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Birthdate: November 17, 1925
Death date: October 2, 1985
Rock Hudson
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
1.4763
1
1940s
No Reviews
1
1950s
2.5891
38
1960s
2.6352
15
1970s
1.9028
6
1980s
1.1547
2
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.6610
2.6610
Rock Hudson Movie Rankings
1
3.1725A wealthy socialite woman falls in love with a nurse several years her junior. She is ridiculed by her society friends and son for her poor choice of men and believes he is simply a gold digger. ...more about All That Heaven Allows
DVD from $27.95
(10 sellers)
2
3.0995Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. ...more about Giant
DVD from $9.89
(19 sellers)
3
3.0817Interior decorator Jan Morrow and composer Brad Allen share a phone line. Brad keeps the line occupied all day talking to his girlfriends, which annoys Jan terribly and animosity between them builds up. ...more about Pillow Talk
DVD from $8.96
(10 sellers)
4
2.9719
There is a very secret organization that offers wealthy people a second chance at life; the customer picks out someone they want to be and the organization surgically alters the customer to look like the intended person, stages the customer's death, gets ...more about Seconds
DVD from $12.99
(4 sellers)
5
2.9088
In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam (Stewart) wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown (McNally. ...more about Winchester '73
DVD from $5.26
(11 sellers)
6
2.8371
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory. ...more about Bend of the River
DVD from $6.99
(10 sellers)
7
2.8172
A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyses Lt. ...more about Farewell to Arms
DVD from $5.84
(7 sellers)
8
2.7751
Set In Paris During World War I. Lili Smith/Schmidt Is A German Spy Being Requested To Go Under Cover To Help Germany During The War, To Try And Find Out They're Plans. ...more about Darling Lili
DVD from $7.18
(11 sellers)
9
2.7563
Mitch Wayne and Kyle Hadley, the playboy son of an oil tycoon, have been best friends since childhood. Kyle's wild sister, Marylee, hopes to marry Mitch, but he treats her as a brother. Marylee says that Mitch finishes everything Kyle starts. ...more about Written on the Wind
DVD from $18.49
(10 sellers)
10
2.6050
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The year is 1953. The small English village of St. ...more about Mirror Crack'd
DVD from $6.97
(9 sellers)
11
2.5650
Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the ...more about Ice Station Zebra
DVD from $8.63
(9 sellers)
12
2.5628
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are both in the advertising business, but for different agencies. Annoyed by Jerry's methods of using alcohol and women to ensure contracts for his agency, Carol tries to get him thrown out of his profession. ...more about Lover Come Back
DVD from $4.93
(11 sellers)
13
2.5354
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. ...more about Send Me No Flowers
DVD from $5.99
(14 sellers)
14
2.4247
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. ...more about Undefeated
DVD from $5.91
(17 sellers)
15
2.4095
When churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that's therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result. ...more about Magnificent Obsession
- Not Available on DVD
16
2.3973
Roger Willoughby works at a sporting goods store and is the author of a best selling guide to fishing, even though he has never fished. However Abby inveigles him to enter a fishing tournament. ...more about Man's Favorite Sport?
DVD from $9.99
(10 sellers)
18
2.2497
In the 1930's, a First World War flying ace named Roger Schumann is reduced to making appearances on the crash-and-burn circuit of stunt aerobatics. His family are forced to live like dogs while Shumann pursues his only true love, the airplane. ...more about Tarnished Angels
- Not Available on DVD
19
2.1903
Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. ...more about Horizons West
- Not Available on DVD
20
2.0990
Wealthy Samuel Fulton is getting older and has no family of his own. He decides to leave his estate to the family of his first love, who turned down his marriage proposal years ago because he was poor. ...more about Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
DVD from $12.34
(12 sellers)
21
2.0309
In a California high school, a married teacher is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. He starts to have sex flings with his female students and eventually has to kill several of the girls to keep them quiet. Based on a novel by Francis Pollini. ...more about Pretty Maids All in a Row
- Not Available on DVD
22
1.9666
In North Africa during World War II, Sergeant Larry Nevins is blinded by a German sniper's bullet. Rehabilitation at the military hospital presents many challenges, but accepting his disability also proves to be difficult for others. ...more about Bright Victory
- Not Available on DVD
23
1.9529
Harum (Rock Hudson) is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan (Piper Laurie), a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with ...more about Golden Blade
DVD from $12.34
(12 sellers)
24
1.9498
After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for deasd and head off with his fiancée. ...more about Gun Fury
DVD from $9.66
(8 sellers)
25
1.9392
Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he's a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. ...more about Battle Hymn
DVD from $5.74
(10 sellers)
26
1.8250
"2000 years ago" desert guerilla Omar, with henchmen Aladdin and Sinbad, opposes tyrannical Prince Murad. To prevent Murad from marrying caliph's daughter Schaharazade, disguised Omar marries her himself. ...more about Desert Hawk
- Not Available on DVD
28
1.7820
Brendan O'Malley arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. ...more about Last Sunset
DVD from $12.34
(12 sellers)
29
1.7337
Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. ...more about Something of Value
- Not Available on DVD
30
1.7135
Wealthy industrialist Robert Talbot arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa to find three problems lying in wait for him. ...more about Come September
DVD from $8.89
(8 sellers)
31
1.6332
In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. ...more about This Earth Is Mine
- Not Available on DVD
32
1.5569
Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian question while being criticized by all factions, which takes a turn when his wife begins having an affair with a PLO chief. ...more about Ambassador
- Not Available on DVD
33
1.5446
Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. ...more about Gathering of Eagles
- Not Available on DVD
34
1.5328
In a small village in the icy wilderness of Alaska Captain Peter Keith has to defend himself against two especially mean villains, who are after his wife Dolores and a boatload of precious hides. ...more about Back to God's Country
- Not Available on DVD
36
1.4757
A commando unit is dropped behind the German lines in Italy and its mission is to blow up a strategic dam. However, the unit is ambushed and only its leader survives. ...more about Hornets' Nest
- Not Available on DVD
38
0.7284
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. However, the "adult" fetus turns into a homicidal psycho and looks for a new formula to prevent her from aging further. ...more about Embryo
DVD from $7.20
(4 sellers)
39
In London, stuffy statesman Carter Harrison meets Toni, a Bohemian artist with a hot Italian temper. The two impulsively marry and then find that they disagree on everything. Shortly afterward they separate. ...more about Strange Bedfellows
DVD from $5.95
(11 sellers)
40
After being released from prison, an ex-convict is framed for a murder. The man sets out to find the real killers before the police blame the crime on him. ...more about Undertow
- Not Available on DVD
41
A new group of plebes (including roommates Joe, Russ, Jerry and Walt) arrive at an Air Force training camp and go through the usual "course of sprouts." Then on to jet training, where cadet Russ Coulter meets lovely Janet... ...more about Air Cadet
- Not Available on DVD
43
Dr. Bartholomew Snow, a psychiatrist, is treating a man with emotional problems who, it turns out, is a brilliant scientist being pursued by different international powers and their operatives. ...more about Blindfold
- Not Available on DVD
44
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and is forced to flee into outlawry. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, "Lightfoot. ...more about Captain Lightfoot
- Not Available on DVD
45
An innocent dentist is murdered, the only apparent motive to steal a set of dental x-rays. ...more about Fat Man
- Not Available on DVD
48
In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. ...more about Iron Man
- Not Available on DVD
49
Released from jail, John Wesley Hardin leaves an account of his life with the local newspaper. ...more about Lawless Breed
- Not Available on DVD
50
Rock Hudson narrates a compilation of clips from Marilyn Monroe's 20th Century-Fox movies. ...more about Marilyn
- Not Available on DVD
51
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. ...more about Never Say Goodbye
- Not Available on DVD
52
Circa 1900, runaway boy Nugget arrives in an Oklahoma boom town to find his brother...who's a dealer in the casino section of a palatial bawdy house, and lover of the madam, Tacey Cromwell. ...more about One Desire
- Not Available on DVD
53
When Professor Brookfield and his pretty daughters Peggy and Susan move into the small town Pasadena in California, their new neighbor Mrs. ...more about Peggy
- Not Available on DVD
54
In 1865 New Orleans, sea captain Truscott goes to the notorious Scarlet Angel saloon, where he meets rapacious Roxy McClanahan, as rough and tough as he is. ...more about Scarlet Angel
- Not Available on DVD
55
Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. ...more about Sea Devils
- Not Available on DVD
58
Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. ...more about Taza
- Not Available on DVD
59
September 1942 - With Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between both, kidnap a Canadian officer who is an expert ...more about Tobruk
- Not Available on DVD
60
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road and fort in territory ceded by previous treaty to the Sioux... ...more about Tomahawk
- Not Available on DVD
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