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Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2,
1985) was an United States|American actor, famous
for his rugged good looks. He was the first major
American celebrity known to have died from AIDS -
related cancer of the lymph glands, and the
announcement of his death from the disease at the
age of 59 brought it wider public attention in the
United States.

Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer Jr. in
Winnetka, Illinois. He served in the United States
Navy during World War II as an airplane mechanic. 
His good looks and strapping size got him a
Hollywood audition; capped teeth and a name change
got him a small part in the 1948 film Fighter
Squadron. In 1956 he was nominated for an Academy
Award for Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor,
and two years later, Look Magazine named him Star
of the Year.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Hudson was known for
several fluff comedies, co-starring Doris Day. 
The two made Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send
Me No Flowers together. After his death, fans
would note the irony in the fact that in many of
these light comedies Hudson played a straight man
that would pose as gay in order to get a woman
into bed.

Many consider his performance as the elderly New
York City banker Arthur Hamilton turned young
Malibu painter Tony Wilson in the 1966 science
fiction film by director John Frankenheimer,
Seconds, as the finest of his career. From 1971 to
1978, Hudson starred opposite Susan St. James in
the popular American television series McMillan
and Wife that aired on National Broadcasting
Company|NBC.

Hudson married studio employee Phyllis Gates in
1955, and the news was made known by all the major
gossip magazines.  The couple divorced in 1958. 
It is thought the studio used this sham marriage
in order to cover Hudson's homosexuality, which at
the time would have been a liability at the box
office if it were made known. Hudson remained in
the closet until his sexual orientation became
known toward the end of his life.

Following Hudson's death, his live-in lover Marc
Christian filed a palimony lawsuit against his
estate and won.

Hudson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at
6104 Hollywood Boulevard.

==Filmography==
*Fighter Squadron (1948)
*Undertow (1949)
*One Way Street (1950)
*I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
*Peggy (1950)
*Winchester '73 (1950)
*The Desert Hawk (1950)
*Shakedown (1950)
*Tomahawk (1951)
*Air Cadet (1951)
*The Fat Man (1951)
*Bright Victory (1951)
*Iron Man (1951)
*Bend of the River (1952)
*Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
*Scarlet Angel (1952)
*Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
*Horizons West (1952)
*The Lawless Breed (1953)
*Seminole (1953)
*Sea Devils (1953)
*The Golden Blade (1953)
*Gun Fury (1953)
*Back to God's Country (1953)
*Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) (narrator in
opening sequence)
*Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
*Magnificent Obsession (1954)
*Bengal Brigade (1954)
*Captain Lightfoot (1955)
*One Desire (1955)
*All That Heaven Allows (1955)
*Never Say Goodbye (1956)
*Giant (1956)
*Written on the Wind (1956)
*Battle Hymn (1956)
*Something of Value (1957)
*A Farewell to Arms (1957)
*The Tarnished Angels (1958)
*Twilight for the Gods (1958)
*This Earth Is Mine (1959)
*Pillow Talk (1959)
*The Last Sunset (1961)
*Come September (1961)
*Lover Come Back (1961)
*The Spiral Road (1962)
*Marilyn (1963) (documentary) (narrator)
*A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
*Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
*Send Me No Flowers (1964)
*Strange Bedfellows (1965)
*A Very Special Favor (1965)
*Blindfold (1965)
*Seconds_(film)|Seconds (1966)
*Tobruk (1967)
*The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968) (short
subject)
*Ice Station Zebra (1968)
*A Fine Pair (1969)
*The Undefeated (1969)
*Darling Lili (1970)
*Hornets' Nest (1970)
*Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
*Showdown (1973)
*Embryo (1976)
*Avalanche (1978)
*The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
*The Ambassador (1984)

===Television===
*McMillan and Wife (1971-1976)
*McMillan (1976-1977)
*Wheels (1978)
*The Martian Chronicles (1980)
*The Star Maker (1981)
*World War III (1982)
*The Devlin Connection (1982)
*The Las Vegas Strip War (1984)
*Dynasty (1984-1985)

==External link==
* imdb name|id=0001369|name=Rock Hudson
* http://www.thegoldenyears.org/hudson.html
Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Rock Hudson

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