Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 - October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor and a romantic leading man in the 1950s and 1960s.
Hudson was voted Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, and similar titles by numerous movie magazines and was unquestionably one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of the time. He completed nearly 70 motion pictures and starred in several television productions during a career that spanned over four decades.
Born, Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., November 25, 1925, Winnetka, Illinois, USA.
During World War II enlisted in the United States Navy as an airplane mechanic.
Signed a contract with Universal Studios which changed his name to Rock Hudson.
Rock Hudsons first film was 1948's "Fighter Squadron".
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.
Rock Hudson made over thirty movies, was in two television shows and in three television mini-series.
In 1985, Rock Hudson died from AIDS.
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