John Hudson

John Hudson

Born: January 24, 1919
Died: April 8, 1996
in Gilroy, California, USA

Movies for John Hudson...

Rat Pack
Title: Rat Pack
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 11, 2022
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in the most profitable Hollywood films and are already making a splash on television . This documentary, produced by a recognized specialist in the history of Hollywood, recounts the exceptional destiny of this informal group which flirted with the greats of this world, notably through Sinatra, personal friend of American President Kennedy.
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Make and Break
Title: Make and Break
Character: Colin Hewlett
Released: January 2, 1987
Type: Movie
Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure.
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Horrible Horror
Title: Horrible Horror
Character: Eric Whitlock in 'The Screaming Skull'
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Detective Forest
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: Grover Caldwell
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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All in a Night's Work
Title: All in a Night's Work
Character: Harry Lane
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.
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G.I. Blues
Title: G.I. Blues
Character: Capt. Hobart
Released: November 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open up a nightclub when he gets out of the army. Tulsa may lack the capital for such a venture, but a chance to raise the cash comes his way through a friendly wager. Local dancer Lili (Juliet Prowse) is a notorious ice queen, and Tulsa bets everything he has that a friend of his can earn her affections. But, when that friend is dispatched to Alaska, it's up to Tulsa to melt Lili's heart.
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Valley of the Redwoods
Title: Valley of the Redwoods
Character: Wayne Randall
Released: May 8, 1960
Type: Movie
Wayne, Jan, and Dino try pulling off a heist of a lumber company's payroll, and everything seems to go wrong right from the beginning, in spite of Dino's expertise. The trio take off for the woods in Canada with Wayne suffering from a wound and the law in hot pursuit. To complicate matters slightly there is a romantic tie-up with Jan, someone too tough and efficient to be easily won over.
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The Screaming Skull
Title: The Screaming Skull
Character: Eric Whitlock
Released: August 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Title: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character: Virgil Earp
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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The Last Tycoon
Title: The Last Tycoon
Character: Wylie White
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
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Mohawk
Title: Mohawk
Character: Captain Langley
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.
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When Gangland Strikes
Title: When Gangland Strikes
Character: Bob Keeler
Released: March 15, 1956
Type: Movie
In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate mobsters try to stop him by using his innocent daughter in a blackmail scheme.
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Fort Yuma
Title: Fort Yuma
Character: Sgt. Jonas
Released: October 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.
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The Marauders
Title: The Marauders
Character: Roy Rutherford
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: Movie
A poor homesteader fights back when he's targeted for extinction by a powerful rancher and his gang of hired thugs.
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The Racers
Title: The Racers
Character: Michel Caron
Released: February 4, 1955
Type: Movie
An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.
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Many Rivers to Cross
Title: Many Rivers to Cross
Character: Hugh
Released: February 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
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Silver Lode
Title: Silver Lode
Character: Michael 'Mitch' Evans
Released: July 23, 1954
Type: Movie
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.
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Return to Paradise
Title: Return to Paradise
Character: Captain Harry Faber
Released: July 19, 1953
Type: Movie
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
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The Red Ball Express
Title: The Red Ball Express
Character: Tank Sergeant
Released: May 29, 1952
Type: Movie
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
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The Battle at Apache Pass
Title: The Battle at Apache Pass
Character: Lt. George Bascom
Released: May 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son. While Colton is away investigating the matter, Baylor convinces Lieutenant Bascom that Cochise's band is to blame, and incites him to lead an expedition against the Apache band to return the boy.
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The Cimarron Kid
Title: The Cimarron Kid
Character: Dynamite Dick Dalton
Released: January 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old friends the Daltons, he joins their gang and becomes an active participant in other robberies. Betrayed by a fellow gang member, Murphy becomes a fugitive in the end. Seeking refuge at the ranch of a reformed gang member, he hopes to flee with the man's daughter to South America, but he's captured in the end and led off to jail. The girl promises to wait.
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Bright Victory
Title: Bright Victory
Character: Corporal John Flagg
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.