Movie Credits
Dark Horse	(1992)
[ Ed Begley Jr. ]
Out of the Dark	(1989)
[ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Bud Cort ][ Tracey Walter ]
Cameron's Closet	(1989)
Grotesque	(1988)
Lust in the Dust	(1985)
[ Noah Wyle ][ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Cesar Romero ][ Courtney Gains ]
Death in a Funny Position: Part 2	(1982)
Grease 2	(1982)
[ Maxwell Caulfield ][ Christopher McDonald ][ Adrian Zmed ][ Sid Caesar ][ Eddie Deezen ]
Pandemonium	(1982)
[ Judge Reinhold ][ Paul Reubens ][ Phil Hartman ][ Marc McClure ][ Michael Tucci ]
Polyester	(1981)
[ George Figgs ]
The Kid from Left Field	(1979)
[ Gary Coleman ][ Robert Guillaume ]
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold	(1978)
[ Don Johnson ]
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood	(1976)
[ Bruce Dern ][ Guy Madison ][ Victor Mature ][ Aldo Ray ][ Ricardo Montalban ]
Timber Tramps	(1975)
[ Claude Akins ][ Joseph Cotten ][ Cesar Romero ]
Sweet Kill	(1973)
[ Curtis Hanson ]
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	(1972)
[ Stacy Keach ][ Paul Newman ][ Anthony Perkins ][ Roddy McDowall ][ Ned Beatty ]
Hacksaw: Part 1	(1971)
Hacksaw	(1971)
San Francisco International	(1970)
[ Pernell Roberts ][ Van Johnson ][ Clu Gulager ][ Dana Elcar ]
No me importa morir	(1969)
Vendetta è il mio perdono, La	(1968)
Scacco internazionale	(1968)
Hostile Guns	(1967)
Dedo del destino, El	(1967)
Birds Do It	(1966)
The Loved One	(1965)
[ Christopher Isherwood ][ Roddy McDowall ][ Rod Steiger ][ Jamie Farr ][ John Gielgud ]
The City Under the Sea	(1965)
[ Vincent Price ][ David Tomlinson ]
Ride the Wild Surf	(1964)
Troubled Waters	(1964)
Operation Bikini	(1963)
Freccia d'oro, La	(1962)
Episode dated 29 October 1962	(1962)
Gisele MacKenzie vs. Tab Hunter	(1962)
The Pleasure of His Company	(1961)
[ Fred Astaire ]
Merman on Broadway	(1961)
[ Tom Poston ]
They Came to Cordura	(1959)
[ Michael Callan ][ Gary Cooper ][ Dick York ]
That Kind of Woman	(1959)
[ Jack Warden ][ Sidney Lumet ][ George Sanders ][ Keenan Wynn ]
Meet Me in St. Louis	(1959)
Damn Yankees!	(1958)
[ Ray Walston ]
Gunman's Walk	(1958)
Lafayette Escadrille	(1958)
[ Clint Eastwood ]
Forbidden Area	(1956)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Vincent Price ]
The Girl He Left Behind	(1956)
[ James Garner ]
The Burning Hills	(1956)
[ Claude Akins ]
The Sea Chase	(1955)
[ Claude Akins ][ John Wayne ][ James Arness ]
Battle Cry	(1955)
[ Aldo Ray ][ James Whitmore ]
Track of the Cat	(1954)
[ Robert Mitchum ]
Return to Treasure Island	(1954)
The Steel Lady	(1953)
Gun Belt	(1953)
[ Jack Elam ]
Saturday Island	(1952)
The Lawless	(1950)

He enlisted in the Coast Guard at age 15 (he lied about his age) and, at 18 made his film debut in The Lawless (1950). He had no previous acting experience. Though his acting was stiff and unimaginative, 1950s teenagers adored his blond, boy-next-door appearance and physique. His best-known early film was Battle Cry (1955). The role most remembered today is the part of Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees! (1958). In 1960-1 he had his own TV series "The Tab Hunter Show" (1960), and he appeared regularly as George Shumway in TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976). He co-starred three times with female impersonator Divine: Polyester (1981), Out of the Dark (1989), and Lust in the Dust (1985). He wrote the story for his most recent (his 32nd) movie Dark Horse (1992), directed by David Hemmings.