Rock Hudson

Hudson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in 1993. Following Hudson's death, his live-in lover Marc Christian filed a palimony lawsuit against his estate and won. He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 (and Mission Impossible) co-star Barbara Bain. Hudson remained in the closet until his sexual orientation became known toward the end of his life. He was also nominated for Oscars for his roles in Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors. Hudson was reportedly very good friends with Jim Nabors of television's Gomer Pyle. After his successes in Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, Landau moved on to a fruitful film career which included an Academy Award winning role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood.

The studio was likely using this sham marriage in order to cover Hudson's homosexuality, which would have made him box office poison at the time if it were made known. Some of the actors he has coached include Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston. The couple divorced in 1958. Encouraged by his mentor Lee Strasberg, Landau also taught acting. Hudson married studio employee Phyllis Gates in 1955, and the news was made known by all the major gossip magazines. He attended the Actor's Studio in the same class with Steve McQueen and in 1957, Landau made his Broadway debut in Middle of the Night. James in the popular American television series McMillan and Wife that aired on NBC. Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 17 began working as a cartoonist for the New York Daily News, but influenced by Charlie Chaplin and the escapism of the cinema, he pursued becoming an actor.

From 1971 to 1978, Hudson starred opposite Susan St. He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977). Many consider his performance as the elderly New York City banker Arthur Hamilton turned young Malibu painter Tony Wilson in the 1966 science fiction film by director John Frankenheimer,Seconds, as the finest of his career. Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. The two made Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers together. Pork Chop Hill (1959). During the 1950s and 1960s, Hudson was known for several fluff comedies, largely starring with Doris Day. North by Northwest (1959).

In 1956 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, and two years later, Look Magazine named him Star of the Year. Cleopatra (1963). His one line took 38 takes, because he kept forgetting it. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). His good looks and strapping size got him a Hollywood audition, and some capped teeth and a name change got him a small part in the forgettable 1948 film Fighter Squadron. Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series. Hudson served in the United States Navy during World War II as an airplane mechanic. They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970).

His announcement, and subsequent death from the disease at the age of only 59, brought the disease and HIV into the mainstream of American consciousness. Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series. Born in Winnetka, Illinois, Hudson was the first major American celebrity to admit to being afflicted with AIDS. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). Roy Harold Scherer Jr. (November 17, 1925 - October 2, 1985), better known as Rock Hudson, was an American actor. The Fall of the House of Usher (1982). Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988).

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). By Dawn's Early Light. Sliver (1993). Eye of the Stranger (1993).

Intersection (1994). Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor). The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998). The Joyriders (1999).

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999). Sleepy Hollow (1999). The Majestic (2001). Hollywood Homicide (2003).