# John Hubbard (actor)

John Hubbard (April 14, 1914 – November 6, 1988) was an American television and film actor.

## Career

MGM changed Hubbard's professional name to Anthony Allen 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 roles in romances, mysteries, and musical comedies produced on lower budget. Hubbard himself joined the military in 1944, and resumed his movie career in 1947 at smaller, independent studios.

## Television

Hubbard found additional opportunities in the new field of television, as a supporting actor. He played "Brown" in The Mickey Rooney Show (12 episodes), "Bill Bronson" in My Little Margie (four episodes), "Col. U. Charles Barker" in the military comedy Don't Call Me Charlie! (18 episodes) and "Ted Gaynor" in Family Affair (eight episodes). However, most of his television assignments were single appearances in popular network series like Perry Mason, The Green Hornet, Mr. Novak and Adam-12. He was frequently cast by Warner Bros. for such series as Maverick, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, Lawman, Cheyenne, and Surfside 6.

## Other media

In 1951 Hubbard starred on stage with Mary Brian in a comedy, Mary Had a Little, in Melbourne, Australia. Hubbard also worked in network radio, replacing Robert North as Alice Faye's brother Willy starting in the 1953–54 season of The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. Between acting roles, Hubbard worked as an automobile salesman and the manager of a restaurant. He retired from acting in 1974 after a character role in Herbie Rides Again, although he made one more appearance in a television movie in 1980.

## Personal life and death

Hubbard was married to his high school sweetheart, Lois, for nearly 50 years. The couple had three children: Lois, Jane, and John. On November 6, 1988, Hubbard died at the age of 74 in a convalescent home in Camarillo, California.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1937 | Hold 'Em Navy | Midshipman Hopkins | Alternative title: That Navy Spirit |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Charles | |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Officer | Uncredited |
| 1938 | College Swing | Student | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Cocoanut Grove | Radio Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1938 | You and Me | Salesman | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Prison Farm | Guard | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Men with Wings | Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Give Me a Sailor | Rodney Weatherwax | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Out West with the Hardys | Cliff Thomas | |
| 1938 | Dramatic School | Fleury | |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Phil Sergeant | |
| 1939 | The Kid from Texas | Bertie Thomas | credited as Anthony Allan |
| 1939 | Maisie | Richard "Ray" Raymond | credited as Anthony Allan |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Robert Randall | leading role |
| 1940 | One Million B.C. | Ohtao | |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Tim Willows | leading role |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Kirk Pierce | |
| 1941 | Road Show | Drogo Gaines | |
| 1941 | Murder Among Friends | Dr. Thomas Wilson | |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Captain Tom Barton | |
| 1941 | Our Wife | Tom Drake | |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Captain Tom Barton | |
| 1942 | Canal Zone | Harley Ames | |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Dr. John Banning | |
| 1942 | Youth on Parade | Prof. Gerald Payne | |
| 1942 | Secrets of the Underground | P. Cadwallader Jones | |
| 1943 | Chatterbox | Sebastian Smart | |
| 1943 | What's Buzzin', Cousin? | Jimmy Ross | |
| 1943 | Dangerous Blondes | Kirk Fenley | |
| 1943 | There's Something About a Soldier | Michael Crocker | |
| 1943 | Whispering Footsteps | Marcus Aureus 'Mark' Borne | |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke | Bill Drake | |
| 1944 | Up in Mabel's Room | Jimmy Larchmont | |
| 1944 | Cowboy and the Senorita | Craig Allen | |
| 1947 | Linda Be Good | Roger Prentiss | |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Charles Kennedy | |
| 1948 | Mexican Hayride | David Winthrop, American Embassy | |
| 1949 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Mr. Sydney | |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Harold York | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Second Chance | Ed Dean | |
| 1951 | Bullfighter and the Lady | Barney Flood | Alternative title: Torero |
| 1951 | The Cimarron Kid | George Weber | |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain | Lt. Cmdr. Clint Grey | |
| 1952 | Horizons West | Sam Hunter | |
| 1953 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Rodney Millard | |
| 1957 | The Tall T | Willard Mims | |
| 1957 | Pal Joey | Stanley | Uncredited |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Dragoon Capt. Wilkes | |
| 1958 | Escort West | Lt. Weeks | |
| 1963 | Gunfight at Comanche Creek | Marshal Dan Shearer | |
| 1963 | Soldier in the Rain | Battalion Major | |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Al Robbins | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Guard | Uncredited |
| 1966 | The Family Jewels | Second Pilot | |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo | Major Novak - CO, Fort Creel | |
| 1969 | The Love God? | Craig Frazier | Uncredited |
| 1972 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Wellington | |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Announcer at Chicken Run | |
| Television ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950 | The Magnavox Theatre | Athos | 1 episode |
| 1953 | The Ford Television Theatre | Peter Blakely | 1 episode |
| 1954 | Four Star Playhouse | Haskell Beecher | 1 episode |
| 1955 | The Lone Ranger | Major Trask | 1 episode |
| 1955 | The Danny Thomas Show | 1st Baseball Coach | 1 episode |
| 1956 | The Bob Cummings Show | Wally Seawell | 1 episode |
| 1956 | Circus Boy | Arthur | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds | Ben Davis | 1 episode |
| 1957 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Quinby | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Navy Log | Skipper | 1 episode |
| 1958 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Tim Maxwell | 1 episode |
| 1958 | Bronco | Aaron Lake | 1 episode |
| 1958 | Frontier Doctor | Ralph Courtwright | 1 episode |
| 1959 | Five Fingers | Major Kane | 1 episode |
| 1960 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Bill | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Rescue 8 | Randolph | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Hawaiian Eye | Gordon McLaren | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Lock-Up | John Van Der Berg | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Cheyenne | John Mercer | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Lassie | Dr. Hank Simms | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Pete and Gladys | Dr. Bill | 1 episode |
| 1962 | Shannon | Dr. Fiske | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Max Thornton | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Mr Belney | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Mister Ed | Major Collins | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Rawhide | Smitty | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Karen | Tolliver | 1 episode |
| 1964 | The Munsters | Duke Ramsey | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Wendy and Me | Maitre D' | 2 episodes |
| 1965 | McHale's Navy | Dr. Halifert | 1 episode |
| 1965 | The Virginian | Dr. Wagner | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Burke's Law | Mr. Farrell the Manicurist | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dwight Hardy | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Hank | Kingston | 1 episode |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | Clive Finsbury | 1 episode |
| 1968 | Green Acres | Mr. Carter | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Walt | 1 episode |
| 1970 | Adam-12 | Dr. Vince Packard | 1 episode |
| 1970 | That Girl | Passenger | 1 episode |