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Actor Born: April 14, 1914 in East Chicago, IN Death: November 6, 1988 in Camarillo, CA Biography:American actor "John Hubbard" was active as a choir boy in his home town of East Chicago, and upon becoming a teenager extended his performing activities to acting lessons at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. Declining movie offers until he'd finished his courses, Hubbard was signed by Paramount Pictures in 1937. Few decent roles came his way, and Hubbard's contract was sold to MGM in 1938, where he was cast in a telling role opposite "Luise Rainer" in "Dramatic School" (1938), a film that featured such other up-and-comers as "Dick Haymes", "Ann Rutherford", "Lana Turner" and "Hans Conried". Also in 1938, Hubbard signed a four-picture contract producer "Hal Roach"; it was Roach who spotted and fully utilized Hubbard's gifts for offbeat comedy in such films as "The Housekeeper's Daughter" (1938), "Road Show" (1941) and "Turnabout" (1940) - the latter film featuring Hubbard as the world's first pregnant... Full Biography
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