Al Hubbs(1931-2024)
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Some actors were born in a trunk. Al Hubbs was born in the caboose of
the Canadian National Railway near the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada. That makes him a railroad brat and he has been traveling ever
since. Somewhere along the way he was introduced to drama by one of his
teachers and he was hooked. High school plays in Toronto, local talent
nights, amateur theater and stage productions became his consuming
passion. He gave up the security of a steady job to pursue a life long
desire of becomming a night club comedian. With a wife and seven months
old baby, he moved to the City of Detroit to follow that dream. All it
took was seven years, but he soon opened show for people like Tony
Bennett, or Lena Horne and then spent ten years traveling the U.S. and
Canada with singer Al Martino. From comedy, the step to film and
television was a very short one. During the next twenty-five years his
career expanded to include film and TV commercial work in Toronto,
Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Relocating to Orlando in 1985 he
began writing scripts for the University of Central Florida, local
video production companies, and teaching the craft of film acting.
Joining the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association he rose
through the ranks to be Chapter President and finally Florida State
President.
A SAG actor since 1971, he served nine years as Detroit Branch President, three years on the Hollywood Board and the last eighteen years as a trustee to the SAG Pension and Health Plans out of Burbank, California. Al still works as a comedy speaker at corporate banquets and conventions, as a film and television actor in Orlando and Miami, and continues to teach. His professional career spans forty years and shows no sign of slowing down.
A SAG actor since 1971, he served nine years as Detroit Branch President, three years on the Hollywood Board and the last eighteen years as a trustee to the SAG Pension and Health Plans out of Burbank, California. Al still works as a comedy speaker at corporate banquets and conventions, as a film and television actor in Orlando and Miami, and continues to teach. His professional career spans forty years and shows no sign of slowing down.