Rock Hudson

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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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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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Jane Wyman coStarredWith Rock Hudson
Thelma Ritter workedWith Rock Hudson
All That Heaven Allows starring Rock Hudson
All That Heaven Allows leadActor Rock Hudson
Magnificent Obsession starring Rock Hudson
subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
Magnificent Obsession leadActor Rock Hudson
subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
Rock Hudson stageName Rock Hudson self-link
James Dean coStarredWith Rock Hudson
The Mirror Crack'd stars Rock Hudson
The Mirror Crack'd portrays Rock Hudson
this entity surface form: Rock Hudson as Jason Rudd
Winchester '73 featuresActor Rock Hudson
Pillow Talk starring Rock Hudson
1973 Academy Awards host Rock Hudson
Giant starring Rock Hudson
Chill Wills workedWith Rock Hudson
Bright Victory castMember Rock Hudson
Ross Hunter workedWith Rock Hudson
Roy Fitzgerald birthNameOf Rock Hudson
Roy Fitzgerald alsoKnownAs Rock Hudson
Roy Fitzgerald usedStageName Rock Hudson
Lover Come Back starredActor Rock Hudson
Lover Come Back starring Rock Hudson
this entity surface form: Rock Hudson as Jerry Webster
Send Me No Flowers starring Rock Hudson
McMillan & Wife starring Rock Hudson
Written on the Wind starring Rock Hudson
Seconds starring Rock Hudson
Ice Station Zebra castMember Rock Hudson
The Undefeated starring Rock Hudson
Come September starring Rock Hudson
Winnetka, Illinois, United States hasNotableResident Rock Hudson
subject surface form: Winnetka, Illinois
Ron Kirby portrayedBy Rock Hudson
Anna Kashfi workedWith Rock Hudson
Barbara Rush workedWith Rock Hudson
Frank Gross starring Rock Hudson
subject surface form: All That Heaven Allows
Phyllis Gates spouse Rock Hudson