Brett Hudson

{{short description|American musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)}} {{About|the American musician and singer-songwriter|the New Zealand politician|Brett Hudson (politician)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Brett Hudson | image = Brett Hudson.jpg | caption = Hudson in 1974 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|01|18}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | spouse = {{marraige|Lavinia Lang|1992}} | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter, producer, writer, actor | years_active = 1965–present | relatives = {{ubl|Bill Hudson (brother)|Mark Hudson (brother)|Oliver Hudson (nephew)|Kate Hudson (niece)|Sarah Hudson (niece)}} }}

'''Brett Stuart Patrick Hudson'''<ref>{{cite book|title=Children's Television: The First 35 Years, 1946 - 1981|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|page=[https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/237 237]|isbn=978-0-810-81557-5|year=1983|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/237}}</ref> (born January 18, 1953)<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|page=[https://archive.org/details/contemporarymusi0056unse/page/97 97]|author=Pilchak, Angela M.|year=2005|publisher=Cengage Gale|location=Detroit, Michigan|isbn=978-0-787-68069-5|url=https://archive.org/details/contemporarymusi0056unse/page/97}}</ref> is an American musician, singer-songwriter, writer, producer and actor. He was the youngest member of the musical group the Hudson Brothers, which was formed by his older brothers, Mark and Bill, in 1965.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://members.aol.com/bluekate/hudson/pinups.htm | title = Hudson Brothers Discography | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080914091500/http://members.aol.com/bluekate/hudson/pinups.htm | archive-date = September 14, 2008}}</ref> He is now a TV producer and writer.

==Early life== Hudson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, the youngest of three boys (Mark and Bill are his two elder brothers) born to Eleanor (née Salerno) and William Louis Hudson. His mother was Italian American (his maternal grandfather came from Carlentini, Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy).<ref name=itru>{{Cite news|last=Fisher|first=Emily|title=The Hudson Brothers Ensnarled Into The Hollywood Situation' .|pages=2–D|work=St. Petersburg Times|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|date=May 14, 1975|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VkFSAAAAIBAJ&pg=7213,4427406|via=Google News Archive}} {{free access}}</ref><ref name=upl>{{Cite journal|title=Hudson|journal=McCall's|volume=108|pages=32|publisher=McCall Pub. Co.|year=1981}}</ref><ref name=feht>{{Cite news|last=Buck|first=Jerry|title=Cindy Stars In A Disney Movie |pages=30|work=The Free Lance-Star|date=November 13, 1986|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T-dLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5361,2384179|location=Fredericksburg, Virginia|via=Google News Archive}} {{free access}}</ref><ref name=FameFamily>{{cite book|title=2 Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family|year=2011|last=Hudson|first=Bill|publisher=Dailey Swan Publishing|pages=1–10|location=Bellevue, Washington|isbn=978-0-983-80900-5}}</ref> He and his brothers were nephews of actor Keenan Wynn.<ref name=detroit>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26002595/statesman_journal/|work=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|title=At Last, the Hudson Brothers Have Got It Made|last=Witbeck|first=Charles|date=July 28, 1974|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> Hudson's father walked out on the family when he was six,<ref name=FameFamily /> and Eleanor was forced to raise her boys alone, relying on welfare to raise them during their upbringing.<ref name=act>{{cite news|work=Statesman Journal|location=Salem, Oregon|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26002595/statesman_journal/|title=Hudson takes a new act on the road|page=7|date=May 17, 1988|via=Newspapers.com|last=Cowan|first=Ron}} {{open access}}</ref> He was raised Roman Catholic.<ref name=FameFamily />

==Career== Hudson formed the production company Frozen Pictures<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.frozenpictures.com/ |title=Frozen Pictures |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202023443/http://www.frozenpictures.com/ |archive-date=December 2, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with Burt Kearns. He has produced many television shows including ''All the Presidents' Movies'' with Martin Sheen for Bravo, ''The Secret History of Rock 'N' Roll'' for Court TV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/archive/press/secrethistory.html |title=The Secret History of Rock 'N' Roll |publisher=CourtTV.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323171823/http://www.courttv.com/archive/press/secrethistory.html |archive-date=March 23, 2005 }}</ref> hosted by Gene Simmons of Kiss as well as Fox TV's ''A Current Affair''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.acurrentaffair.com/bigfoot/bigfoot_1.html | title = Bigfoot News Transcript | publisher = A Current Affair | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050924153358/http://www.acurrentaffair.com/bigfoot/bigfoot_1.html | archive-date = September 24, 2005}}</ref> He also co-wrote and produced the Burt Reynolds movie ''Cloud 9''. In 2012, Hudson co-produced ''Hansel & Gretel Get Baked'' released theatrically by Tribeca Film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41536/exclusive-director-duane-journey-talks-hansel-gretel-get-baked/|title=Exclusive: Director Duane Journey Talks Hansel & Gretel Get Baked|work=Dread Central|date=February 18, 2013 |access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref> He previewed his movie ''The Chris Montez Story''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chrismontezmovie.com |title = The Chris Montez Story | publisher = Frozen Pictures}}</ref> with Chris Montez at The Fest for Beatles Fans convention held March 2010 in Secaucus, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thefest.com/fest/Current/NewYork/ny.php | title = The Fest for Beatles Fans | access-date = February 20, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100214161954/http://www.thefest.com/fest/Current/NewYork/ny.php | archive-date = February 14, 2010 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

He can be heard singing background on an odd assortment of CDs including Alice Cooper's 1994 ''The Last Temptation'' and Ringo Starr's 1999 ''I Wanna Be Santa Claus''. 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 ''The Seventh Python''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.theseventhpythonmovie.com | title = The Seventh Python | publisher = Frozen Pictures | year = 2008 | access-date = June 9, 2021 | archive-date = February 21, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120221081420/http://theseventhpythonmovie.com/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Personal life== Hudson married Lavinia Lang in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103623,00.html|title=Dropping the Ax Via Fax|work=People|publisher=Meredith Corporation|access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref>

He was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer in 2007 and, after receiving many conventional as well as alternative cancer treatments, has been in remission since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|work=Digital Journal|title=The Triple M-Brett Hudson's A Modern Medical Miracle|last=Mullins|first=K.J.|date=May 22, 2009|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272936|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181206234002/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272936|archive-date=December 6, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the uncle of singer/songwriter Sarah Hudson,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/wov/hudson2/ | title = Woman on the Verge: Sarah Hudson | publisher = Playboy.com | first = Joshua | last = Klein | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110607101404/http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/wov/hudson2/ | archive-date = June 7, 2011}}</ref> actress Kate Hudson of ''Almost Famous'' and actor Oliver Hudson of ''Splitting Up Together''.

==Filmography== ===Producing and directing=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- | 1988 || ''Offshore Television'' || Television series; producer |- | 2001 || ''Adults Only: The Secret History of the Other Hollywood'' || Miniseries; director and producer |- | 2001 || ''The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll with Gene Simmons'' || Television film; producer |- | 2002 || ''All the Presidents' Movies'' || Television documentary; director and producer |- | 2003 || ''My First Time'' || Television series; executive producer |- | 2005 || ''A Current Affair'' || Television series; producer |- | 2006 || ''Cloud 9'' || Producer |- | 2007 || ''Basketball Man'' || Documentary; producer |- | 2008 || ''The Seventh Python'' || Documentary; producer |- | 2009 || ''All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie'' || Documentary; producer |- | 2011 || ''What The'' || Television series; executive producer |- | 2013 || ''Hansel & Gretel Get Baked'' || Producer |- | 2014 || ''The Chris Montez Story'' || Documentary; producer |}

===Acting=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1978 || ''Zero to Sixty'' || Harry || |- | 1978 || ''The Millionaire'' || Harold Reardon || Television film |- | 1979 || ''Bonkers!'' || Himself || 1 episode |- | 1980 || ''The Love Boat'' || Ed Corey || 1 episode |- | 1983 || ''Hysterical'' || Fritz || |- | 1994 || ''Chantmania: The Benzedrine Monks of Santo Damonica'' || Ray Nosseris || |- | 2006 || ''Cloud 9'' || Blind man || Uncredited |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|nm0399791}}

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