Biography: life and films
Rock Hudson was an American actor whose birth name was Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.. He was born in Winnetka, Illinois, USA on 17th November 1925 and died in Beverly Hills, California, USA on 2nd November 1985, aged 59.His best films as an actor include Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1958) and Delbert Mann's comedy Lover Come Back (1961).
Rock Hudson appeared in 70 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Douglas Sirk (8 films), Joseph Pevney (5), Raoul Walsh (3), Frederick De Cordova (3), William Castle (2), Robert Mulligan (2), Michael Gordon (2), Mark Rappaport (2), Jerry Hopper (2), Delbert Mann (2), Budd Boetticher (2) and Anthony Mann (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (35 films), comedy (13), Western (12), romance (10), comedy-romance (7), War (6), Thriller (6), Documentary (6), Biography (5), crime-thriller (3), history (2) and comedy-thriller (2).
Our average rating for Rock Hudson over all films is: 3.2
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Undertow (1949) [a]
I Was a Shoplifter (1950) [a]
One Way Street (1950) [a]
Peggy (1950) [a]
Shakedown (1950) [a]
The Desert Hawk (1950) [a]
Winchester '73 (1950) [a]
Air Cadet (1951) [a]
Bright Victory (1951) [a]
Iron Man (1951) [a]
The Fat Man (1951) [a]
Tomahawk (1951) [a]
Bend of the River (1952) [a]
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) [a]
Here Come the Nelsons (1952) [a]
Horizons West (1952) [a]
Scarlet Angel (1952) [a]
Back to God's Country (1953) [a]
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) [a]
Gun Fury (1953) [a]
Sea Devils (1953) [a]
Seminole (1953) [a]
The Golden Blade (1953) [a]
The Lawless Breed (1953) [a]
Bengal Brigade (1954) [a]
Magnificent Obsession (1954) [a]
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) [a]
All That Heaven Allows (1955) [a]
Captain Lightfoot (1955) [a]
One Desire (1955) [a]
Giant (1956) [a]
Never Say Goodbye (1956) [a]
Written on the Wind (1956) [a]
A Farewell to Arms (1957) [a]
Battle Hymn (1957) [a]
Something of Value (1957) [a]
The James Dean Story (1957) [a]
The Tarnished Angels (1958) [a]
Twilight for the Gods (1958) [a]
This Earth Is Mine (1959) [a]
Come September (1961) [a]
The Last Sunset (1961) [a]
The Spiral Road (1962) [a]
A Gathering of Eagles (1963) [a]
Marilyn (1963) [a]
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) [a]
A Very Special Favor (1965) [a]
Blindfold (1965) [a]
Strange Bedfellows (1965) [a]
Seconds (1966) [a]
Tobruk (1967) [a]
Ice Station Zebra (1968) [a]
Ruba al prossimo tuo (1969) [a]
The Undefeated (1969) [a]
Darling Lili (1970) [a]
Hornets' Nest (1970) [a]
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) [a]
Showdown (1973) [a]
Embryo (1976) [a]
Avalanche (1978) [a]
The Martian Chronicles [TV] (1980) [a]
The Devlin Connection III (1982) [a]
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]
The Ambassador (1984) [a]
Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) [a]
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) [a]
James Dean: Forever Young (2005) [a]
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