What is Rock Hudson?
{{Infobox person | name = Rock Hudson | image = Rock Hudson - portrait.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hudson in the 1950s | birth_name = Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1925|11|17}} | birth_place = [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1985|10|2|1925|11|17}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[California]], U.S. | resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)|Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cathedral City]], ([[cenotaph]]) | death_cause = [[AIDS]]-related complications | other_names = Roy Harold Fitzgerald<br />Roc Hudson | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1947–1985 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Phyllis Gates]]|1955|1958}} (divorced) }} '''Rock Hudson''' (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an [[Americans|American]] [[movie]] and [[television]] [[actor]]. He is famous for his good looks and remembered as a [[Romance movie|romantic]] star during the 1950s and 1960s, especially several movies where he starred with actress [[Doris Day]]. Hudson was voted ''Star of the Year'' and ''Favorite Leading Man,'' by many movie [[magazines]] and was one of the most popular movie stars of the time. He made nearly 70 movies and acted in several television productions during a career of more than three decades, and he received the [[Golden Globe Award]] four times. Hudson was a [[closeted]] [[homosexual]]. He was one of the first major Hollywood personalities to die from [[AIDS]]. ==Movies== *''[[Fighter Squadron]]'' (1948) *''[[Undertow (1949 movie)|Undertow]]'' (1949) *''[[One Way Street]]'' (1950) *''[[I Was a Shoplifter]]'' (1950) *''[[Peggy (1950 movie)|Peggy]]'' (1950) *''[[Winchester '73 (1950 movie)|Winchester '73]]'' (1950) *''[[The Desert Hawk (1950 movie)|The Desert Haw