by Mark Griffin
Cohen, Paul, 406
Colby, Pat, 204, 232, 234
Coleman, Jonathan, 228, 229, 230, 230n
Collart, Yanou, 16 (Introduction), 388–89, 390
Colleano, Mark, 281–82, 281n
Come September (movie), 212, 215–16, 249, 251
“Commitment to Life” gala for AIDS Project L.A., 398, 399–400
Commonweal (magazine), 166
Confidential (magazine), 21 (Introduction), 111–15, 156, 233
Cook, Carole, 307-308
Corman, Roger, 336, 337, 338–40, 338n
Cosmopolitan (magazine), 249
Curtis, Barry, 124–25
Curtis, Tony, 12 (Author’s Note), 53, 55, 69–70, 79, 89n, 91, 349
Dahl, Arlene, 103–4, 104–5
Darin, Bobby, 215, 216
Darling Lili (movie), 284–91,294
Davidson, Sara, 150, 394–95
Davis, Jerry, 219–20
Davis, Matt, 220, 221
Davis, Philip “Bud,” 19, 20
Davis, Ronald L.,210
Dawson, Bill, 203–5
Day, Doris (Doris Kappelhoff), 15 (Intro), 22, 196, 197–98, 204, 215, 216, 217–18, 265, 341, 376-377, 387–88, 401, 403
Dean, James, 81–82, 140–41, 142–45, 148n
De Carlo, Yvonne, 78–79, 87–89
Dent, Susan, 24, 24n
DePalma, Pete, 254, 254n
Desert Hawk, The (movie), 60, 90, 320
De Sica, Vittorio, 174
Devlin Connection, The (TV series), 352, 354, 355–56
Dickinson, Angie, 16 (Introduction), 296, 389, 403
Dittman, Dean, 368, 370, 375, 379, 395, 407
Dobbs, John, 366
Donahue, Phil, 405n
Donahue, Troy, 38,182, 215, 242
Dormont, Dominique, 382–83, 384
Douglas, Illeana, 131
Douglas, Jerry, 338–39, 340
Douglas, Kirk, 207–10, 261–62
Douglas, Lloyd C., 97
Dow, Peggy, 55, 59–60
Dynasty (TV series), 384–87
Easterbrook, Leslie, 346
Edwards, Blake, 284–91
Ely, David, 261, 262n
Embryo (movie), 320–22
Englund, George, 377
Epiphany (off-Broadway play), 261
Evans, Linda, 384–85, 387, 398
Fabares, Shelley, 132–33
Farewell to Arms, A (movie)
actor and director De Sica, 174
author Hemingway, 168–69, 171
director Charles Vidor, 173–75, 176
director John Huston, 171–73
iterations of, 169–70
producer David O. Selznick, 169–77, 177n
reviews, 176–77
Rock’s performance, 178
Selznick controversies with staff and stars, 171–73, 174–76
Farrow, Mia, 338
Fat Man, The (movie), 68–69
Faulkner, William, 180–81
Ferber, Edna, 135–37
Fighter Squadron (movie), 43–46, 44n, 45n, 55, 155, 237
Fine Pair, A (movie), 275–77
Fitzgerald, James, 322–24
Fitzgerald, Kay, 11–13, 14, 16–17, 17n. See also Scherer, Katherine Wood (mother)
Fitzgerald, Roy
childhood, 12–16
high school years, 18–21, 21n
and Hodge, Kenneth, 31–35
movie career start, 30–31
and Scherer, Roy, Sr., 27, 28–29
and U.S. Navy, 18, 21–23
and Willson, Henry 34, 39–40, 267-268
See also Hudson, Rock
Fitzgerald, Pat, 202, 251
Fitzgerald, Wallace (stepfather), 11–13, 14, 15–17, 17n
Five Easy Pieces (movie), 283
Flaherty, Marty, 151, 226, 252, 280–81, 316, 365, 390, 392, 394, 395, 403
Forbes, Bryan, 87–88
Force of Arms (movie), 169–70
Foreman, John, 268
Forster, Robert, 338
Fourposter The (play), 61, 313
Frankenheimer, John, 260–67, 260n
Frank, Melvin, 249
Fraulob, Gunther, 367, 370–72, 404–5, 406
Fries, Charles, 348–49
Fryer, Robert, 343, 344
Gann, Ernest K., 185
Garland, Judy, 70, 111, 170, 185, 195n, 237
Garlington, Lee, 161–62, 201, 240–44, 245, 254, 268, 315, 370
Gates, Phyllis (wife)
biographical info, xxi, 110, 116–17, 119–20, 134
divorce, 187–91, 187n
hepatitis episode, 175–76
alleged homosexuality of, 118, 151
marriage deterioration, 160–62, 166, 175–76, 186–87
and Navaar, 117–18
on Rock’s sexual compulsiveness, 228, 233
tapes of Rock’s admission of homosexuality, 188–89, 190
wedding and early marriage, 149–51
Willson as matchmaker, 117, 119, 120–23
Gathering of Eagles, A (movie), 234–37, 238
Geer, Will, 260, 264
Giant (movie)
about, 134–35, 147–48, 148n
author Edna Ferber, 135–37
casting, 136–41
director George Stevens, 135–40, 141–42, 143–48
in Marfa, Texas, 141–42, 147–48, 148n
Oscar nominations and Best Director Academy Award, 147
Rock signed to appear in, 138–39
production on Warners lot in Burbank, 142–46
Gilded Cage, Lexington, 229–30, 230n
Globus, Yoran, 362
Goetz, William “Bill,” 51–52, 96, 98–99
Golan, Menahem, 362, 364
Golden Age of Hollywood, xvii
Golden Blade, The (movie), 89–90, 89n
Goldstone, Patricia, 339–40
Gordon, Michael, 196–97, 256
Gottlieb, Michael, 373–74, 399
Grams, Kare, 32, 34–35
Great Depression, 5–7
Greenberg, Jean, 220
Griffin, Betty Abbott, 73–74, 81, 101, 107, 203
Griggs, Kenneth, 308
Gun Fury (movie), 90–91
Guyot, Suzanne, 14
Guys and Dolls (proposal), 331
Haber, Joyce, 287
Hall, Jon, 13–14, 60, 402
Hall, Leon, 34
Hamblin, Cathy, 226, 227, 271, 272, 302
Hardin, Ed (character in Fighter Squadron), 43–44
Harmon, Robert, 213–14
Harris, James B., 295
Harrison, Robert, 112–14
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (movie), 79–80, 143
Hawkins, Jimmy, 376–377
Hawks, Howard, 238–40
Hayes, Steve, 134
Haynes, Roberta, 90–91
heart attack and surgery, 354–55, 356
Helmers, John (Kentucky Wildcats), 233
Hemingway, Ernest, 168–69, 170, 171, 172, 173, 177
Hepburn, Audrey, 136–37
Hess, Dean, 158–60
Hill, Craig (Cragill Fowler), 121, 403
Hiller, Arthur, 269–70
Hillman, William, 274–75
Hinkle, Bob, 142
Hodge, Kenneth, [delete “Kenny”]31–35
Hodge, Richard, 32, 34
Hoffman, William F., xviii
Hofler, Robert, 36-37, 38–39
Holahan, Dennis, 287, 378, 379
Holden, Joyce, 69–70
Holden, William, 137-138, 337–38
Holliman, Earl, 142, 224
Hollywood Reporter (magazine)
on All That Heaven Allows, 131
on Avalanche, 340–41
on Battle Hymn, 160
on A Farewell to Arms, 177
on The Fat Man, 69
on Giant, 146
on John Brown’s Body, 323
on The Lawless Breed, 84
on The Martian Chronicles, 348
on Pillow
Talk, 200
on Rock and Gates, 122
homosexuality
“boy parties,” 115, 327–29, 350
challenges of being in the closet, 20–21, 65
Rock’s coming out encouraged by Maupin, 325–27
Confidential preparing an exposé on Rock, 111–15
effect of Rock’s “coming out,” xviii, 388–90, 398–400, 401–2
in Epiphany, 261
of Gates, 118, 151
Gates secretly records Rock’s admission of, 188–89, 190
gay couple invents Hudson–Nabors “wedding,” 299–302, 299n, 351, 368
in Hollywood, 67, 91, 114–15, 129–31, 286
large-scale orgies monitored by FBI, 213–14
Laurie, Piper on, 54
in Lexington, 228–34, 230n
in Navy, 23
Preble’s experimentation with Hudson, 63–64
Rock reconditioned as masculine ideal, 40–41
Rock as target of gay slurs, 102, 202–3, 275
Roy’s first awareness of, 12–14
The Trio sharing stories regarding conquests, 64–65
Walsh learns about Rock, 87, 88
Willson’s father concerned about his effeminacy, 36
See also AIDS
Hopper, Hedda, 87, 121, 150, 187–88
Horizons West (movie), 82
Hornet’s Nest (movie), 279–82
HPA 23-treatment in Paris, France, 379–84
Hudson, Rock
acting and etiquette classes, 39–41, 53–54, 61, 83–84
acts of kindness, 14–15, 274–75, 281, 316–17, 330, 342, 353, 377–78, 398
aging, 215–16, 267, 321–22, 363–64
AIDS and cancer diagnosis, xvi, xvii, 372–75, 378–79
amphetamines, 280–81
appendectomy, 91
broken collarbone, 95–96
“The Castle” in Beverly Hills, 224–27, 225n
death of, 401–2
drugged by staff rumor, xix
early years in LA, 29–31
father’s abandonment, 6–9, 10–11, 27
final public statement (Commitment to Life benefit), 398–99
finding a studio, 41–42
on friends, 64, 71, 141, 218-219, 312
heart attack and bypass surgery, 354–55, 356
illness, death, and funeral, xv–xvii, 401-402
memorial services, 402–4, 406–8
and music, 6, 20, 292–94, 292n, 313–14, 347
name assigned by Willson, 40
in Newport Beach, 200–203
passing as straight, 130-131
photographs, 1, 18, 28, 50, 75, 93, 110, 134, 149, 168, 179, 194, 228, 260, 283, 303, 336
recording of Rock, Gently (album), 292–94, 292n
rewriting of his will, 380–81
as Roy Scherer, Jr., 1, 2–3, 2n, 6–11, 277–78
secret child rumors, 23–25
special appeal to women, 39, 54, 101, 306
spiritual experiences, 396–97, 400–402, 408
spirituality, 396–97, 400–402, 408
stardom, 77, 79, 84–85, 95, 104, 112, 213, 391
and Stewart, 57, 76–77
traveling in Europe, 105–7, 113, 276, 380, 383
and Veronique, 289–91
on weight loss, 378–79
See also Fitzgerald, Roy; See also Scherer, Roy Harold, Jr.
Hughes, Howard, 275
Hughes, Kathleen, 47–48, 61
Hunter, Ross
All That Heaven Allows, 126
Captain Lightfoot, 108
Magnificent Obsession, 98–99, 101
One Desire, 123–24, 123n
Pillow Talk, 194, 196, 199, 226–27
on Rock and AIDS, xix, 399
The Tarnished Angels, 183–84
teaming Rock and Sirk on Taza, Son of Cochise, 91–92
Hunter, Tab, 38, 44, 114,115, 307
Hurricane, The (movie), 13–14
Huston, John, 171–73
Ice Station Zebra (movie), 273–75
I Do! I Do! (musical), 313–14
Indians, Rock’s roles as, 55–57, 93–95
Indiscreet (movie), 199n
International Herald Tribune, 286–87
Iron Man (movie), 72–73, 77, 79, 81
Italian boyfriend, 106–7, 160-161
I Was a Shoplifter (movie), 55
Jacobson, Glenn, 211–12
Jenner, Edward, 14–15
Jens, Salome, 263–64, 265, 307
Jewison, Norman, 247
Jillson, Ken, 225, 227, 272, 366, 402–3, 407
John Brown’s Body (stage drama), 103, 321–25
Johnny Guitar (movie), 130
Johnson, Van, 113, 195n, 307, 375, 376n
Jones, Bill, 399
Jones, Jennifer (Mrs. Selznick), 168, 170–71, 172, 175, 176, 177, 177n
Jones, Roger, 69, 70, 71, 100, 102, 202, 292n
on Rock’s popularity, xvii
Joy (Leatrice Lowe), 272, 311, 316–17
Judd, Edward, 250
Kalmenson, Ben, 146
Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions, 372, 373, 382
Kaye, Judy, 318, 346–47
Kearns, Michael, 358–59
Kelly, Grace (Princess Grace of Monaco), 139-140, 312
Kennamer, Rex, 355
Kennedy, Arthur, 76
Kenya, 163–66
Kevoian, Peter, 324–25, 330, 408
Kimble, Dorothy (cousin), 6–7
Kiser, Tony, 329–30
Koscina, Sylva, 280
Kuersten, Erich, 240
Lacey, Florence, 324, 366
Ladd, Diane, 3, 321
Laemmle, Carl, 51
Lambert, Gavin, 336–37, 340
Lancaster, Burt, 137-138, 398
Landis, Jesse Royce, 214
Lansbury, Angela, 349
Larson, Jack, 35, 43, 44–45
last rites, 401
Last Sunset, The (movie), 206–10
Laurie, Piper
on Dean, 81–82
The Golden Blade, 89, 90
meeting Rock, 54
on Has Anybody Seen My Gal, 80
on Rock’s career, 61–62
supporting Rock at Universal, 70–71
Lawless Breed, The (movie), 75, 82–84, 83n, 138
lawsuits against Rock, xx–xxi, 369, 393–94, 404–6, 404n, 405n, 406n
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 226
Leigh, Barbara, 297
Lerner, Alan Jay, 332
Lexington, Kentucky, 228–34, 230n, 245
Licata, Michael, 333
Life (magazine), 110–11
Loewe, Frederick, 332
Lollobrigida, Gina, 214, 215, 249–51
Look (magazine), 39, 268
Loren, Sophia, 280
Los Angeles Examiner (newspaper), 102
Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
on Captain Lightfoot, 109
on Darling Lili, 287, 289
on Embryo, 321–22
on Hornet’s Nest, 282
on The Lawless Breed, 84
on Pretty Maids All in a Row, 298–99
on On the Twentieth Century, 347
on Wheels, 343
Lover Come Back (movie), 217–18, 247–49
Lowe, Leatrice “Joy,” 272, 311, 316–17
Lynde, Paul, 249
Madison, Guy, 38–39
Magnificent Obsession (movie), 93, 95–102, 97n, 104, 126
mail carrier position, 25
Majors, Lee (Harvey Lee Yeary), 228, 244–47
Maley, Ken, 30, 319, 326, 327, 328, 360–61
Malone, Dorothy, 154–55, 182, 208
Mann, Anthony, 56–57, 75–76, 77, 278
Mann, Delbert, 218, 235, 376
Man’s Favorite Sport? (movie), 238–40
Mape, Jacque, 101, 317, 403
Marfa, Texas, 141–42, 147–48
Markus, Bill, 18–19
Martian Chronicles, The (TV miniseri
es), 348–49
Martin, Dean, 309-310
Martin, Liberty, 367, 374, 407
Marton, Andrew, 173n
Mason, Madison, 377–78
Mason, Paul, 304, 305, 307
Matheson, Richard, 348
Matteoni, Jim, 19–21, 24, 64, 94, 149–50
Mau Mau tribe, Kenya, 164, 165
Maupin, Armistead, 184–85, 314–15, 318–19, 325, 326
Maxwell, Marilyn, 16 (Introduction), 218–21, 258, 335
Mayo, Virginia, 47
McDowall, Roddy, 19, 35, 67n, 227, 296–97, 307, 317–18, 321, 348, 395, 398, 403
McGillin, Howard, 342, 389, 390
McGuire, Pat, 19–21, 45, 64, 95
McKuen, Rod, 254n, 291–94
McMillan & Wife (TV series), 303–4, 330–31
casting, 304–6
Hudson–Saint James combo, 306–8
as McMillan for sixth season, 329–31
popularity of, 306–7
McTavish, Joan, 138
Melia, Anthony “Tony,” 300, 301, 310–12, 369
memorial services, 402–4, 406–8
Miller, Bodil, 78–79
Miller, Mark
and autobiography of Hudson, 394n
autobiography of Hudson arrangements, 394–95
biographical info, 65–66
and Christian, 368, 374–75, 393–94, 405
in Paris with Rock in hospital, 388, 389
relationship with Nader, 66, 318
on Rock and Phyllis, 121
and Rock’s AIDS and cancer diagnosis, 372–75
and Rock’s health decline, xix
on Rock’s post-heart attack rebirth, 356–57
on Rock’s funeral arrangements, 402
on Roy, Sr’s., abandonment, 8
as “The Trio,” 64–65
Millspaugh, Herbert, 33, 34
Mills, Robert Parker, 367, 406, 406n
Mirror Crack’d, The (movie), 349–51, 350n, 357
Misenheimer, Bill, 399, 400
Mitchelson, Marvin, 393–94
Mitchum, Robert, 111, 159, 363, 364
Modern Screen (magazine), 74
Monroe, Marilyn, 237, 238, 359
Morgan, Robert, 230-232
Morrison, Marion (John Wayne), 42
Morris, Oswald, 173, 175
Moseley, Robert (Guy Madison), 38–39
Moss, Marilyn Ann, 42
Muckler, Craig, 301–2
Muhl, Edward, 52, 96, 159
music and singing, 6, 20, 292–94, 292n, 313–14, 347
Musto, Michael, 387
My Husband, Rock Hudson (Gates), 21 (Introduction), 122, 151
Myra Breckinridge (movie), 283
Nabors, Jim, 299–302, 299n, 351, 368
Nader, George
biographical info, 65, 66–67
and Christian, 361, 368, 405
relationship with Miller, 66, 318
and Rock’s death, xix,
and Rock’s memorial service, 403
at Rock’s parties, 328, 329
on Clark’s return to “The Castle,” 391
