Rock Hudson

Acting · 1.6 popularity

Age

100

Movies

125

Born: November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985
From: Winnetka, Illinois, USA

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.

Works

125 films

Giant

19567.6

Pillow Talk

19597.1

The Mirror Crack'd

19806.1

Winchester '73

19507.3

Ice Station Zebra

19686.4

The Undefeated

19696.3

Seconds

19667.4

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

20217.4

A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli

20049.0

Gun Fury

19536.1

Come September

19616.8

Send Me No Flowers

19646.8

Bend of the River

19527.0

Written on the Wind

19567.0

Commitment to Life

2023

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

20246.9

Battle Hymn

19576.6

All That Heaven Allows

19557.3

Man's Favorite Sport?

19647.0

Magnificent Obsession

19546.8

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

20185.5

Tobruk

19676.4

Lover Come Back

19617.0

Tab Hunter Confidential

20157.3

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

20227.3

Never Say Goodbye

19566.4

A Very Special Favor

19655.9

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

20185.9

Hornets' Nest

19705.7

The Last Sunset

19616.8

Pretty Maids All in a Row

19715.8

Showdown

19736.2

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

19536.0

A Gathering of Eagles

19635.9

Tomahawk

19517.0

Horizons West

19526.4

A Farewell to Arms

19576.0

Beatles: Big Beat Box

2001

Darling Lili

19705.6

Taza, Son of Cochise

19545.6

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

20035.0

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

20104.4

Sea Devils

19535.8

The Lawless Breed

19526.7

Iron Man

19516.2

Blindfold

19666.3

The James Dean Story

19575.4

Captain Lightfoot

19556.4

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

One Way Street

19505.3

Avalanche

19783.6

Lionpower from MGM

19676.3

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

20087.5

The Golden Blade

19536.7

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

19975.1

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

20213.7

Something of Value

19575.5

The Desert Hawk

19505.4

I Was a Shoplifter

19505.8

Bright Victory

19517.1

The Vegas Strip War

19844.0

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon

20085.3

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

The Tarnished Angels

19576.8

Rock Hudson's Home Movies

19924.0

Seminole

19535.6

Fighter Squadron

19486.1

The Ambassador

19855.2

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

19718.0

Bengal Brigade

19545.2

Superstunt II

19797.0

Here Come the Nelsons

19527.0

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

20235.7

The Green Fog

20186.1

Judy Garland: By Myself

20048.3

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

19928.0

One Desire

19556.1

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

20197.0

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

1989

James Dean Remembered

19748.0

Undertow

19496.1

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

19896.9

The Spiral Road

19625.5

Marilyn

19637.5

This Earth Is Mine

19596.6

Musical Comedy Tonight

1979

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

19527.0

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

19855.8

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

19614.4

Scarlet Angel

19526.1

Mondo Hollywood

19676.7

Vito

20116.9

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

19905.7

Hollywood Legenden

20044.5

Air Cadet

19515.7

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

19566.0

Strange Bedfellows

19656.0

Embryo

19764.8

Twilight for the Gods

19584.7

A Fine Pair

19684.5

Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft

20217.5

Death In Hollywood

19906.8

Back to God's Country

19536.7

Shakedown

19506.4

Peggy

19506.0

James Dean: A Portrait

19957.0

Uncertain Verification

19656.6

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

19755.7

The Patricia Neal Story

19816.5

The Beatrice Arthur Special

1980

Once Upon a Dead Man

19717.0

The Fat Man

19515.8

Children of 'Giant'

20156.8

The Star Maker

19815.5

These Dead Souls

2018

After Stonewall

19995.6

Carol and Company

1966

When Fear Eats the Soul

200710.0

Acting for Douglas Sirk

2008

Return to 'Giant'

19966.7

Memories of Giant

1998

The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special

19718.0

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

198010.0

Hollywood Scandals

2011