Rock Hudson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Winnetka, Illinois, USA, 1925-11-17

Died: 1985-10-02

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Fighter Squadron	Second Lieutenant (uncredited)	57
2	1949	Undertow	Detective (as Roc Hudson)	61
3	1950	One Way Street	Truck Driver (uncredited)	52
4	1950	I Was a Shoplifter	Si Swanson - Store Detective	53
5	1950	Peggy	Johnny "Scat" Mitchell	47
6	1950	Winchester '73	Young Bull	73
7	1950	The Desert Hawk	Captain Ras	51
8	1950	Shakedown	Ted - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited)	61
9	1951	Tomahawk	Burt Hanna	66
10	1951	Air Cadet	Upper Classman	50
11	1951	The Fat Man	Roy Clark	56
12	1951	Bright Victory	Dudek	69
13	1951	Iron Man	Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe	61
14	1952	Bend of the River	Trey Wilson	69
15	1952	Here Come the Nelsons	Charlie Jones	60
16	1952	Scarlet Angel	Frank Truscott	51
17	1952	Has Anybody Seen My Gal?	Dan Stebbins	69
18	1952	Horizons West	Neil Hammond	60
19	1952	The Lawless Breed	John Wesley Hardin	66
20	1953	Seminole	Lance Caldwell	54
21	1953	Sea Devils	Gilliatt	57
22	1953	The Golden Blade	Harun	63
23	1953	Gun Fury	Ben Warren	59
24	1953	Back to God's Country	Peter Keith	60
25	1953	Beneath the 12-Mile Reef	Narrator (uncredited)	59
26	1954	Taza, Son of Cochise	Taza	55
27	1954	Magnificent Obsession	Bob Merrick	68
28	1954	Bengal Brigade	Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne	53
29	1955	Captain Lightfoot	Michael Martin	63
30	1955	One Desire	Clint Saunders	59
31	1955	All That Heaven Allows	Ron Kirby	73
32	1956	Never Say Goodbye	Dr. Michael Parker	66
33	1956	Written on the Wind	Mitch Wayne	70
34	1956	New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'	Self	60
35	1956	Giant	Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.	76
36	1957	Battle Hymn	Col. Dean E. Hess	65
37	1957	Something of Value	Peter McKenzie	55
38	1957	The James Dean Story	Self	53
39	1957	The Tarnished Angels	Burke Devlin	67
40	1957	A Farewell to Arms	Lt. Frederick Henry	58
41	1958	Twilight for the Gods	Captain David Bell	42
42	1959	This Earth Is Mine	John Rambeau	61
43	1959	Pillow Talk	Brad Allen	71
44	1961	Come September	Robert L. Talbot	68
45	1961	The Last Sunset	Dana Stribling	68
46	1961	Lover Come Back	Jerry Webster	70
47	1961	Hollywood: The Selznick Years	Self (uncredited)	33
48	1962	The Spiral Road	Dr. Anton Drager	52
49	1963	Marilyn	Narrator	60
50	1963	A Gathering of Eagles	Col. Jim Caldwell	54
51	1964	Man's Favorite Sport?	Roger Willoughby	69
52	1964	Send Me No Flowers	George Kimball	67
53	1965	Strange Bedfellows	Carter Harrison	59
54	1965	Uncertain Verification	(archive footage)	66
55	1965	A Very Special Favor	Paul Chadwick	57
56	1966	Blindfold	Dr. Bartholomew Snow	63
57	1966	Seconds	Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson	73
58	1966	Carol and Company	Self	0
59	1967	Tobruk	Major Donald Craig	63
60	1968	A Fine Pair	Capt. Mike Harmon	32
61	1968	Ice Station Zebra	Cdr. James Ferraday	63
62	1969	The Undefeated	Colonel James Langdon	62
63	1970	Darling Lili	Major William Larrabee	55
64	1970	Hornets' Nest	Turner	56
65	1971	The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special	Self	70
66	1971	Pretty Maids All in a Row	Michael 'Tiger' McDrew	58
67	1971	Once Upon a Dead Man	Stewart McMillan	70
68	1971	The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World	Self	70
69	1973	Showdown	Chuck Jarvis	61
70	1974	James Dean Remembered	Self (voice)	0
71	1975	Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait	Self	40
72	1976	Embryo	Dr. Paul Holliston	46
73	1978	Avalanche	David Shelby	36
74	1979	Superstunt II	Self - Host	0
75	1979	Musical Comedy Tonight		0
76	1980	The Beatrice Arthur Special	Himself	0
77	1980	Douglas Sirk: Über Stars	Self	0
78	1980	The Mirror Crack'd	Jason Rudd	61
79	1981	The Star Maker	Danny Youngblood	40
80	1981	The Patricia Neal Story	Rock Hudson (uncredited)	50
81	1984	The Vegas Strip War	Neil Chaine	27
82	1985	The Ambassador	Frank Stevenson	50
83	1985	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Self	56
84	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
85	1989	Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt	Self (archive footage)	72
86	1990	Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths	(archive footage)	57
87	1990	Death In Hollywood	(archive footage)	63
88	1992	Rock Hudson's Home Movies	Himself (archive footage)	35
89	1996	Return to 'Giant'	Self (archive footage)	61
90	1997	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	Self (archive footage)	52
91	1999	After Stonewall	Self	55
92	2001	Beatles: Big Beat Box	Self (archive footage)	0
93	2004	Hollywood Legenden	Self (archive footage)	20
94	2004	A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli	Self (archive footage)	90
95	2004	Judy Garland: By Myself	Self (archive footage)	75
96	2007	When Fear Eats the Soul	Ron Kirby (archive footage)	100
97	2008	Dominick Dunne: After the Party	Self (archive footage)	75
98	2008	Acting for Douglas Sirk	Self (archive footage)	0
99	2010	Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger	Himself (archive footage)	50
100	2011	Hollywood Scandals	Self (archive footage)	0
101	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
102	2015	Tab Hunter Confidential	Self (archive footage)	74
103	2015	Children of 'Giant'	Self (archive footage)	68
104	2018	These Dead Souls	(archive footage)	0
105	2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	60
106	2021	Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It	Self (archive footage)	73
107	2021	Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande	Self (archive footage)	50
108	2022	Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend	Self (archive footage)	74
109	2023	Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed	Self (archive footage)	64
110	2024	Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes	Self (archive footage)	69

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
4	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self (archive footage)	90
5	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self	90
6	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Rock Hudson	78
7	1951	I Love Lucy	Rock Hudson	79
8	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	64
9	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self - Host	47
10	1959	The Big Party	Self – Host	0
11	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	77
12	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	77
13	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Guest Performer (uncredited)	65
14	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self (uncredited)	65
15	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	60
16	1971	McMillan & Wife	Stewart 'Mac' McMillan	69
17	1977	Please Turn the Page	Self	60
18	1978	Wheels	Adam Trenton	60
19	1980	The Martian Chronicles	Col. John Wilder	69
20	1981	Dynasty	Daniel Reece	65
21	1982	World War III	President Thomas McKenna	62
22	1982	Wogan	Self	45
23	1982	The Devlin Connection	Brian Devlin	50

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