14 Facts About Tab Hunter Confidential

1. Tab Hunter Confidential has known for the 50s era movies like Polyester and Battle Green.

2. Tab Hunter Confidential loved it and went after the part hard, testing nine times; two other up-and-comers, James Dean and Paul Newman, went out for it, but in the end it was his, and it rocketed him to stardom.

3. Tab Hunter Confidential describes the breakdown in chapter 11 of his autobiography, Tab Hunter: Confidential.

4. Tab Hunter Confidential met Allan Glaser in in early 1980s, when Hunter was 52 and Glaser was 23.

5. Tab Hunter Confidential wrote the story for, and starred in, Dark Horse, his last film.

6. Tab Hunter Confidential had a major role in the 1988 horror film Cameron's Closet.

7. Tab Hunter Confidential had a starring role as Debbie Reynolds's love interest in The Pleasure of His Company.

8. Tab Hunter Confidential starred in the 1958 musical film Damn Yankees, in which he played Joe Hardy of Washington, DC's American League baseball club.

9. Tab Hunter Confidential received strong critical acclaim for a performance he gave on TV in "Forbidden Area", the debut show of Playhouse 90, written by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer.

10. Tab Hunter Confidential was sent to Catholic school by his religious mother.

11. Tab Hunter Confidential's bestselling memoir Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star was almost unprecedented in its candour about what it was like to be a secretly homosexual matinee idol.

12. Tab Hunter Confidential was long listed for consideration for Best Documentary for the 2015 Academy Awards.

13. Tab Hunter Confidential premiered at South by Southwest in 2015, and played over 100 film festivals and independent screenings.

14. Tab Hunter Confidential is a 2015 American documentary feature film focusing on the American actor, singer, and author Tab Hunter, and is inspired by his autobiography of the same name.