Question

This actor resists a nurse’s attempt to take his character’s temperature in one of dozens of suggestive clips spliced together in Mark Rappaport’s documentary about this actor’s Home Movies. (15[1])In one film, this actor plays Bob Merrick, who crashes his speedboat and is saved by the resuscitator belonging to Dr. Phillips, who has a heart attack at that very moment. After achieving stardom in Magnificent Obsession, this actor worked with director (*) Douglas Sirk on seven more films, including one in which he plays a tree nursery owner who falls in love with a wealthy older widow played by Jane Wyman. This actor was the subject of numerous articles about his homosexuality before he died in 1985. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this star of All That Heaven Allows and Seconds, the first major celebrity to die from AIDS. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Rock Hudson [or Roy Harold Scherer Jr.]
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