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Rock Hudson is a Actor and Associate Producer American born on 17 november 1925 at Winnetka (USA)

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson
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Birth name Roy Harold Scherer
Nationality USA
Birth 17 november 1925 at Winnetka (USA)
Death 2 october 1985 (at 59 years) at Marina del Rey (USA)

Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. Hudson is generally known for his turns as a leading man in the 1950s and 1960s. He achieved stardom with roles in films such as Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Giant (1956), and found continued success with a string of romantic comedies costarring Doris Day (Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961), Send Me No Flowers (1964)). After appearing in films like Seconds (1966), Tobruk (1967) and Ice Station Zebra (1968) in the late 1960s, Hudson began a second career in television through the 1970s and '80s, starring in the popular mystery series McMillan & Wife and the soap opera Dynasty.

Hudson was voted Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, and similar titles by numerous film magazines. He completed nearly 70 films and starred in several television productions during a career that spanned over four decades. Hudson died in 1985, becoming the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness.

Biography

While his career developed, Hudson and his agent Henry Willson kept the actor's personal life out of the headlines. In 1955, Confidential magazine threatened to publish an exposé about Hudson's secret homosexual life. Willson stalled this by disclosing information about two of his other clients. According to some colleagues, Hudson's homosexuality was well known in Hollywood throughout his career, and former co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and Susan Saint James claimed that they knew of his homosexual activity, as did Carol Burnett. Soon after the Confidential incident, Hudson married Willson's secretary Phyllis Gates. Gates later wrote that she dated Hudson for several months, lived with him for two months before his surprise marriage proposal, and married Hudson out of love and not (as it was later reported) to prevent an exposé of Hudson's sexual past. Press coverage of the wedding quoted Hudson as saying: "When I count my blessings, my marriage tops the list." Gates filed for divorce after three years in April 1958, citing mental cruelty. Hudson did not contest the divorce and Gates received alimony of $250 a week for 10 years. Gates never remarried. After her death, the LGBT news magazine The Advocate published an article by Willson's biographer, who claimed that Gates was actually a lesbian who believed from the beginning of their relationship that Hudson was gay.

According to the 1986 biography Rock Hudson: His Story by Hudson and Sara Davidson, Hudson was good friends with American novelist Armistead Maupin and his lovers included Jack Coates (born 1944); Tom Clark (1933–1995), who also later published a memoir about Hudson, Rock Hudson: Friend of Mine; actor and later stockbroker Lee Garlington, and Marc Christian (born Marc Christian MacGinnis), who later won a suit against the Hudson estate. An urban legend states that Hudson married Jim Nabors in the early 1970s. Not only was same-sex marriage not recognized under the laws of any American state at the time, but, at least publicly, Hudson and Nabors were nothing more than friends. According to Hudson, the legend originated with a group of "middle-aged homosexuals who live in Huntington Beach" who sent out joke invitations for their annual get-together. One year, the group invited its members to witness "the marriage of Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors", at which Hudson would take the surname of Nabors' most famous character, Gomer Pyle, becoming Rock Pyle. The "joke" was evidently already in the mainstream by the very early 1970s. In the October 1972 edition of MAD magazine (issue no. 154), an article entitled "When Watching Television, You Can be Sure of Seeing...", gossip columnist 'Rona Boring' states: "And there isn't a grain of truth to the vicious rumor that movie and TV star Rock Heman and singer Jim Nelly were secretly married! Rock and Jim are just good buddies! I repeat, they are not married! They are not even going steady!" Those who failed to get the joke spread the rumor and as a result, Hudson and Nabors never spoke to each other again. Three years later, Nabors would begin a long-term (and, until 2013, secret) relationship with Stan Cadwallader, a retired firefighter from Honolulu and the man he would eventually marry once same-sex marriage was legalized.

Best films

Giant (1956)
(Actor)
Pillow Talk (1959)
(Actor)
Written on the Wind (1956)
(Actor)
The Last Sunset (1961)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Rock Hudson (69 films)

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Actor

The Ambassador, 1h37
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Fabio Testi, Donald Pleasence, Michal Bat-Adam
Roles Frank Stevenson
Rating53% 2.6545452.6545452.6545452.6545452.654545
American Ambassador to Israel Peter Hacker (Robert Mitchum) and head of security Frank Stevenson (Rock Hudson) are en route to a secret location in the Judean desert to meet with representatives of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization). It is part of Hacker’s secret plan to have young Jews and Muslims begin a peaceful dialogue. An armed Israeli helicopter locates and disrupts the meeting by firing on it causing several deaths. Hacker and Stevenson survive and are apprehended by Israeli ground soldiers.
The Vegas Strip War, 1h36
Directed by George Englund
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Gangster films
Actors Rock Hudson, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Pat Morita, Robert Costanzo, Dennis Holahan
Roles Neil Chaine
Rating55% 2.76532.76532.76532.76532.7653
Neil Chaine et ses associés sont propriétaires du casino Desert Inn à Las Vegas. Ils souhaiteraient en ouvrir un autre à Atlantic City mais la commission des jeux leur refuse ce projet en raison des mauvaises fréquentations de Chaine. En effet ce dernier a des liens avec Jimmy Weldstrom qui, selon les autorités, serait un membre de la mafia. Mais Neil certifie que ses rapports avec Weldstrom sont purement amicaux...
World War III
Directed by Boris Sagal, David Greene
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Arme nucléaire
Actors David Soul, Brian Keith, Cathy Lee Crosby, Jeroen Krabbé, Robert Prosky, Katherine Helmond
Roles President Thomas McKenna
Rating65% 3.2738753.2738753.2738753.2738753.273875
Ce téléfilm met en scène les prémices d'une guerre mondiale entre les États-Unis d'Amérique et l'URSS. L’action se passe en 1987. À la suite d'une mission de parachutistes de l'armée rouge envoyée en Alaska pour détruire l'oléoduc trans-Alaska et qui se trouve confrontée à une unité de la garde nationale des États-Unis en manœuvre, la situation dégénère en une guerre nucléaire.
The Mirror Crack'd, 1h45
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, Edward Fox, Geraldine Chaplin
Roles Jason Rudd
Rating61% 3.099543.099543.099543.099543.09954
Set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead, home of Miss Jane Marple (Angela Lansbury), in 1953, a big Hollywood production company arrives to film a costume movie about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I with two famous movie stars, Marina Rudd and Lola Brewster (Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak, respectively). The two actresses are old rivals who despise each other. Marina, making a much heralded comeback after a prolonged "illness" and retirement (due to what was really a nervous breakdown), and her husband, Jason Rudd (Rock Hudson), who is directing the movie they are making, arrive with their entourage. When she learns that Lola will be in the movie as well, she becomes enraged and vents her anger. Lola and her husband, Marty Fenn (Tony Curtis), who is producing the movie, arrive. Excitement runs high in the village as the locals have been invited to a reception held by the movie company in a manor house, Gossington Hall, to meet the celebrities. Lola and Marina come face to face at the reception and exchange some potent and comical insults, nasty one-liners, as they smile and pose for the cameras. The two square off in a series of clever verbal cat-fights throughout the movie.
Avalanche
Avalanche (1978)
, 1h31
Directed by Corey Allen, Lewis Teague
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Rock Hudson, Robert Forster, Mia Farrow, Jeanette Nolan, Rick Moses, Steve Franken
Roles David Shelby
Rating37% 1.858371.858371.858371.858371.85837
Une coulée de neige inonde une station de ski
Embryo
Embryo (1976)
, 1h44
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Actors Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Ralph Nelson, Roddy McDowall, Anne Scheden
Roles Dr. Paul Holliston
Rating51% 2.551752.551752.551752.551752.55175
Dr. Paul Holliston (Hudson) is a geneticist who has been living alone in his rambling clinic, which he operates out of his home, after losing his wife in a car crash. This leads to his feeling constant pangs of guilt from his sister-in-law Martha Douglas (Diane Ladd), who has become his assistant.
Showdown
Showdown (1973)
, 1h39
Directed by James Fargo, George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Rock Hudson, Victor Mohica, Dean Martin, Susan Clark, Donald Moffat, John McLiam
Roles Chuck Jarvis
Rating59% 2.95372.95372.95372.95372.9537
Childhood friends Billy Massey and Chuck Jarvis go in opposite directions after Chuck ends up married to Billy's former sweetheart. Billy becomes a bank robber, Chuck a lawman. But they end up joining forces against common enemies in a final showdown.
Pretty Maids All in a Row, 1h31
Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Films about virginity
Actors Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn
Roles Michael 'Tiger' McDrew
Rating60% 3.0483053.0483053.0483053.0483053.048305
Un étudiant est obsédé par le sexe. Heureusement, il rencontre beaucoup de femmes. Malheureusement, elles vont toutes mourir...
Hornets' Nest, 1h50
Directed by Phil Karlson
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Jacques Sernas, Jean Valmont
Roles Turner
Rating57% 2.852132.852132.852132.852132.85213
In Northern Italy in 1944, the entire population of the village of Reanoto is massacred by the SS under the command of the cruel Sturmbannführer Taussig (Jacques Sernas) for helping the Italian resistance movement. The only survivors are a group of young boys in ages from 7 to 14 led by Aldo (Mark Colleano, son of Bonar Colleano and Susan Shaw) who witness the mass execution and vow revenge.
Darling Lili, 1h47
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Gloria Paul, Jeremy Kemp, Vernon Dobtcheff, Lance Percival
Roles Major William Larrabee
Rating60% 3.047463.047463.047463.047463.04746
Set during World War I, the film centers on Lili Smith (Julie Andrews), a popular British music hall performer who is regarded as a femme fatale. She is actually a German spy, and the uncle she dotes upon is really Colonel Kurt Von Ruger (Jeremy Kemp), a fellow spy and her contact with the German military.
The Undefeated, 1h59
Directed by John Wayne, Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Lee Meriwether, Bruce Cabot, Melissa Newman
Roles Colonel James Langdon
Rating65% 3.2966653.2966653.2966653.2966653.296665
After the American Civil War, Union Colonel John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and company attack a group of Confederate soldiers, only to be informed after defeating them that the war had ended days ago. Another group of Confederate soldiers, led by Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) prepare to join Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. Langdon torches his plantation before he departs rather than have it fall into the hands of carpetbaggers. At the same time, Thomas, with his adopted Indian son Blue Boy (Roman Gabriel) and his surviving command, brings a herd of 3,000 horses across the Rio Grande for sale in Durango, Mexico.
Ice Station Zebra, 2h28
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin
Roles Cdr. James Ferraday
Rating65% 3.29723.29723.29723.29723.2972
A satellite reenters the atmosphere and ejects a capsule which parachutes to the Arctic, coordinates 85N 21W (approx 320 miles WNW of Nord, Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean ice pack). During an ice storm, a figure soon approaches, guided by a homing beacon, while a second person secretly watches from nearby.
A Fine Pair, 1h55
Directed by Francesco Maselli
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Claudia Cardinale, Rock Hudson, Leon Askin, Ellen Corby, Walter Giller, Tomás Milián
Roles Capt. Mike Harmon
Rating49% 2.462262.462262.462262.462262.46226
Un détective s'engage dans une relation avec la superbe fille d'un vieil ami. La fille s'avère être une voleuse de bijoux, qui finit par entraîner le détective dans un cambriolage en Autriche.
Tobruk
Tobruk (1967)
, 1h50
Directed by Arthur Hiller, Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Jack Watson, Robert Wolders
Roles Major Donald Craig
Rating63% 3.197663.197663.197663.197663.19766
In September 1942, Rommel's Africa Korps is only 90 miles (144 km) from the Suez Canal, but running dangerously low on fuel. The British approve a plan to destroy German fuel bunkers at Tobruk in an attempt to cripple Rommel's attack.