Career
Hunter began on Broadway appearing in plays from 1915. He first film was 1921"s The Case of Becky, playing opposite Constance Binney, based on a 1912 stage play starring Frances Starr. In 1922, he was seen in Paramount"s The Country Flapper with Dorothy Gish and the Hackett Brothers, Raymond and Albert.
He had originated the role of Merton in the Broadway play Merton of the Movies (1922).
In 1924, he made a silent film of the play released by Paramount Pictures. The film is now considered a sought after lost film.
Hunter died of cancer in New New York Hunter was married to May Eagan.