His parents took him back to Scotland; he was raised in the United Kingdom and began his acting career there.

Hunter returned to the United States in 1899 as a member of the theatrical company of Olga Nethersole.

[1] Hunter's Broadway performances included The Way of the World (1901), Pippa Passes (1906), and The Thirteenth Chair (1916).

Hunter's character claims to be a police detective, but is revealed as the Bat in the final scene.

While the show was playing in Boston, Hunter entered the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital for surgery and died of complications a week later on January 2, 1923.