After appearing uncredited in over a dozen movies, Hudson got his break in 1951's
Hard, Fast and Beautiful. He appeared in a few other movies and TV shows before being cast as Special Agent Mike Andrews in
I Led Three Lives. In 1954, while also still doing
I Led Three Lives, Hudson was cast in the
television serial Rocky Jones, Space Ranger as Ranger Clark. After his stint as Clark on
Rocky Jones, Hudson starred in several
science fiction,
fantasy, and
monster movies, in such films as
The She Creature,
The Amazing Colossal Man. He played the husband in 1958's
cult classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. In 1964 he was cast as the doomed first Captain of the
Seaview, John Phillips, in the pilot episode of
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. In 1965 he was back on
Voyage as a different character in an episode infamous among fans of the series due to its heavy use of archive footage from the pilot episode (specifically a scene with Hudson and
Richard Basehart leaving the Nelson Institute, being chased and attacked by a helicopter and which ended with the death of Hudson's character and the car going off a cliff aflame) giving him the dubious honour of being the only person "killed" on that show twice. In 1966 he was cast as a reporter in the second part of the first Television appearance of
Mr. Freeze in a first-season episode of
Batman titled "
Rats Like Cheese". From then on he had several small parts in various movies and TV shows, his last part being Mr. Dunn in 1971's ''
How's Your Love Life?''. He died at age 55 on April 5, 1974, in
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles,
California from
cirrhosis. He was survived by his twin brother, actor
John Hudson. ==Filmography==