Rock Hudson
American actor (1925-1985) · United States · Actors · Died at 59
Rock Hudson is read about 4,130 times a day, in 65 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He was the square-jawed leading man who owned the screen opposite Doris Day, then became the first major American celebrity to die of AIDS - a disclosure that forced the country to reckon with a disease it had tried to ignore.
A life in dates
The AmbassadorFilm, 1985Frank Stevenson1982
The Devlin ConnectionSeries, Brian Devlin1980
The Martian ChroniclesSeries, Col. John Wilder1978
WheelsSeries, Adam Trenton
AvalancheFilm, 1978David Shelby1973
ShowdownFilm, Chuck Jarvis1971
McMillan & WifeSeries, Stewart 'Mac' McMillan1970
Darling LiliFilm, Major William Larrabee1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries
Ice Station ZebraFilm, 1968Cdr. James Ferraday1966
SecondsFilm, Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson1964
Man's Favorite Sport?Film, Roger Willoughby1961
Come SeptemberFilm, Robert L. Talbot1959The Big PartySeries1958
Kraft Music HallSeries1957
A Farewell to ArmsFilm, Lt. Frederick Henry1955
All That Heaven AllowsFilm, Ron Kirby1953
Beneath the 12-Mile ReefFilm, Narrator (uncredited)1951
I Love LucySeries, Rock Hudson1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries
Winchester '73Film, 1950Young Bull1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1925Born17 November 1925Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
Rock Hudson - portrait
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All That Heaven Allows 1955 set photo (Hudson, Wyman, Sirk, Moorehead)
All That Heaven Allows publicity still
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Back to God's Country FilmPosterFilmography 40
CLClint Eastwood: The Last Legend
RIRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
SHScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
TCTab Hunter ConfidentialTAThe Ambassador
TDThe Mirror Crack'dAVAvalanche
EMEmbryoSHShowdown
PRPretty Maids All in a Row
HNHornets' NestDLDarling Lili
TUThe UndefeatedIZIce Station Zebra
TOTobrukSESeconds
SBStrange BedfellowsMSMan's Favorite Sport?
SFSend Me No Flowers
AEA Gathering of Eagles
LBLover Come BackCSCome September
TSThe Last Sunset
PTPillow TalkAAA Farewell to Arms
TAThe Tarnished Angels
TSThe James Dean Story
BHBattle Hymn
GIGiant
WWWritten on the WindAAAll That Heaven Allows
MOMagnificent Obsession
TCTaza, Son of Cochise
GFGun FuryBRBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
SDSea Devils
SESeminole
BRBend of the River
HGHas Anybody Seen My Gal?WIWinchester '73152 credits on file
Television 19
WOWogan
WIWorld War IIITCThe Devlin Connection
DYDynastyTCThe Martian ChroniclesWHWheelsMWMcMillan & WifeRIRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TSThe Carol Burnett ShowKHKraft Music Hall
TLThis Is Your LifeILI Love LucyTHThe Colgate Comedy Hour
TPThe Jack Benny Program
BABambiGAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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About this person
Born Roy Harold Scherer Jr. on November 17, 1925, Hudson broke through in Magnificent Obsession (1954) and became a fixture of Golden Age Hollywood, earning an Oscar nomination for Giant (1956) alongside James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor. His string of romantic comedies with Doris Day - Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, Send Me No Flowers - turned him into one of the most popular film stars of his era, the embodiment of easy American charm. By the late 1960s, frustrated with weak scripts, he formed his own production companies (7 Pictures, then Gibraltar) before pivoting to television with McMillan & Wife (1971-1977). Colleagues knew he was gay; the public did not. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1984, he disclosed it the following year while guest-starring on Dynasty, then died October 2, 1985, at 59 - the first major celebrity death that made the epidemic undeniable.
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