Brett Stuart Patrick Hudson (born January 18, 1953) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was the youngest member of the musical group the

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, which was formed by his older brothers,

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and

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, in 1965. He is now a TV producer and writer.

Early life

Hudson was born and raised in

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, the youngest of three boys, (

and

are his two elder brothers) born to Eleanor (née Salerno) and William Louis Hudson. His mother was

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(his maternal grandfather came from

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, Sicily, Italy). He and his brothers were nephews of actor

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. Hudson's father walked out on the family when he was six, and Eleanor was forced to raise her boys alone, relying on

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to raise her boys during their upbringing. He was raised

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Career

Hudson formed the production company Frozen Pictures with

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. He has produced many television shows including ''All the Presidents' Movies'' with

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for

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, ''The Secret History of Rock 'N' Roll'' for

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hosted by

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as well as

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TV's ''

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''. He also co-wrote and produced the

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movie '' Cloud 9''. In 2012, Hudson co-produced ''

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'' released theatrically by

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. He previewed his movie ''The Chris Montez Story'' with

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at The Fest for Beatles Fans convention held March 2010 in

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's 1994 '' The Last Temptation'' and

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's 1999 ''

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''. He is also a trumpet player.

Honors and awards

Hudson received the 2009 Las Vegas Film Festival's Golden Ace Award in the Documentary Feature category for ''

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''.

Personal life

Hudson married Lavinia Lang in 1992. He was diagnosed with stage 4

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in 2007 and after receiving many conventional as well as

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s has been in remission since 2009. He is the uncle of singer/songwriter Sarah Hudson, actress

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of ''

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'' and actor

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of ''

Splitting Up Together ''Splitting Up Together'' is an American sitcom developed by Emily Kapnek that aired on ABC from March 27, 2018, to April 9, 2019. The series stars Jenna Fischer, Oliver Hudson, Bobby Lee, Diane Farr, Lindsay Price, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby, a ...

''.

Filmography

Producing and directing

Acting

References

External links

* 1953 births Living people American multi-instrumentalists American people of English descent American people of Italian descent Catholics from Oregon Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon) alumni Film producers from Oregon Hudson family (show business) Musicians from Portland, Oregon Singer-songwriters from Oregon Writers from Portland, Oregon American male singer-songwriters {{US-singer-songwriter-stub