Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson's filmography made him a star, but his final months made him historic, and that is what I keep coming back to. For three decades he embodied the polished leading man of Hollywood's Golden Age, a towering ideal shaped by the studio system. Then, in 1985, the disclosure of his illness did something no film ever could: it put a beloved, familiar face on an epidemic the public had been allowed to ignore. I do not think he set out to be a symbol, but the impact was real and lasting. The handsome screen idol ended up changing more minds than any of his romances.

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Name (English)

Rock Hudson

Name (Japanese)

ロック・ハドソン

Reading

ろっく・はどそん

Born

November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985

Origin

Winnetka, Illinois, United States

Height

196 cm

Occupation

television actor / film actor / stage actor / actor / HIV/AIDS activist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

High school

New Trier High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20Hudson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184378

Tags

• Illinois
• television actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.