San Sebastian 
1966 Birds Do It 
1965 The Loved One 
1965 City in the Sea 
1964 Ride the Wild Surf
1964 Burke's Law
1964 Man with Two Faces 
1963 Operation Bikini 
1962 Combat! 
1962 Saints and Sinners
1962 The Golden Arrow 
1961 The Pleasure of His Company 
1960-1961 The Tab Hunter Show
1959 G.E. True Theater
1959 They Came to Cordura
1959 That Kind of Woman 
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis
1958 Damn Yankees!
1958 Gunman's Walk 
1958 Lafayette Escadrille 
1956-1958 Playhouse 90 
1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame 
1956 Conflict
1956 The Girl He Left Behind 
1956 The Burning Hills 
1955 Climax!
1955 The Sea Chase 
1955 The Ford Television Theatre 
1955 Battle Cry 
1954 Track of the Cat 
1954 Return to Treasure Island 
1953 The Steel Lady 
1953 Gun Belt 
1952 Island of Desire
1950 The Lawless