difficult to distance himself from the penetrating anger that drove his comedy, so that he could genuinely relax and enjoy his success from time to time. He also recognizes that he was conflicted about his success, loving the comfort it afforded him, but also not wanting to get so comfortable that he’d lose his edge, and it was in pursuit of that edge that he allowed himself to indulge in his addiction to cocaine. He wants his daughter to know how much he adores her, wishes he’d been the father she deserved, and is intensely proud of her. He’s also grateful to his second wife, who he says was more understanding and compassionate about the “baggage” he brought to their marriage than he could ever repay.
His life at Home is blissfully happy, in its own unique way. You need to remember that all of us maintain the same basic personality traits throughout the eternity of our spirits—the outgoing remain outgoing no matter how many times they incarnate and return to the Other Side, the introspective remain innately introspective, the humorless remain humorless, those with a sense of humor eternally have a sense of humor, and so on. George is no exception. He loves spending time in the Hall of Records, researching past and present charts of historically powerful men and women and entertaining at large gatherings with his singularly insightful perspective on those who experienced power on earth. He’s also very devoted to study and meditation on the charts of his own lifetimes, intent on tracking the onset of his avowed atheism in an effort to learn how he grew to be so loudly, outspokenly wrong about the existence of God. He has no plans to incarnate again.
Rock Hudson
T he personification of the words “tall, dark, and handsome,” actor Rock Hudson was a Midwestern boy, born Roy Harold Scherer Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, on November 17, 1925. His mother, Katherine, was a telephone operator. His father, Roy Harold Scherer Sr., an auto mechanic, abandoned his wife and son when Roy Jr. was eight years old, during the Great Depression. Katherine’s second husband, Wallace Fitzgerald, formally adopted her young son and changed his name to Roy Fitzgerald.
Roy was a disinterested student at New Trier High School, much more intent on achieving a career as an actor than he was on his studies. After graduation he served as a naval aircraft mechanic in the Philippines during World War II and moved to Los Angeles when his tour of duty was over. His first effort at pursuing a serious acting career was an application to the University of Southern California drama program, but he was disqualified because of his lackluster grades. He drove a delivery truck to make ends meet and spent every possible nonworking hour distributing his “head shots” to every studio executive, filmmaker, and agent he could find.
His determination was rewarded when, in 1948, Henry Willson, an openly gay Hollywood talent scout, recognized Roy’s potential as a true movie star, changed his name to the intensely masculine sounding Rock Hudson, and secured Rock’s first job, a small part in the 1948 Warner Bros. film Fighter Squadron . He also began grooming his handsome new client for stardom, with lessons in acting, singing, dancing, horseback riding, and fencing as well as launching a publicity campaign that soon had movie magazines across the country featuring Rock Hudson’s face on the cover. By the time he was twenty-nine, Rock was receiving some critical applause for his role in 1954 ’s Magnificent Obsession with Jane Wyman, and his career was off and running.
In an effort to maintain Rock’s masculine, heterosexual image at a time when show business wasn’t embracing homosexuality, Henry Willson recruited his secretary, Phyllis Gates, to marry Rock Hudson in 1955, with widely publicized photos of the wedding and the happy couple at home. Although the marriage only lasted three years, it’s widely believed that there was great
His life at Home is blissfully happy, in its own unique way. You need to remember that all of us maintain the same basic personality traits throughout the eternity of our spirits—the outgoing remain outgoing no matter how many times they incarnate and return to the Other Side, the introspective remain innately introspective, the humorless remain humorless, those with a sense of humor eternally have a sense of humor, and so on. George is no exception. He loves spending time in the Hall of Records, researching past and present charts of historically powerful men and women and entertaining at large gatherings with his singularly insightful perspective on those who experienced power on earth. He’s also very devoted to study and meditation on the charts of his own lifetimes, intent on tracking the onset of his avowed atheism in an effort to learn how he grew to be so loudly, outspokenly wrong about the existence of God. He has no plans to incarnate again.
Rock Hudson
T he personification of the words “tall, dark, and handsome,” actor Rock Hudson was a Midwestern boy, born Roy Harold Scherer Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, on November 17, 1925. His mother, Katherine, was a telephone operator. His father, Roy Harold Scherer Sr., an auto mechanic, abandoned his wife and son when Roy Jr. was eight years old, during the Great Depression. Katherine’s second husband, Wallace Fitzgerald, formally adopted her young son and changed his name to Roy Fitzgerald.
Roy was a disinterested student at New Trier High School, much more intent on achieving a career as an actor than he was on his studies. After graduation he served as a naval aircraft mechanic in the Philippines during World War II and moved to Los Angeles when his tour of duty was over. His first effort at pursuing a serious acting career was an application to the University of Southern California drama program, but he was disqualified because of his lackluster grades. He drove a delivery truck to make ends meet and spent every possible nonworking hour distributing his “head shots” to every studio executive, filmmaker, and agent he could find.
His determination was rewarded when, in 1948, Henry Willson, an openly gay Hollywood talent scout, recognized Roy’s potential as a true movie star, changed his name to the intensely masculine sounding Rock Hudson, and secured Rock’s first job, a small part in the 1948 Warner Bros. film Fighter Squadron . He also began grooming his handsome new client for stardom, with lessons in acting, singing, dancing, horseback riding, and fencing as well as launching a publicity campaign that soon had movie magazines across the country featuring Rock Hudson’s face on the cover. By the time he was twenty-nine, Rock was receiving some critical applause for his role in 1954 ’s Magnificent Obsession with Jane Wyman, and his career was off and running.
In an effort to maintain Rock’s masculine, heterosexual image at a time when show business wasn’t embracing homosexuality, Henry Willson recruited his secretary, Phyllis Gates, to marry Rock Hudson in 1955, with widely publicized photos of the wedding and the happy couple at home. Although the marriage only lasted three years, it’s widely believed that there was great
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