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| Rock Hudson 1925 - 1985 |
On this day in 1925 Roy Harold Scherer Jr. was born in Winnetka, Illinois. Better known to you and me as Rock Hudson, Roy was the son of an auto mechanic and a telephone operator who divorced when he was only eight years old. After working for the Postal Service, serving as a Navy Airplane Mechanic during World War II and then driving a truck, Roy's 6' 5" frame and good looks got him into the movies. His name was changed to Rock Hudson and he took lessons in acting, singing, riding, dancing and fencing. Rock was notoriously bad at remembering his lines and one line in his first film 'Fighter Squadron' in 1948 took 38 takes to get right. He starred in many films and apart from the films he made with Doris Day I remember him best for his TV series 'McMillan & Wife'. He was signed to Universal Studios to play McMillan in 1971 for one of the biggest salaries seen in television at the time.
To see some lovely pictures of Rock Hudson and Doris Day and to hear Doris singing, click on the following song title. 'Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps'
