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Rock Hudson’s Former Costar on Working With the Late Actor — and ‘Kissing All the Time’ on Set
Rock Hudson was 'wonderful and sexy,' his McMillan & Wife costar Susan Saint James tells Closer exclusively, along with how he was so much fun to work with.
McMillan & Wife, which joined the rotating NBC Mystery Movie series in 1971, played to the matinee idol’s best strengths by combining a whodunit crime with comedy and romance. Silver Screen Collection/Getty ImagesThe actress won the role of Sally after a lunch meeting with Rock, reportedly beating out other future stars, including Diane Keaton and Jill Clayburgh, for the part. “I was turning 30 and thought if I didn’t get into movies, I’d be in TV my whole life,” says the actress, who went on to star in the 1979 hit Love at First Bite and other films before returning to the small screen with Kate & Allie, which ran from 1984 to 1989.
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