Profile
Rock Hudson
Actor
Male
Born
Nov 17, 1925
Hometown
Winnetka, Illinois
Died
Oct 2, 1985
Death Place
Beverly Hills, Ca...
Other Names
Scherer, Roy Haro...
Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. , later Roy Harold Fitzgerald, known professionally as Rock Hudson, was an American film and television actor, most recognized as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s, including in films such as Magnificent Obsession… Read More
Romance
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Tom ClarkDated 1981
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Jack CoatesDated 1967
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Charlene HoltDated 1963 - 1964
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Charlotte HoltDated 1963
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Phyllis WingerFling 1952
News + Updates
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A Family Affair Msn Autos (Blog)Google News - Sep 01, 2011
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Doris Day My Heart Music Omh.ComGoogle News - Aug 31, 2011
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On Demand Picks Boston GlobeGoogle News - Aug 30, 2011
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Sports Brings Us Back To Reality... Again Patch.ComGoogle News - Aug 27, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1925
Birth
Born on November 17, 1925.
TWENTIES
1946
20 Years Old
After graduating from high school, he served in the Philippines as an aircraft mechanic for the United States Navy during World War II. In 1946, Hudson moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue an acting career and applied to the University of Southern California's dramatics program, but he was rejected owing to poor grades.
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A fortunate meeting with Hollywood talent scout Henry Willson in 1948 got Hudson his start in the business.
1954
28 Years Old
Success and recognition came in 1954 with Magnificent Obsession in which Hudson plays a bad boy who is redeemed opposite the popular star Jane Wyman.
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THIRTIES
1957
31 Years Old
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Along with Cary Grant, Hudson was regarded as one of the best-dressed male stars in Hollywood, and received "Top 10 Stars of the Year" a record eight times from 1957 to 1964.
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1958
32 Years Old
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Gates filed for divorce after three years in April 1958, charging mental cruelty.
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FORTIES
1968
42 Years Old
He also tried his hand in the action genre with Tobruk (1967), the lead in 1968's spy thriller Ice Station Zebra, a role which he had actively sought and remained his personal favorite, and westerns with The Undefeated (1969) opposite John Wayne.
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1971
45 Years Old
His most successful TV series was McMillan & Wife opposite Susan Saint James which ran from 1971 to 1977.
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FIFTIES
1981
55 Years Old
In the early 1980s, following years of heavy drinking and smoking, Hudson began having health problems which resulted in a heart attack in November 1981.
1982
56 Years Old
Emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery sidelined Hudson and his new TV show The Devlin Connection for a year; the show was canceled in December 1982 not long after it first aired.
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1983
57 Years Old
He was in ill health while filming the action-drama film The Ambassador in Israel during the winter months of 1983-84 with Robert Mitchum.
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During 1984, while filming the TV drama The Vegas Strip Wars, Hudson's health grew worse, prompting different rumors that he was suffering from liver cancer, among other ailments, because of his increasingly gaunt face and build.
In July 1985, Hudson joined his old friend Doris Day for the launch of her new TV cable show, Doris Day's Best Friends where he videotaped a live guest appearance at her southern California ranch.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1985
60 Years Old
Hudson died in 1985, being the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness.
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