Hunter embodied the clean-cut ‘beefke’ image but was forced to ny his gay sexualy for years
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BT 'THE BARBER' BEEFKE -- I'M SUING OVER GAY ALLEGATNS
Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * gay beefcake hunter *
Ever sce the silent film era, Hollywood beefke photos have tillated both female and gay male fans. Here we ntue our seri celebratg gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all.
Gay actors Farley Granger and Roddy McDowall are ready to share — a Coke? Gay star Gee Nar was lked wh another famo hunk — g up... Guy Madison was a sailor plucked om obscury by gay agent Henry Willson.
The troubled but betiful gay star Montgomery Clift.
Ever sce the silent film era, Hollywood beefke photos have tillated both female and gay male fans. Here we beg our seri celebratg gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. * gay beefcake hunter *
Montgomery Clift was sexually lked to many gay stars, cludg Rock Hudson. Gay tck driver Roy Fzgerald was transformed by gay agent Henry Willson to superstar Rock Hudson. Rock Hudson and Gee Nar — gay BFFs or somethg more?
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Gay actor Sal Meo was the go-to boy to play a troubled teen — and never more overtly gay than Rebel Whout a Cse. 1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter was another gay hunk whose reer was built (and then stroyed) by agent Henry Willson.
Tab Hunter's homosexualy was an "open secret" until he officially me out a memoir and new film. Gay buddi Tab Hunter and Roddy McDowall: "Ssage or ke?
Sure, I’d heard the agent’s name before, primarily nnectn wh his most famo client, Rock Hudson – that Henry Willson’s secretary was the bri chosen for Hudson durg his brief marriage to unter the rampant gay mors that were swirlg about him Hollywood as he grew to a star the early 50s. So I cid old Henry served a blog spot all his own Leroy Willson (1911 ~1978) – and y, that’s “Willson” spelled wh two l’s pl, appropriately enough, a “son” add on at the end – was an olr gay man, what today we would ll a notor “chicken hawk” of an old queen, equentg gentlemen’s night clubs along the Sunset Strip bar scene where he wooed younger men for both personal as well as profsnal see, Henry Willson also jt so happened to be the head of talent at David O.
Bt "The Barber" Beefke is adamant he never had a gay relatnship wh Hulk Hogan ... spe allegatns ma by Hulk's ex-wife ... and now Bt tells TMZ he's prepared to SUE. * gay beefcake hunter *
Certaly none of the 1950s dreamboat beefke movie star wannab uld rist, those young men who end up wh the tenr attentns of Henry Willson as their agent, cludg his role shapg gay or bisexual actors to ostensibly straight-arrow silver-screen idols. Such young gay actors were no secret the bs, yet jealoly and zealoly kept unr wraps om the dienc who bought tickets for the fantasy played out on movie screens and fan magaz. A look to the life of Hollywood mogul agent Henry Willson today giv a unique sir glimpse at the dilemmas of his gay clients livg a double life, straight leadg man by day while nductg lively after-hours same-sex affairs and sexual liaison trysts unr the very flashbulbs of the publicy mache which had created their inic statur the first retrospective examatn sh a proverbial spotlight on the hidn soccultural history of the Amerin movie stud system through the late 1950s, which self began to pture the 1960s wh the sexual revolutn as “outg” beme a natnal passtime.
Even at that time, for a gay actor to e out of the closet was ak to mtg reer hara-kiri, not to mentn that was prosecutable to boot (not jt among actors, of urse).