 
				
				
						 Caption: Rock Hudson circa 1965
																																				
						Actor, Soundtrack
						Born: November 17, 1925
						Star sign: Scorpio
						Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m)
						Known for: Giant (1956), Pillow Talk (1959), Ice Station Zebra (1968), McMillan & Wife (1971)
						Source: IMDB
						Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. He was of German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish descent. His parents divorced when he was eight years old. He failed to obtain parts in school plays because he couldn't remember lines. After ...