Editing Tab Hunter (section)

{{Short description|American actor (1931–2018)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tab Hunter
| image              = TABHUnter.jpg
| caption            = Hunter in 1956
| other_names        = Art Gelien
| birth_name         = Arthur Andrew Kelm
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1931|07|11}}
| birth_place        = [[Manhattan]], New York City, U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2018|07|08|1931|07|11}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Barbara, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Santa Barbara Cemetery]], California, U.S.
| occupation         = {{Hlist|Actor|singer|film producer|writer}}
| years_active       = 1950–2015
| spouse             = {{Marriage|[[Allan Glaser]]|2013}}<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite news|last=Hamilton|first=William L.|date=September 18, 2005|title=Did Success Spoil Tab Hunter?|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/fashion/sundaystyles/18tab.html|access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|tabhunter.com}}
}}
'''Tab Hunter''' (born '''Arthur Andrew Kelm'''; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018)<ref name="NewYorkTimes">{{cite news|date=July 9, 2018|title=Tab Hunter, 86, 1950s Hollywood heartthrob, is dead|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/obituaries/tab-hunter-86-1950s-hollywood-heartthrob-is-dead.html|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Tab Obituary">{{cite news|last1=Bergan|first1=Ronald|date=July 9, 2018|title=Tab Hunter obituary|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/09/tab-hunter-obituary|access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> 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 (film)|Battle Cry]]'' (1955), ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]'' (1956), ''[[Gunman's Walk]]'' (1958), ''[[Damn Yankees (1958 film)|Damn Yankees]]'' (1958), and ''[[Polyester (film)|Polyester]]'' (1981). Hunter also had a music career in the late 1950s; in 1957, he released a no. 1 hit single "[[Young Love (1956 song)|Young Love]]". Hunter's 2005 autobiography, ''Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star'', was a ''New York Times'' bestseller.