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Cork Hubbert
Born
Carl Hubbert

(1952-07-03)July 3, 1952
DiedSeptember 28, 2003(2003-09-28) (aged 51)
Venice, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1979–2003

Carl "Cork" Hubbert[1] (July 3, 1952 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and television actor.

Biography

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Carl Hubbert was born on July 3, 1952, in Pendleton, Oregon.[1] He is best known for the roles of Luther on the American television show The Charmings,[2] Rollo Sweet in Under the Rainbow[3] and Brown Tom in the Ridley Scott film Legend.[4] He is also featured in the supporting cast of the 1985 Nancy Allen comedy Not for Publication.[5] He also starred as Cousin Lymon in The Ballad of the Sad Café.[6] Hubbert's struggles as an actor after Under the Rainbow and Magnum, P.I. were chronicled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

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Hubbert died in 2003 in Venice, Los Angeles, from complications of diabetes.[7]

Filmography

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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1984 Not for Publication Odo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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  1. ^ a b Raw, Laurence (2009). The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-810-86952-3.
  2. ^ "Cork Hubbert". TV.com.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (July 31, 1981). "Under the Rainbow (1981) MADCAP 'UNDER THE RAINBOW'". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Canby, Vincent (April 18, 1986). "THE SCREEN: RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'LEGEND'". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Not For Publication". Sundance.org.
  6. ^ Canby, Vincent (March 28, 1991). "Review/Film Festival; Vanessa Redgrave In a Cursed Triangle Of Love and Hate". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 201. ISBN 9780786452088.
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