Rock Hudson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-11-17 (60 years old)

Deathday

1985-10-02

Place of Birth

Winnetka, Illinois, USA

Rock Hudson

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 1...

Acting

1956

Giant

as Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.

1981

The Patricia Neal Story

as Rock Hudson (uncredited)

1989

1964

Send Me No Flowers

as George Kimball

1959

Pillow Talk

as Brad Allen

1966

Seconds

as Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson

1979

Superstunt II

as Self - Host

1980

The Mirror Crack'd

as Jason Rudd

1961

Come September

as Robert L. Talbot

1996

Return to 'Giant'

as Self (archive footage)

1967

Tobruk

as Major Donald Craig

2021

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

as Self (archive footage)

1954

Magnificent Obsession

as Bob Merrick

2004

Hollywood Legenden

as Self (archive footage)

1961

Lover Come Back

as Jerry Webster

1950

Winchester '73

as Young Bull

1970

Darling Lili

as Major William Larrabee

2001

Beatles: Big Beat Box

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Horizons West

as Neil Hammond

1955

1953

Gun Fury

as Ben Warren

1957

The Tarnished Angels

as Burke Devlin

1953

Seminole

as Lance Caldwell

1952

Bend of the River

as Trey Wilson

1951

Tomahawk

as Burt Hanna

1964

Man's Favorite Sport?

as Roger Willoughby

2015

Children of 'Giant'

as Self (archive footage)

1961

The Last Sunset

as Dana Stribling

1968

Ice Station Zebra

as Cdr. James Ferraday

1965

Strange Bedfellows

as Carter Harrison

1957

Something of Value

as Peter McKenzie

1951

The Fat Man

as Roy Clark

1956

Written on the Wind

as Mitch Wayne

1969

The Undefeated

as Colonel James Langdon

1957

A Farewell to Arms

as Lt. Frederick Henry

2023

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Hollywood Scandals

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Pretty Maids All in a Row

as Michael 'Tiger' McDrew

1951

Iron Man

as Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe

1952

1957

Battle Hymn

as Col. Dean E. Hess

2018

These Dead Souls

as (archive footage)

1973

Showdown

as Chuck Jarvis

1949

Undertow

as Detective (as Roc Hudson)

1958

Twilight for the Gods

as Captain David Bell

1970

Hornets' Nest

as Turner

1953

1948

Fighter Squadron

as Second Lieutenant (uncredited)

1951

Air Cadet

as Upper Classman

1952

The Lawless Breed

as John Wesley Hardin

1963

A Gathering of Eagles

as Col. Jim Caldwell

1965

Uncertain Verification

as (archive footage)

1965

A Very Special Favor

as Paul Chadwick

1953

Sea Devils

as Gilliatt

1976

Embryo

as Dr. Paul Holliston

1950

I Was a Shoplifter

as Si Swanson - Store Detective

2018

1959

This Earth Is Mine

as John Rambeau

1955

Captain Lightfoot

as Michael Martin

1955

One Desire

as Clint Saunders

1962

The Spiral Road

as Dr. Anton Drager

1950

One Way Street

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

1953

Back to God's Country

as Peter Keith

1985

The Ambassador

as Frank Stevenson

1950

The Desert Hawk

as Captain Ras

1978

Avalanche

as David Shelby

1956

Never Say Goodbye

as Dr. Michael Parker

2008

Acting for Douglas Sirk

as Self (archive footage)

1966

Blindfold

as Dr. Bartholomew Snow

1984

The Vegas Strip War

as Neil Chaine

1954

Bengal Brigade

as Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne

1963

Marilyn

as Narrator

1952

Here Come the Nelsons

as Charlie Jones

1952

Scarlet Angel

as Frank Truscott

1951

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)

2010

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

as Himself (archive footage)

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Shakedown

as Ted - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited)

1950

Peggy

as Johnny "Scat" Mitchell

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

2007

When Fear Eats the Soul

as Ron Kirby (archive footage)

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self (archive footage)

1974

James Dean Remembered

as Self (voice)

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Once Upon a Dead Man

as Stewart McMillan

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1981

The Star Maker

as Danny Youngblood

1968

A Fine Pair

as Capt. Mike Harmon

1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

as Narrator (uncredited)

1992

Rock Hudson's Home Movies

as Himself (archive footage)

1999

1990

Death In Hollywood

as (archive footage)

1995

James Dean: A Portrait

as Self (Archive footage)

Production

1966

Seconds

as Associate Producer

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