Photo: Studio Publicity by Warner Bros. / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Tab Hunter fascinates me because he was manufactured as a 1950s heartthrob, blond and clean-cut on hundreds of magazine covers, while living a life the studios worked hard to hide. To me his story is really two stories: the matinee idol Hollywood sold, and the gay man who finally told the truth on his own terms decades later. I respect that he turned out to be more than the pretty face the publicity machine wanted, racking up forty-plus films and even a recording career. The 1960 Walk of Fame star feels almost beside the point next to his eventual honesty.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tab Hunter
- Name (Japanese)
- タブ・ハンター
- Reading
- たぶ・はんたー
- Born
- July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- Occupation
- singer / stage actor / television actor / film actor / novelist
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1960 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://tabhunter.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
Frequently asked questions
When was Tab Hunter born?
July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018.
Where is Tab Hunter from?
Tab Hunter is from Manhattan, New York, United States.
What does Tab Hunter do?
Tab Hunter works as singer, stage actor, television actor, film actor, novelist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.