Cork Hubbert
{{Short description|American actor (1952–2003)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cork Hubbert
| birth_name = Carl Hubbert
| image = Cropped_Photo_of_Cork_Hubbert.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1952|7|3}}
| birth_place = Pendleton, Oregon, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2003|9|28|1952|7|3}}
| death_place = Venice, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1979–2003
}}
Carl "Cork" Hubbert (July 3, 1952 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and television actor.
Biography
Carl Hubbert was born on July 3, 1952, in Pendleton, Oregon.{{cite book|title=The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia|last=Raw|first=Laurence|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland| isbn=978-0-810-86952-3}} He is best known for the roles of Luther on the American television show The Charmings,{{cite web|publisher=TV.com|url=http://www.tv.com/cork-hubbert/person/2811/summary.html?tag=container;cast_crew_list|title=Cork Hubbert}} Rollo Sweet in Under the Rainbow{{cite web|title=Under the Rainbow (1981) MADCAP 'UNDER THE RAINBOW'|authorlink=Janet Maslin|author=Maslin, Janet|date=July 31, 1981|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01EFDA113BF932A05754C0A967948260|work=The New York Times}} and Brown Tom in the Ridley Scott film Legend.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE2DC1E38F93BA25757C0A960948260|title=THE SCREEN: RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'LEGEND'|author=Canby, Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=April 18, 1986}} He is also featured in the supporting cast of the 1985 Nancy Allen comedy Not for Publication.{{cite web|title=Not For Publication|website=Sundance.org|url=http://history.sundance.org/films/1275}} He also starred as Cousin Lymon in The Ballad of the Sad Café.{{cite web|title=Review/Film Festival; Vanessa Redgrave In a Cursed Triangle Of Love and Hate|author=Canby, Vincent|date=March 28, 1991|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CEFDC133AF93BA15750C0A967958260|work=The New York Times}} Hubbert's struggles as an actor after Under the Rainbow and Magnum, P.I. were chronicled as part of The Sweeps: Behind the Scenes in Network TV, Mark Christensen and Cameron Stauth's book on NBC's 1983-1984 TV season.
Death
Hubbert died in 2003 in Venice, Los Angeles, from complications of diabetes.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXrGCwAAQBAJ&dq=Cork+Hubbert+obituary&pg=PA201|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2003|author=Lentz III, Harris M.|page=201|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |isbn=9780786452088}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Property | ||
| 1980 | Where the Buffalo Roam | Briggs, Bell Captain | |
| 1981 | Caveman | Ta | |
| 1981 | Under the Rainbow | Rollo Sweet | |
| 1982 | The Fall Guy | Swifty Leonard | |
| 1983 | Magnum, P.I. | Waldo Norris | Episode: "Smaller Than Life" |
| 1984 | Not for Publication | Odo | |
| 1985 | Legend | Brown Tom | |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Shawn McGool | Season 1, Episode 19a – "The Leprechaun-Artist" |
| 1989 | Sinbad of the Seven Seas | Poochie the dwarf | |
| 1989 | Criminal Act | Slater | |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Café | Cousin Lymon | |
| 2000 | Date Less | Tattoo on Ass Julio | |
| 2003 | Charmed | Head Councilman | Season 5, Episode 17 – "Lucky Charmed" |
| 2004 | Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | Additional Voices | Final film role |
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|0399155}}
- {{rotten_tomatoes|cork_hubbert}}
- [http://www.tv.com/cork-hubbert/person/2811/summary.html Bio/overview]
- [https://archive.today/20130204233929/http://www.tvacres.com/enchanted_dwarves_luther.htm TV Acres]
- [http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cork-hubbert/145474 TV Guide]
- [http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/results_actor.asp?search=Cork+Hubbert Turner Classic Movies]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Male actors from Oregon
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:People from Pendleton, Oregon
Category:Deaths from diabetes in California