George Hudson payment of 12 shillings and 6 pence recorded in the Howsham poor book as being “received of George Hudson for bastardry”. Hudson was apprenticed to Bell and Nicholson, a firm of drapers in College Street, York. He finished his apprenticeship in 1820, was taken on as a tradesman, and given a share in the business early in 1821. On 17 July that year he married Nicholson's daughter Elizabeth. When Bell retired, the firm became Nicholson and Hudson. By 1827 the company was the largest drapery, indeed the largest business, in York. In 1827, his great-uncle Matthew Botrill fell ill and
Rock Hudson "Back to God's Country" (1953). Hudson had the title role in "Taza, Son of Cochise" (1954), directed by Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter. Hudson was by now firmly established as a leading man in B adventure films. What turned him into a star was the 1954 film "Magnificent Obsession", co-starring Jane Wyman, produced by Hunter and directed by Sirk. The film received positive reviews, with "Modern Screen Magazine" citing Hudson as the most popular actor of the year. It made over $5 million at the box office. Hudson went back to adventure films with "Bengal Brigade" (1954), set during