Rock Hudson

Acting · Born 1925-11-17 in 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…

Filmography

• Giant as Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.
• Pillow Talk as Brad Allen
• Seconds as Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson
• Winchester '73 as Young Bull
• All That Heaven Allows as Ron Kirby
• Written on the Wind as Mitch Wayne
• The Patricia Neal Story as Rock Hudson (uncredited)
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Self (archive footage)
• Send Me No Flowers as George Kimball
• The Mirror Crack'd as Jason Rudd

TV

• I Love Lucy as Rock Hudson
• The Martian Chronicles as Col. John Wilder
• Dynasty as Daniel Reece
• McMillan & Wife as Stewart 'Mac' McMillan
• The Devlin Connection as Brian Devlin
• Wheels as Adam Trenton
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
• World War III as President Thomas McKenna
• This Is Your Life as Self
• The Jack Benny Program as Rock Hudson