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Whip Hubley

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Whip Hubley
Born
Grant Shelby Hubley, Jr.

New York City, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Vermont
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
SpouseDinah Minot
Children3
RelativesSeason Hubley (sister)
Susan Minot (sister-in-law)

Grant Shelby Hubley Jr., known as Whip Hubley, is an American actor.[1]

Early life and education

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Hubley was born in New York City, the son of Julia Kaul (née Paine) and Grant Shelby Hubley, an entrepreneur, oil investor, and writer. He attended the Buckley School for Boys in Upper East Side, Manhattan. As a resident of Montclair, New Jersey he attended Montclair Academy which then became part of Montclair Kimberley Academy, graduating in 1975.[2][3] He is the brother of actress Season Hubley, also the former brother-in-law of Kurt Russell, and uncle of Season and Kurt's son, Boston Russell.[citation needed]

Career

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He played the role of Mischa in the 1987 film Russkies,[4] and Hollywood in the 1986 film Top Gun. Hubley said when he first read the script for Top Gun, he thought it would be an ensemble film but producers focused the story around Maverick when they "realized what they had with Tom."[5]

He later played Brian Hawkins in the Showtime miniseries More Tales of the City (1998) and its follow-up Further Tales of the City (2001). These miniseries were sequels to the PBS miniseries Tales of the City (1994), which starred Paul Gross in the role of Brian. From 1996 to 1999, Hubley had the lead role of Sheriff Tom Hampton on the revival of Flipper.

According to a 2022 interview with the Portland Press Herald, Whip Hubley works as a manager for a construction firm in Southern Maine and acts in local theater productions.[5] In April 2023, Hubley was randomly stopped by an officer of the South Portland Maine Police Department, in a good-natured call.[6]

Personal life

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Hubley currently resides in South Portland, Maine, after spending over thirty years in Santa Monica, California. He is married to Dinah Minot, a former producer for Saturday Night Live.[1] He met his wife while they were students at the University of Vermont.[7] His wife is the sister of writer Susan Minot.[8]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dinah Minot Marries Grant Hubley, Actor". The New York Times. June 5, 1988. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "MKA News Post - Montclair Kimberley Academy". www.mka.org. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. ^ "Caption", The Montclair Times, February 21, 1974. Accessed June 7, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Grant Hubley, left, a student at Montclair Academy and a son of Mrs. Julie P. Hubley of South Mountain Ave., and Karen Kelley, right, a student at The Kimberley School, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kelley, of Warren Pl., discuss their new school, a combination of Brookside School, The Kimberley School and Montclair Academy with Richard W. Day, principal of the school."
  4. ^ Canby, Vincent (November 6, 1987). "FILM: 'RUSSKIES,' A COMEDY ADVENTURE". The New York Times.
  5. ^ a b "South Portland actor who took off in original 'Top Gun' has left Hollywood behind". Press Herald. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  6. ^ This 'Top Gun' Star Stopped by the South Portland, Maine, Police Department, 97.5 WOQK Radio, 6 April 2023, retrieved 29 May 2024
  7. ^ Writer, Bob KeyesStaff (2019-03-22). "Actor whose career soared with 'Top Gun' now at home in Maine, and back on stage". Press Herald. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  8. ^ Smith, Dinitia (2004-05-27). "The Minots, A Literary Clan Whose Stories Divide Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
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