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

Early life and education

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

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he attended Montclair Academy which then became part of

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, graduating in 1975. He is the brother of actress

Season Hubley Season Hubley (born Susan Hubley; March 14, 1951) is an American retired actress and singer. Best known for Nikki in '' Hardcore'' (1979), Priscilla Presley in '' Elvis'' (1979), and Angelique in ''All My Children'' (1992–1994). Early life H ...

, also the former

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Kurt Russell Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The ...

, and uncle of Season and Kurt's son, Boston Russell.

Career

He played the role of Mischa in the

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film ''

Russkies ''Russkies'' is a 1987 American comedy-drama film starring Whip Hubley and Joaquin Phoenix, Leaf Phoenix, directed by Rick Rosenthal with cinematography by Reed Smoot (cinematographer), Reed Smoot. Plot A few nights before Independence Day (U ...

'', and Hollywood in the

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film ''

Top Gun ''Top Gun'' is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an ...

''. 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." He later played Brian Hawkins in the Showtime

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''More Tales of the City'' (1998) and its follow-up ''Further Tales of the City'' (2001). These miniseries were

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s to the PBS

Tales of the City ''Tales of the City'' is a series of nine novels written by American author Armistead Maupin from 1978 to 2014, depicting the life of a group of friends in San Francisco, many of whom are LGBT. The stories from ''Tales'' were originally serial ...

'' (1994), which starred

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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

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, Hubley works as a manager for a construction firm in Southern Maine and acts in local theater productions.

Personal life

Hubley currently resides in South Portland, Maine, after spending over thirty years in

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, California. He is married to Dinah Minot, a former producer for ''

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'' and has three children, Molly, Ella and Ben. He met his wife while they were students at the

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. His wife is the sister of writer Susan Minot.

Filmography

* 1985 ''

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'' as Raymond Slater * 1985 ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'' (TV series) as Stu (1 episode) **" Round and Around" TV Episode (as Grant Hubley) * 1986 ''Firefighter'' (TV) as Lance * 1986 ''Club Life'' (1986) as Herb * 1986 ''

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, Book II'' (TV miniseries) as Lieutenant Stephen Kent * 1986 ''

'' as Lieutenant Rick 'Hollywood' Neven * 1987 ''

'' as Mischa * 1988 ''

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'' (TV) * 1989 ''Desperado: The Outlaw Wars'' (TV) as Charlie Cates * 1989 ''The Cover Girl and the Cop'' (TV) * 1989 '' Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure'' (TV) as Robert O'Donnell * 1989 ''

Nasty Boys The Nasty Boys are a group of supervillain Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. This group exists in Marvel's shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. These characters are the pers ...

'' (TV) * 1989 ''

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled ''A Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. Some early editions are titled ''A Yankee at the Court of King Arth ...

'' (TV) * 1989-1991 '' Life Goes On'' (TV series) as Dr. Oliver Matthews * 1991 ''

Wife, Mother, Murderer ''Wife, Mother, Murderer'' is a 1991 American made-for-television drama film directed by Mel Damski and starring Judith Light, David Ogden Stiers, Kellie Overbey, David Dukes, and Whip Hubley. The screenplay concerns Alabama murderer Marie Hilley ...

'' (TV) as Lieutenant Gary Carroll * 1992 ''

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel ''Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel'' is a 1991 neo-noir black comedy written and directed by Alien Castle and produced by Donald P. Borchers. It stars Sherilyn Fenn, Whip Hubley, David Hewlett, David Johansen, and Paul Bartel. Plot In 1955, a toy ...

'' as Chester DeSoto * 1992 ''Devlin'' (TV) as Sam Lord * 1993 ''Lake Consequence'' (TV) as Jim * 1993 ''

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'' as F-16 Pilot * 1993 ''Bounty Tracker'' as Ralston * 1994 ''

Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tele ...

'' (TV series) " Signs and Portents" as Raider #1 * 1994 ''Unveiled'' as Peter Masters * 1994 ''

Dead at 21 ''Dead at 21'' is an American drama series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The series ran for eleven thirty-minute episodes with a two-part final episode. The series was created by Jon Sherman, and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds and Manny Coto. Prem ...

'' (TV series) as Agent Winston * 1994 ''Someone Else's Child'' (TV) as Danny * 1995 ''

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'' as John Carey * 1994-1996 ''

Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...

'' (TV series) as Musician / Randy Jinks * 1996 ''

Executive Decision ''Executive Decision'' is a 1996 American action film directed by Stuart Baird in his directorial debut. The film stars Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, and B.D. Wong. It depicts t ...

'' as Sergeant Baker * 1995-2000 '' Flipper'' (TV series) as Tom Hampton * 1996 ''

A Very Brady Sequel ''A Very Brady Sequel'' is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Arlene Sanford (in her feature film directorial debut), with a screenplay by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, James Berg and Stan Zimmerman, and starring Shelley Long, Gary Cole an ...

'' as Explorer / Dead Husband * 1996 '' Driven'' as Jason Schuyler * 1996 ''

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'' as Mark Springer * 1997 '' Black Scorpion II: Aftershock'' as Michael Russo * 1997 '' Profiler'' (TV series) as Drew Brenneman * 1998 ''The Secrets of My Heart'' as Parker * 1998 '' More Tales of the City'' (mini TV series) as Brian Hawkins * 1998 ''

Mike Hammer, Private Eye ''Mike Hammer, Private Eye'' is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. Like the previous series, it was produced by Jay Bernstein ...

'' (TV series) as Loolie / Julius Llewellyn Sterling * 2000 ''Practice'' (TV series) as Craig Hansen * 2000 '' The Fugitive'' (TV series) as Brian Collier * 2001 ''Fangs'' as Dr. John Winslow * 2001 ''

The Division ''The Division'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focuses on a team of female detectives and police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The ...

'' (TV series) as Scott Berwin * 2001 ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...

'' (TV series) as Detective * 2001 '' Further Tales of the City'' (mini TV series) as Brian Hawkins * 2001 ''

The District ''The District'' is an American crime drama and police procedural television series which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000, to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department. Pr ...

'' (TV series) as Agent Harris * 2002 '' MDs'' (TV series) as Fetterhoff * 2003 ''

CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...

'' (TV series) as Nick Gordon * 2003 '' The Handler'' (TV series) as Detective Colman * 2004 ''

A Cinderella Story ''A Cinderella Story'' is a 2004 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman, written by Leigh Dunlap and starring Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, and Regina King. A modernization of the classic Cinderella ...

'' as Sam's Dad * 2007 '' Brothel'' as Brian * 2007 ''Murder 101: College Can Be Murder'' (TV) as Stuart Evans * 2009 ''Homeland'' as Edward * 2013 '' Drones'' as Colonel Wallace

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubley, Whip American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from New Jersey Male actors from New York City Montclair Kimberley Academy alumni People from Montclair, New Jersey 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Year of birth missing (living people)