After he sent talent scout Henry Willson a picture of himself in 1947, Willson took him on as a client and changed the young actor's name to Rock Hudson later in life, Hudson admitted that he hated the name. He applied to the University of Southern California's dramatics program, but was rejected due to poor grades. Initially he worked at odd jobs, including as a truck driver. Hudson then moved to Los Angeles to live with his biological father (who had remarried) and to pursue an acting career. In 1946, he returned to San Francisco aboard an aircraft carrier, and was discharged the same year. After training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, he departed San Francisco aboard the troop transport SS Lew Wallace with orders to report to Aviation Repair and Overhaul Unit 2, then located on Samar, Philippines, as an aircraft mechanic. He graduated from high school in 1943, and the following year enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. He tried out for a number of school plays, but failed to win any roles because he could not remember his lines, a problem that continued to occur through his early acting career.
At some point during his teenage years, he worked as an usher in a movie theater and developed an interest in acting. Hudson attended New Trier High School in Winnetka. The marriage eventually ended in a bitter divorce and produced no children. Fitzgerald adopted his stepson without his consent, and his legal name then became Roy Harold Fitzgerald. Hudson's parents divorced when he was four years old a few years later, in 1932, his mother married Wallace Fitzgerald, a former Marine Corps officer whom young Roy despised. During the Great Depression, Hudson's father lost his job and abandoned the family. His father was of German and Swiss descent, while his mother had English and Irish ancestry. on November 17, 1925, in Winnetka, Illinois, the only child of Katherine (née Wood), a homemaker and later telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer Sr., an auto mechanic. Hudson was the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness, on October 2, 1985, at age 59. The following year, he became one of the first celebrities to disclose his AIDS diagnosis. Īlthough discreet regarding his sexual orientation, it was a known fact amongst Hudson's colleagues in the film industry that he was a gay man. His last role was as a guest star on the fifth season (1984–1985) of the primetime ABC soap opera Dynasty, until AIDS-related illness made it impossible for him to continue.
Unhappy with the film scripts he was offered, Hudson turned to television and was a hit, starring in the popular mystery series McMillan & Wife (1971–1977). During the late 1960s, his films included Seconds (1966), Tobruk (1967), and Ice Station Zebra (1968).
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). 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. One of the most popular movie stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades.
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