Rock Hudson
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Rock Hudson was an American actor. One of the most popular film stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades, and was a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Hudson in 1954
Hudson in January 1953
Hudson, pictured with Elizabeth Taylor in Giant (1956), the film that led to his only Academy Award nomination
Hudson in Pillow Talk (1959)
Henry Willson
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Henry Leroy Willson was an American Hollywood talent agent who played a large role in developing the beefcake craze of the 1950s.
Rock Hudson
…driver. He applied to the University of Southern California's dramatics program, but was rejected because of poor grades. After he sent talent scout Henry Willson a picture of himself in 1947, Willson took him on as a client and changed the young actor's name to Rock Hudson; later in life, Hudson admitted that…
Cropped Photo of Henry Willson