Cork Hubbert (July 3, 1952 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and television

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Biography

Hubbert was born Carl Hubbert in Pendleton,

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

. He is best known for the roles of Luther on the American television show ''

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'', Rollo Sweet in ''

Under the Rainbow ''Under the Rainbow'' is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, and Billy Barty. Set in 1938, the film's plot is loosely based on the gathering of little people in a Hollywood hot ...

'' and Brown Tom in the

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film ''

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''. He is also featured in the supporting cast of the 1985 Nancy Allen comedy '' Not for Publication''. He also starred as Cousin Lymon in '' The Ballad of the Sad Café''. 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

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's book on NBC's 1983-1984 TV season.

Death

Hubbert died in 2003 in

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from complications of

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Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hubbert, Cork 1952 births 2003 deaths Male actors from Oregon American male film actors American male television actors People from Pendleton, Oregon Deaths from diabetes 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors