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Rock (of Gibraltar on the) Hudson

Rock (of Gibraltar on the) Hudson

The steamy private life of the seismically successful Cinemascope stud

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Oct 30, 2023
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How tall was Rock Hudson?

The answer seems to be 'it depends'.

Wikipedia and others give his height as 6’4”, which seems to be his ‘official’, ‘studio’ height. But some sources give his height as 6’51/2”, and in the 1959 screwball, saucy (for its time) romantic comedy Pillow Talk – my fave Hudson flick – his fake homo ‘Texan’ alter-ego ‘Rick Stetson’ (cl…

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