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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. He was a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood .
Actor: Giant. Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. He was of German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish descent. His parents divorced when he was eight years old.
May 17, 2024 · Rock Hudson, American actor noted for his good looks and movie roles during the 1950s and ’60s, including Magnificent Obsession, Giant, and Pillow Talk, and for the TV series MacMillan and Wife in the 1970s. He was one of the first known Hollywood celebrities to die of AIDS-related complications.
Oct 23, 2023 · A great deal was written about Rock Hudson when he was alive. He was one of Hollywood’s favourite leading men, one of the first “beefcake” stars. But it’s safe to report that a lot more has been said about him since his death in October 1985.
Oct 14, 1985 · October 14, 1985 12:00 AM EDT. “One of these days I’m going to have a lot to tell,” Rock Hudson once promised a friend. The day never came, and when Hudson died of AIDS at his home in Beverly...
Jun 3, 2023 · Rock Hudson was the ultimate midcentury movie star, turning heads and breaking hearts as the camera lit his chiseled face and rugged frame. The double life he led as a gay man — and his death...
Rocky road to fame: The secret life of Sylvester Stallone, still Hollywood’s most durable action hero. Various filmmakers and authors have attempted to portray Hudson as a tragic figure...
Rock Hudson. Actor: Giant. Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. He was of German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish descent. His parents divorced when he was eight years old.
May 2, 2020 · Ryan Murphy's new Netflix miniseries looks at the film stars who weren't allowed to live their authentic lives, including Rock Hudson, who spent all of his life closeted.
Jun 25, 2023 · A new HBO documentary explores the public and private worlds of the actor who was Hollywood's epitome of heterosexual desire while living a closeted gay lifestyle, who in 1985 became...
