ACTOR - FILMOGRAPHY

 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) .... Himself
 And the Band Played On (1993) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) .... Himself
 Vegas Strip War, The (1984) (TV) .... Neil Chaine
 Ambassador, The (1984) .... Frank Stevenson
 "Dynasty" (1981) TV Series .... Daniel Reece (1984-1985)
 "Devlin Connection, The" (1982) TV Series .... Brian Devlin
 World War III (1982) (TV) .... President Thomas McKenna
 Star Maker, The (1981) (TV) .... Danny Youngblood
 Superstunt II (1980) (TV)
 Circus of the Stars #5 (1980) (TV) .... Ringmaster
 Mirror Crack'd, The (1980) .... Jason Rudd
 "Martian Chronicles, The" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Colonel John Wilder
 Avalanche (1978) .... David Shelby
 "Wheels" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Adam Trenton
 "McMillan" (1976) TV Series .... Commissioner Stewart McMillan (1976-1977)
 Embryo (1976) .... Dr. Paul Holliston
 Showdown (1973) .... Chuck Jarvis
 "McMillan and Wife" (1971) TV Series .... Police Commissioner Stewart 'Mac' McMillan
 Once Upon a Dead Man (1971) (TV) .... Commissioner Stewart McMillan
 Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) .... Michael 'Tiger' McDrew
 Hornet's Nest (1970) .... Captain Turner
 Darling Lili (1970) .... Major William Larrabee
 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969) (TV) .... Himself
 Undefeated, The (1969) .... Colonel James Langdon
 Ruba al prossimo tuo (1969) .... Captain Mike Harmon
 Man Who Makes the Difference, The (1968) (uncredited) .... Himself
 Ice Station Zebra (1968) .... Cdr. James Ferraday, Captain of USS Tigerfish
 Tobruk (1967) .... Major Donald Craig
 Seconds (1966) .... Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson
 Blindfold (1965) .... Dr. Bartholomew Snow
 Very Special Favor, A (1965) .... Paul Chadwick
 Strange Bedfellows (1964) .... Carter Harrison
 Send Me No Flowers (1964) .... George Kimball
 Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) .... Roger Willoughby
 Marilyn (1963) .... Narrator
 Gathering of Eagles, A (1963) .... Colonel Jim Caldwell
 Spiral Road, The (1962) .... Dr. Anton Drager
 Lover Come Back (1961) .... Jerry Webster
 Come September (1961) .... Robert Talbot
 Last Sunset, The (1961) .... Dana Stribling
 Pillow Talk (1959) .... Brad Allen
 This Earth Is Mine (1959) .... John Rambeau
 Twilight for the Gods (1958) .... Captain David Bell
 Farewell to Arms, A (1957) .... Lieutenant Frederick Henry
 Tarnished Angels, The (1957) .... Burke Devlin
 Something of Value (1957) .... Peter McKenzie
 James Dean Story, The (1957) (uncredited) .... Himself
 Battle Hymn (1957) .... Colonel Dean Hess
 Written on the Wind (1956) .... Mitch Wayne
 Giant (1956) .... Jordan 'Bick' Benedict
 Never Say Goodbye (1956) .... Dr. Michael Parker
 All That Heaven Allows (1955) .... Ron Kirby
 Captain Lightfoot (1955) .... Michael Martin
 One Desire (1955) .... Clint Saunders
 Bengal Brigade (1954) .... Captain Jeffrey Claybourne
 Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) .... Taza
 Magnificent Obsession (1954) .... Bob Merrick
 Back to God's Country (1953) .... Peter Keith
 Gun Fury (1953) .... Ben Warren
 Sea Devils (1953) .... Gilliatt
 Seminole (1953) .... Lt. Lance Caldwell
 Golden Blade, The (1953) .... Harun
 Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) .... Dan
 Here Come the Nelsons (1952) .... Charles Jones
 Horizons West (1952) .... Neil Hammond
 Lawless Breed, The (1952) .... John Wesley Hardin
 Bend of the River (1952) .... Trey Wilson
 Scarlet Angel (1952) .... Frank Truscott
 Fat Man, The (1951) .... Roy Clark
 Air Cadet (1951) .... Upper Classman
 Iron Man (1951) .... Tommy 'Speed' O'Keefe
 Bright Victory (1951) .... Dudek
 Tomahawk (1951) .... Corporal Burt Hanna
 Desert Hawk, The (1950) .... Captain Ras
 I Was a Shoplifter (1950) .... Store Detective
 Peggy (1950) .... Johnny Higgins
 Winchester '73 (1950) .... Young Bull
 One Way Street (1950) .... Truck Driver
 Shakedown (1950) .... Ted, the Night Club Doorman
 Undertow (1949) .... Detective
 Fighter Squadron (1948) (uncredited) .... 2nd Lt. (Pilot)

NOTABLE TV GUEST APPEARANCES

 "Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967) playing "Himself"(episode # 11.12) 12/11/1977
 "Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967) playing "Himself"(episode # 10.16) 1/29/1977
 "Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967) playing "Himself"(episode # 8.18) 2/15/1975
 "Parkinson" (1971) playing "Himself"
 "I Love Lucy" (1951) playing "Himself" in episode: "In Palm Springs" (episode # 4.26) 4/25/1955

SPOUSE

 Phyllis Gates (1955 - 1958) (divorced)

TRIVIA

 Height: 6'4" - 6'6" depending on the source

 Nickname[s]: Leroy or Roy

 He was left-handed.

 Alumnus of New Trier Township High School East, Winnetka, Illinois, the same school as Ann-Margret and Charlton Heston.

 Although he tried out for roles in school plays, Hudson failed to win any because he could not remember lines.

 Enamored of movies as a teenager, Rock worked as an usher.

 Worked as a truck driver when he first moved to Los Angeles, but he spent his spare time idling outside of studio gates and sending photographs of himself to various producers.

 Agent Henry Wilson invented a new name for his protégé by combining the Rock of Gibraltar and the Hudson River.

 Ashes scattered at sea.

 The Prudential Life Insurance Company in USA stopped using their slogan "Own A Piece Of The Rock" after Rock Hudson died of AIDS and many jokes where made about him and the slogan.

 (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#28).

PERSONAL QUOTES

 "Rock Hudson's death gave AIDS a face." -- Morgan Fairchild

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