John Hubbard (April 14, 1914 â€" November 6, 1988) was an American
television and film actor.Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Hubbard took
acting lessons as a teen at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where he
attracted attention and movie offers. He was signed by Paramount in
1937 as "Jack" Hubbard, but his contract was sold to MGM a year later.
MGM changed his professional name to Anthony Allan and cast him in
modest feature films and short subjects for one year.In 1939, Hal
Roach signed John Hubbard (under his given name) as one of five
promising young actors with "star" potential (the other four were Lon
Chaney, Jr., Victor Mature, Carole Landis, and William Bendix). Roach
saw something in Hubbard, whose handsome features lent themselves to
romantic roles while his dialogue skills allowed him to play farce
comedy. He was showcased in The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) and
Turnabout (1940), but when Roach abandoned full-length features for
shorter featurettes, Hubbard found roles elsewhere.During World War II
Hubbard was busily engaged as a "male lead for hire" at several
studios, substituting for established male stars who had joined the
armed forces. With no single studio guiding his career, Hubbard never
advanced to important roles in major productions, and wound up in
routine juvenile roles in romances, mysteries, and musical comedies.
Hubbard himself joined the military in 1944, and resumed his movie
career in 1947 at smaller, independent studios.
television and film actor.Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Hubbard took
acting lessons as a teen at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where he
attracted attention and movie offers. He was signed by Paramount in
1937 as "Jack" Hubbard, but his contract was sold to MGM a year later.
MGM changed his professional name to Anthony Allan and cast him in
modest feature films and short subjects for one year.In 1939, Hal
Roach signed John Hubbard (under his given name) as one of five
promising young actors with "star" potential (the other four were Lon
Chaney, Jr., Victor Mature, Carole Landis, and William Bendix). Roach
saw something in Hubbard, whose handsome features lent themselves to
romantic roles while his dialogue skills allowed him to play farce
comedy. He was showcased in The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) and
Turnabout (1940), but when Roach abandoned full-length features for
shorter featurettes, Hubbard found roles elsewhere.During World War II
Hubbard was busily engaged as a "male lead for hire" at several
studios, substituting for established male stars who had joined the
armed forces. With no single studio guiding his career, Hubbard never
advanced to important roles in major productions, and wound up in
routine juvenile roles in romances, mysteries, and musical comedies.
Hubbard himself joined the military in 1944, and resumed his movie
career in 1947 at smaller, independent studios.
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