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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.
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 .
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Noted for his exceptional good looks and comedic film performance, Rock Hudson was an iconic actor who, later in life, contracted and died from the AIDS virus.
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 19, 2023 · Stephen Kijak's documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed explores Hudson's life as a closeted gay man in Hollywood.
Jun 29, 2021 · A gay man with major ambitions in a prejudiced world, Hudson valiantly tried to be all things to all people—as Mark Griffin writes in All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson.
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...
Jun 8, 2023 · A legendary impact. A new @HBO original documentary from Stephen Kijak examines the life and legacy of one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars. #RockHudson: All That Heaven Allowed premieres June...
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...
