Rock Hudson
| Born | November 17, 1925 |
| Hometown | Winnetka, Illinois, United States |
| Height | 6'5" (1.956m) |
| Spouse | Phyllis Gates |
| Partner | Tom Clark |
| Parents | Wallace Fitzgerald, Roy Harold Scherer, Sr., Katherine Wood |
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Rock Hudson’s Former Costar on Working With the Late Actor — and ‘Kissing All the Time’ on Set
- Susan Saint James confides that kissing Rock Hudson on the set of the hit TV series McMillan & Wife never felt like a hardship. “We were kissing all the time, and it was fun,” she tells Closer exclusively, calling her late costar “engaging, wonderful, friendly and sexy.” During his decades in Hollywood, Rock made many...
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
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| 1957 | Academy Award | Actor | Giant (1956 film) | Nominated |
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A Look Back at Rock Hudson and Lee Garlington's Secret 'True Love' Story (Exclusive)
Garlington — who Hudson famously called his 'true love' in his biography — died in December at age 86, PEOPLE has confirmed
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True Crime Podcast ‘Variety Confidential’ Unveils the Talent Agent Who Invented the Beefcake Craze
Henry Willson’s behavior was protected by other powerful players in the entertainment industry who depended on him for a steady stream of fresh, young talent. In episode 3 of “Variety Confidential,” host Tracy Pattin and co-host Matt Donnelly, Variety’s senior entertainment and media writer, unearth the story of Willson, an aggressive, midcentury Hollywood talent agent …
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10 of the Best Films of Rock Hudson, the Closeted Mid-Century Hollywood Dreamboat
Find out what made Rock Hudson such a big deal.
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Rock Hudson: New documentary seeks to reframe star's place in Hollywood history
Nearly 40 years after Hollywood legend Rock Hudson died from an AIDS-related illness, a new film hopes to reclaim his name from the cruel punchlines at the time.
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Why I had to out Rock Hudson as gay
Thirty-eight years ago, Rock Hudson announced to the world that he had Aids, becoming easily the most famous person (pre Freddie Mercury) to succumb and go public. Admitting his homosexuality was another matter, and one taken out of his hands before Hudson’s untimely death at 59. As the new documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed explains, the gay writer Armistead Maupin gave an interview to People magazine outing Hudson in the last weeks of his life, for reasons Maupin continues to def
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US actress Piper Laurie, star of 'Carrie' and Twin Peaks, dies aged 91
The Oscar nominated actress, best known for her roles in 'The Hustler', 'Carrie' and Twin Peaks, died of old age.
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On This Day, Oct. 2: 'Peanuts' published for first time
On Oct. 2, 1950, the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published for the first time.
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Review: 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' tells a real-life tale of spies, nukes and Howard Hughes
A secret, costly episode of the Cold War is chronicled in a documentary on Project Azorian, a CIA mission that hoped to claim a sunken Russian submarine.
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14 Celebrities Who Died in the Closet
The stories of these closeted notables range from bittersweet to tragic, and some are just plain outrageous.
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‘And the Band Played On’: The landmark TV movie turns 30
There was barely a dry eye in the house at the Los Angeles premiere three decades ago of HBO’s landmark AIDS’ film “And the Band Played On.” During the end credit sequence set to Elton John’s “The Last Song” was a montage of well-known people who had died of AIDS or were HIV positive including …
