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Tab Hunter Biography

Birth Name:Arthur Andrew Kelm

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Producer, Writer

Fast Facts

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960
Competed as a figure skater and horseback rider as a teenager
Lied about his age at 15 to enlist in the Coast Guard
Dated actor Anthony Perkins and figure skater Ronnie Robertson
Earned the nickname "Hollywood" while serving in the Coast Guard when he would go to the theater while on liberty, rather than going out to bars
Featured on the cover of the Donald Reuter book "Shirtless! The Hollywood Male Physique․"
Received over 60,000 cards on Valentine's Day in 1956