Gay hunk actors from the 1940s thru 1950s

A look at 10+ LGBT stars of Old Hollywood, featuring famous gay actors and actresses who made history. This list highlights iconic celebrities from the past, including the men and women who shaped the movie industry. Bogarde never admitted to being gay himself but was not afraid to portray gay characters in films.

He played the victim in the movie of the same name. The movie, Victim, was at the forefront of films that explored homosexuality and said to be the first film to speak the term. Title: Gay Actors in the s: Breaking Barriers and Paving the Way Introduction: The s marked a challenging era for LGBTQ+ actors in Hollywood, as societal norms and conservative attitudes towards homosexuality persisted.

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Famous gay actors of the 50s and '60s

Golden Age of Hollywood stars you probably didn't know were LGBTQ+ Public Domain; Donaldson Collection/Getty Images. Let me reintroduce you. Novarro struggled to accept his homosexuality due to his Roman Catholic upbringing but he did have several relationships with men at the height of his career including journalist Herbert Howe. After three years in the cold world of Marketing…. And similarly, you know, all these issues in reference to his sexuality were certainly something that - today, we have these dialogues very freely about issues of sexuality.

It's the gay casting couch, if you will. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

But it's interesting that they're doing this because they really love this person that they're working with and feel protective of him. Sadly, Rock did have this abusive, alcoholic stepfather, Wallace Fitzgerald, who was a former Marine. And a cartoon version of Tom Sawyer that was on Special Delivery a few times.

Kelly also had a relationship with actress Tallulah Bankhead, who was very open about her attraction to both men and women. GROSS: So do you think that most people in Hollywood who knew Rock Hudson understood that he was gay but also understood that it was their job to keep his secret? We identify with their loneliness and sympathize with their struggles, knowing full well what it means to walk a path with no others around.

All opinions and thoughts expressed are solely my own and not influenced in any way. And so it could be that Henry Willson very shrewdly put together Rock and his secretary, and a lot of people insist this is exactly how it happened. But then it turns out when they meet for the first time in person that they're actually enchanted with one another, yet they don't know that they are kind of rivals in this other area of their life.

And pictures of Rock and Vera-Ellen as the ideal Hollywood couple actually outfitted as living Oscars was splashed over newspapers all across the country the following day. One of the most successful stars of the s, Hudson became synonymous with manliness through his work in films like Giant and the many romantic comedies he made with Doris Day. And in fact, he received, I think it was 30, letters of support from, you know, the general public, moviegoers, people that had grown up loving him and seeing him in the movies.

I interviewed this wonderful lady, Betty Abbott Griffin, who was a longtime script supervisor at Universal and one of Rock's dear friends. He died of AIDS-related causes in But I think there's - in a sense, he is a reluctant role model, if we want to use that term, that when this situation occurred in where he divulged that he had the AIDS diagnosis, ironically, he was suddenly the hero of thousands of gay men.

GROSS: I also feel like I have to bring up that she told the judge during the divorce hearings that Rock Hudson had struck her twice, both times after he'd been drinking heavily. And almost as though he sent out a casting call, he was looking for the perfect person to be the king of Hollywood's consort. Labels: s , Freddie Bartholomew , Mickey Rooney , teen idol.

And if you read Phyllis Gates' memoir, "My Husband Rock Hudson," she sort of lays all of the blame for the disintegration of the marriage at Rock's feet and also would like the reader to believe that she had been manipulated or duped, both by Henry Willson and Rock himself, into participating in this sham marriage.

And so what's interesting is in "Pillow Talk," as well as some of the other comedies that Rock made with Doris Day, like "Lover Come Back," which followed, you have - it's a house of mirrors. And so now, retrospectively, I think the phrase that's often used is that it was more of an inadvertent outing. But one wonders now what would have happened had she not become so visible in the battle against AIDS and had she not made this heartfelt personal appeal to the president.

He drinks with his pinky up.