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Peter Graves narrates this account of the life and career of Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., born in , an only child of grocery store employee Katherine Wood....
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His immaculate good looks, suave sophistication and stunning influence captured the hearts and minds of fans everywhere. As one of the most dashing silver screen stars of the s and s, Rock Hudson was the epitome of Hollywood’s leading man.
Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
on November 17, in Winnetka, Illinois. His father, an auto mechanic, left the family when Rock was eight years old. Rock’s mother, a telephone operator named Katherine Wood, was left to raise her son alone until she remarried Wallace Fitzgerald a few years later.
Rock took his stepfather’s name when Fitzgerald adopted him, making his name Roy Fitzgerald. During his school years, Rock decided to become an actor, although he did not immediately pursue his goal.
After graduating high school, Rock worked for the United States Postal Service before entering the Navy to serve as an airplane mechanic during World War II.
When he arrived back in America after the war, Rock moved to California, where he had var
