Rock Hudson Filmography, 1940-1985
My Oscar Book:
Features: about 60
TV Movies: 3
Series: 2
1940s: 2
1948 Fighter Squadron Pilot, Uncredited
1949 Undertow Detective, Credited as Roc Hudson
1950s: 35
1950 Peggy Johnny “Scat” Mitchell
1950 Winchester ’73 Young Bull
1950 The Desert Hawk Captain Ras
1951 Tomahawk Burt Hanna
1951 Air Cadet Upper classman
1951 The Fat Man Roy Clark
1951 Bright Victory Dudek
1951 Iron Man Tommy “Speed” O’Keefe (Kosco)
1952 Bend of the River Trey Wilson
1952 Here Come the Nelsons Charles E. “Charlie” Jones
1952 Scarlet Angel Frank Truscott (Panama)
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Dan Stebbins
1952 Horizons West Neil Hammond
1953 The Lawless Breed John Wesley Hardin
1953 Seminole Lance Caldwell
1953 Sea Devils Gilliatt
1953 The Golden Blade Harun
1953 Gun Fury Ben Warren
1953 Back to God’s Country Peter Keith
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise Taza
1954 Magnificent Obsession Bob Merrick
1954 Bengal Brigade Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne
1955 Captain Lightfoot Michael Martin
1955 One Desire Clint Saunders
1955 All That Heaven Allows Ron Kirby
1956 Never Say Goodbye Dr. Michael Parker
1956 Giant Jordan “Bick” Benedict Jr. Nominated Best Actor
1956 Written on the Wind Mitch Wayne
1957 Battle Hymn Col. Dean Hess
1957 Something of Value Peter
1957 The Tarnished Angels Burke Devlin
1957 A Farewell to Arms Lt. Frederick Henry
1958 Twilight for the Gods Captain David Bell
1959 This Earth Is Mine John Rambeau
1959 Pillow Talk Brad Allen
1960s: 16
1961 The Last Sunset Dana Stribling
1961 Come September Robert L. Talbot
1961 Lover Come Back Jerry Webster
1962 The Spiral Road Dr. Anton Drager
1963 Marilyn Narrator Documentary
1963 A Gathering of Eagles Col. Jim Caldwell
1964 Man’s Favorite Sport? Roger Willoughby
1964 Send Me No Flowers George
1965 Strange Bedfellows Carter Harrison
1965 A Very Special Favor Paul Chadwick
1966 Blindfold Dr. Bartholomew Snow
1966 Seconds Antiochus “Tony” Wilson
1967 Tobruk Maj. Donald Craig
1968 A Fine Pair Capt. Mike Harmon
1968 Ice Station Zebra Cdr. James Ferraday
1969 The Undefeated Col. James Langdon
1970s: 6
1970 Darling Lili Major William Larrabee
1970 Hornets’ Nest Captain Turner
1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row, Michael “Tiger” McDrew
1973 Showdown Chuck Jarvis
1976 Embryo Dr. Paul Holliston
1978 Avalanche David Shelby
1980s: 6 (3 TV)
1980 The Mirror Crack’d Jason Rudd
1980 Superstunt II, TV Movie
1981 The Star Maker Danny Youngblood, TV Movie
1982 World War III President Thomas McKenna, TV movie
1984 The Ambassador, Frank Stevenson
1984 The Vegas Strip War Neil Chaine, TV movie
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1954–1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour Himself 2 episodes
1955 I Love Lucy Himself Episode: “In Palm Springs”
1962 The Jack Benny Program Himself Episode: “Rock Hudson Show”
1968–1969 Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In Himself 3 episodes
1970 The Jim Nabors Hour Himself 1 episode
1971–1977 McMillan & Wife Police Commissioner Stewart “Mac” McMillan 40 episodes
1975–1977 The Carol Burnett Show Himself 3 episodes
1978 Wheels Adam Trenton Miniseries
1980 The Martian Chronicles Col. John Wilder Miniseries
1980 The Beatrice Arthur Special Himself TV special
1982 The Devlin Connection Brian Devlin 13 episodes
1984–1985 Dynasty Daniel Reece 9 episodes; Final role
Filmography by Title
A Gathering of Eagles, 1963, Col. Jim Caldwell
Air Cadet, 1951, Upper classman
All That Heaven Allows, 1955, Ron Kirby
Back to God’s Country, 1953, Peter Keith
Battle Hymn, 1957, Col. Dean Hess
Bend of the River, 1952, Trey Wilson
Bengal Brigade, 1954, Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne
Bright Victory, 1951 Dudek
Captain Lightfoot, 1955, Michael Martin
Come September, 1961, Robert L. Talbot
Desert Hawk, The, 1950, Captain Ras
A Farewell to Arms, 1957, Lt. Frederick Henry
Fat Man, 1951, Roy Clark
Fighter Squadron Pilot, 1948, Uncredited
Giant, 1956, Jordan “Bick” Benedict Jr. Nominated Best Actor
Golden Blade, The, 1953, Harun
Gun Fury, 1953, Ben Warren
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952, Dan Stebbins
Here Come the Nelsons, 1952,mCharles E. “Charlie” Jones
Horizons West, 1952, Neil Hammond
Iron Man, 1951 Tommy “Speed” O’Keefe (Kosco)
Last Sunset, The, 1961, Dana Stribling
Lawless Breed, The, 1953, John Wesley Hardin
Lover Come Back, 1961, Jerry Webster
Magnificent Obsession, 1954, Bob Merrick
Marilyn, 1963, Narrator Documentary
Never Say Goodbye, 1956, Dr. Michael Parker
One Desire, 1955, Clint Saunders
Peggy Johnny, 1950, “Scat” Mitchell
Pillow Talk, 1959, Brad Allen
Scarlet Angel, 1952 Frank Truscott (Panama)
Sea Devils, 1953, Gilliatt
Seminole Lance, 1953, Caldwell
Something of Value, 1957, Peter
Spiral Road, The, 1962, Dr. Anton Drager
Tarnished Angels, The, 1957, Burke Devlin
Taza, Son of Cochise, 1954, Taza
This Earth Is Mine, 1959, John Rambeau
Tomahawk, 1951, Burt Hanna
Twilight for the Gods, 1958, Captain David Bell
Undertow Detective, 1949, Credited as Roc Hudson
Winchester ’73, 1950, Young Bull
Written on the Wind, 1956Mitch Wayne
