Acting
Rock Hudson
Biography
Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades. A prominent heartthrob in the Golden Age of Hollywood, he achieved stardom with his role in Magnificent Obsession (1954), followed by All That Heaven Allows (1955), and Giant (1956), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hudson also found continued success with a string of romantic comedies co-starring Doris Day: Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961), and Send Me No Flowers (1964). During the late 1960s, his films included Seconds (1966), Tobruk (1967), and Ice Station Zebra (1968). Unhappy with the film scripts he was offered, Hudson turned to television and was a hit, starring in the popular mystery series McMillan & Wife (1971–1977). His last role was as a guest star on the fifth season (1984–1985) of the primetime ABC soap opera Dynasty, until AIDS-related illness made it impossible for him to continue. Although discreet regarding his sexual orientation, it was a known fact amongst Hudson's colleagues in the film industry that he was a gay man. In 1984, Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS. The following year, he became one of the first celebrities to disclose his AIDS diagnosis. Hudson was the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness, on October 2, 1985, at age 59. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rock Hudson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies with Rock Hudson
Giant
1956
Seconds
1966
The Undefeated
1969
Send Me No Flowers
1964
Winchester '73
1950
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
Ice Station Zebra
1968
Pillow Talk
1959
Come September
1961
Lover Come Back
1961
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
Superstunt II
1979
Bend of the River
1952
Commitment to Life
2023
Tobruk
1967
A Farewell to Arms
1957
The Last Sunset
1961
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
Written on the Wind
1956
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
The Golden Blade
1953
All That Heaven Allows
1955
The Ambassador
1985
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Darling Lili
1970
Gun Fury
1953
Magnificent Obsession
1954
Sea Devils
1953
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
Strange Bedfellows
1965
The Tarnished Angels
1957
Battle Hymn
1957
One Way Street
1950
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Horizons West
1952
Bright Victory
1951
Never Say Goodbye
1956
The Desert Hawk
1950
The Star Maker
1981
The Lawless Breed
1952
One Desire
1955
The Spiral Road
1962
Tomahawk
1951
This Earth Is Mine
1959
Fighter Squadron
1948
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Avalanche
1978
The Vegas Strip War
1984
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Captain Lightfoot
1955
Seminole
1953
Iron Man
1951
Something of Value
1957
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
After Stonewall
1999
Embryo
1976
Bengal Brigade
1954
Hornets' Nest
1970
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Marilyn
1963
Blindfold
1966
The Patricia Neal Story
1981
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
The James Dean Story
1957
James Dean Remembered
1974
Mondo Hollywood
1967
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Carol and Company
1966
Scarlet Angel
1952
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
The Fat Man
1951
Death In Hollywood
1990
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
Peggy
1950
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
Return to 'Giant'
1996
A Fine Pair
1968
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Vito
2011
Showdown
1973
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
A Very Special Favor
1965
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
Uncertain Verification
1965
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
2010
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008
These Dead Souls
2018
Children of 'Giant'
2015
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
Undertow
1949
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Air Cadet
1951
Rock Hudson's Home Movies
1992
Twilight for the Gods
1958
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008
Hollywood Legenden
2004
Shakedown
1950
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hollywood Scandals
2011
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
The Beatrice Arthur Special
1980
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021
Memories of Giant
1998
The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
1971
Back to God's Country
1953
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
TV Shows with Rock Hudson
Wogan
1982
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Dynasty
1981
I Love Lucy
1951
Bambi
1948
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
This Is Your Life
1952
Kraft Music Hall
1958
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Please Turn the Page
1977
The Martian Chronicles
1980
The Devlin Connection
1982
The Big Party
1959
World War III
1982
Wheels
1978