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 Montclair Kimberley Academy, graduating in 1975. He is the brother of actress Season Hubley, 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 Th ...

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

Career

He played the role of

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in the

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film ''

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'', and Hollywood in the 1986 film ''

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''. 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

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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'' (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

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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

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, 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 '' St. Elmo's Fire'' as Raymond Slater * 1985 '' Magnum, P.I.'' (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 '' North and South, Book II'' (TV miniseries) as Lieutenant Stephen Kent * 1986 ''

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

'' as

* 1988 '' I'll Be Home for Christmas'' (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'' (TV) * 1989 '' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' (TV) * 1989-1991 '' Life Goes On'' (TV series) as Dr. Oliver Matthews * 1991 '' Wife, Mother, Murderer'' (TV) as Lieutenant Gary Carroll * 1992 '' Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel'' as Chester DeSoto * 1992 ''Devlin'' (TV) as Sam Lord * 1993 ''Lake Consequence'' (TV) as Jim * 1993 '' Coneheads'' as F-16 Pilot * 1993 ''Bounty Tracker'' as Ralston * 1994 ''

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'' (TV series) "

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" as Raider #1 * 1994 ''Unveiled'' as Peter Masters * 1994 '' Dead at 21'' (TV series) as Agent Winston * 1994 ''Someone Else's Child'' (TV) as Danny * 1995 ''

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'' as John Carey * 1994-1996 ''

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'' (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 depic ...

'' as Sergeant Baker * 1995-2000 '' Flipper'' (TV series) as Tom Hampton * 1996 '' A Very Brady Sequel'' as Explorer / Dead Husband * 1996 '' Driven'' as Jason Schuyler * 1996 '' Daddy's Girl'' 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'' (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'' (TV series) as Scott Berwin * 2001 '' Charmed'' (TV series) as Detective * 2001 '' Further Tales of the City'' (mini TV series) as Brian Hawkins * 2001 ''

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'' (TV series) as Agent Harris * 2002 ''

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'' (TV series) as Fetterhoff * 2003 '' CSI: Miami'' (TV series) as Nick Gordon * 2003 '' The Handler'' (TV series) as Detective Colman * 2004 '' A Cinderella Story'' as Sam's Dad * 2007 ''

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'' as Brian * 2007 ''Murder 101: College Can Be Murder'' (TV) as Stuart Evans * 2009 ''Homeland'' as Edward * 2013 ''

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'' 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)