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Rock Hudson (real name Roy Scherer) was an American actor. He was born in 1925 and died in 1985. Despite never receiving any training in acting, he was a successful leading man in numerous films from Westerns to comedies.
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Victoria Paige Meyerink (also known as Victoria Meyerink) is an American actress and film producer. She was born in 1960 at Santa Barbara, California. Victoria Paige Meyerink started acting as a child, first appearing in an episode of 'The Littlest Hobo' in 1963 and working on the popular CBS variety show the 'Danny Kaye Show' between 1946 and 1967. She went on to appear with Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra in MGM's 'Speedway' as well as in 'Brainstorm' with Anne Francis, 'Seconds' with Rock Hudson, and 'Night of the Grizzly' with Clint Walker and Martha Hyer. On television she was a regular on the popular series 'Green Acres', 'My Three Sons', and 'Family Affair' . In 2006 she received the Young Artist Awards 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Horizons West is a Western starring Robert Ryan, Julia Adams, Rock Hudson, John McIntire and Raymond Burr in a story about two brothers returning home after the American Civil War and one of the brothers joining a gang of cattle rustlers while the other brother becomes a marshal and gets the job of catching his brother. Horizons West was directed by Budd Boetticher in 1952.
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Hornet's Nest is a Second World War drama about an American commando rescued by a group of Italian partisan children in occupied Italy. It stars Rock Hudson and Sylva Koscina.
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Ice Station Zebra is an adventure starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown in a story based on the novel by Alastair Maclean about American and Soviet troops both trying to retrieve a satellite spy camera which has crashed to earth in the arctic. Ice Station Zebra was directed by John Sturges in 1968.
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Once Upon A Dead Man is a crime drama starring Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, Jack Albertson and Rene Auberjonois in a story about a police commissioner who gets involved with the theft of an Egyptian sarcophagus when he attends a charity auction. Once Upon A Dead Man formed the pilot for the television series 'McMillan and Wife'. Once Upon A Dead Man was directed by Leonard Stern in 1971.
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The Last Sunset is a western starring Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson in a story about a fugitive and a lawman joining a cattle trail north to Texas. The Last Sunset was directed by Robert Aldrich in 1961.
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The Lawless Breed is a western starring Rock Hudson, Julia Adams, Mary Castle and John McIntire in a story about a man and his sweetheart setting off to make a new life, only to find themselves on the run from the law after the killing of a cardsharp. The Lawless Breed was directed by Raoul Walsh in 1952.
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The Undefeated is a western starring John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Tony Aguilar, Roman Gabriel and Marian McCargo in a story about two soldiers from opposing sides who unite during the American Civil War to fight a gang of bandits. The Undefeated was directed by Andrew V McLaglen in 1969.
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This Earth is Mine is a prohibition-era drama starring Jean Simmons, Rock Hudson, Claude Rains and Dorothy McGuire in a story about a California vineyard owner who rules his family with an iron hand until a rebel appears in the family. This Earth is Mine was directed by Henry King in 1959.
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