Rock Hudson

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Hollywood star film actor human romantic leading man television actor

Rock Hudson was a popular American film and television actor of the 1950s and 1960s, renowned as a romantic leading man and later noted as one of the first major Hollywood stars whose AIDS-related death brought widespread public attention to the disease.

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Rock Hudson as Jason Rudd 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hollywood star ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
romantic leading man ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roy Fitzgerald ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for World Film Favorite – Male ⓘ
birthName Roy Harold Scherer Jr. ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California
causeOfDeath HIV/AIDS ⓘ
surface form: AIDS

AIDS-related complications ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-11-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1985-10-02 ⓘ
dateOfDivorce 1958-08-13 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1955-11-09 ⓘ
employer Universal Pictures ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of German and Swiss descent ⓘ
eyeColor brown ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hairColor dark brown ⓘ
height 196 cm ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award
notableFor being a leading romantic actor in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
being one of the first major Hollywood stars to die of AIDS-related illness ⓘ
notableWork A Farewell to Arms ⓘ
surface form: A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)

All That Heaven Allows ⓘ
Come September ⓘ
Dynasty (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: Dynasty

Giant ⓘ
Ice Station Zebra ⓘ
Lover Come Back ⓘ
Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
McMillan & Wife ⓘ
Pillow Talk ⓘ
Seconds ⓘ
Send Me No Flowers ⓘ
The Undefeated ⓘ
Written on the Wind ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Winnetka, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
residence Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
spouse Phyllis Gates ⓘ
stageName Rock Hudson self-link ⓘ
workedWith Doris Day ⓘ
Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ
James Dean ⓘ
yearsActive 1948–1985 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Dean → coStarredWith → Rock Hudson ⓘ
Jane Wyman → coStarredWith → Rock Hudson ⓘ
All That Heaven Allows → leadActor → Rock Hudson ⓘ
Magnificent Obsession → leadActor → Rock Hudson ⓘ
subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
The Mirror Crack'd → portrays → Rock Hudson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rock Hudson as Jason Rudd
Rock Hudson → stageName → Rock Hudson self-link ⓘ
All That Heaven Allows → starring → Rock Hudson ⓘ
Magnificent Obsession → starring → Rock Hudson ⓘ
subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
The Mirror Crack'd → stars → Rock Hudson ⓘ
Thelma Ritter → workedWith → Rock Hudson ⓘ