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Acting

Rock Hudson

Career: Active from 1950 to 2018, with a break from 1986 to 2006, busiest in 1952 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 59
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Bend of the River
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Rock Hudson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 9
Historical Drama 7
Social Commentary 6
Melodrama 6
Classic Romantic Comedy 5
Character-Driven 5
Classic Western 5
Political Intrigue 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Classic Hollywood 4
Intrigue 4
Star-Studded Cast 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

83

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

These Dead Souls

as (archive footage)

2000s

1 title

When Fear Eats the Soul

as Ron Kirby (archive footage)

1990s

1 title

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

11 titles · average score 60

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Ambassador

51

as Frank Stevenson

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

67

as (archive footage)

The Vegas Strip War

47

as Neil Chaine

World War III

65

TV show · as President Thomas McKenna

The Devlin Connection

TV show · as Brian Devlin

The Star Maker

as Danny Youngblood

Dynasty

66

TV show · as Daniel Reece

The Patricia Neal Story

67

as Rock Hudson (uncredited)

The Martian Chronicles

68

TV show · as Col. John Wilder

The Mirror Crack'd

51

as Jason Rudd

1970s

9 titles · average score 48

Avalanche

27

as David Shelby

Wheels

TV show · as Adam Trenton

Embryo

39

as Dr. Paul Holliston

Showdown

52

as Chuck Jarvis

McMillan & Wife

70

TV show · as Stewart 'Mac' McMillan

Pretty Maids All in a Row

31

as Michael 'Tiger' McDrew

Once Upon a Dead Man

72

as Stewart McMillan

Darling Lili

50

as Major William Larrabee

Hornets' Nest

48

as Turner

1960s

17 titles · average score 59

The Undefeated

47

as Colonel James Langdon

Ice Station Zebra

54

as Cdr. James Ferraday

Tobruk

58

as Major Donald Craig

Seconds

77

as Antiochus 'Tony' Wilson

Blindfold

57

as Dr. Bartholomew Snow

Strange Bedfellows

55

as Carter Harrison

Send Me No Flowers

65

as George Kimball

Man's Favorite Sport?

65

as Roger Willoughby

A Gathering of Eagles

62

as Col. Jim Caldwell

Lover Come Back

64

as Jerry Webster

The Last Sunset

62

as Dana Stribling

Come September

78

as Robert L. Talbot

1950s

41 titles · average score 62

Pillow Talk

78

as Brad Allen

This Earth Is Mine

64

as John Rambeau

A Farewell to Arms

29

as Lt. Frederick Henry

The Tarnished Angels

69

as Burke Devlin

Giant

81

as Jordan 'Bick' Benedict

Written on the Wind

80

as Mitch Wayne

All That Heaven Allows

79

as Ron Kirby

Magnificent Obsession

67

as Bob Merrick

Taza, Son of Cochise

45

as Taza

Gun Fury

49

as Ben Warren

Seminole

53

as Lance Caldwell

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

76

as Dan Stebbins

1940s

2 titles · average score 64

Undertow

72

as Detective (as Roc Hudson)

Fighter Squadron

56

as Second Lieutenant (uncredited)