Hudson, Brett 1953-

PERSONAL

Original name, Brett Salerno; born January 18, 1953; brother of Bill Hudson (a singer and actor) and Mark Hudson (a singer and actor); uncle of Kate Hudson (an actress), Oliver Hudson (an actor), and Sarah Hudson (a singer).

Career:

Producer, director, composer, writer, and actor. Frozen Pictures, cofounder and principal; musician and recording artist with the Hudson Brothers, beginning c. 1965; performed with My Sirs, the New Yorkers, Everyday Hudson, and Hudson; also backup singer for other vocalists.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Cloud 9 (short film), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

(And director) Hoosiers Meets Hooters: Behind "Cloud 9" (short documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Basketball Man (documentary), WPOE Entertainment, 2007.

The Seventh Python, Frozen Pictures, 2008.

Film Appearances:

Harry, Zero to Sixty, First Artists, 1978.

Fritz, Hysterical, Embassy, 1983.

(Uncredited) Blind man, Cloud 9 (short film), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Hoosiers Meets Hooters: Behind "Cloud 9" (short documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Offshore Television, syndicated, 1988.

Executive producer, My First Time, Showtime, 2003.

Producer, A Current Affair, 2005.

Television Work; Specials:

(And director) The Cindy Williams Comedy Special, The Family Channel, 1994.

Executive producer, The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll with Gene Simmons, Court TV, 2001.

Executive producer, All the Presidents' Movies, Bravo, 2003.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Executive producer and director, Adults Only: The Secret History of the Other Hollywood, Court TV, 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Cohost, The Hudson Brothers Show, CBS, 1974.

Cohost, Offshore Television, syndicated, 1988.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cohost, The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Comedy Show, CBS, 1974.

Himself, More than Brothers, ABC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Harold Reardon, The Millionaire, CBS, 1978.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(With the Hudson Brothers) The Sonny and Cher Show, 1976.

The Brady Bunch Hour, ABC, 1977.

Host, Bonkers!, syndicated, 1979.

Ed, "Not So Fast, Gopher/Haven't We Met Before?/Foreign Exchange," The Love Boat, ABC, 1980.

RECORDINGS

Albums; With the Hudson Brothers:

Hudson, Playboy Records, 1972.

Hollywood Situation, Casablanca, 1974.

Totally Out of Control, Rocket Records, 1974.

Ba-Fa, Rocket Records, 1976.

The Hudson Brothers, 1978.

The Truth about Us, Rocket Records, 1978.

Damn Those Kids, Elektra, 1980.

So You Are a Star: The Best of the Hudson Brothers, Varese, 1995.

Videos:

Ray Nosseris, Chantmania: The Benzedrine Monks of Santo Damonica, Rhino Home Video, 1994.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts:

(Including song "Zomboogie") Hysterical, Embassy, 1983.

Cloud 9 (short film), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Hoosiers Meets Hooters: Behind "Cloud 9" (short documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

The Seventh Python, Frozen Pictures, 2008.

Film Music:

Basketball Man (documentary), WPOE Entertainment, 2007.

Television Series:

Offshore Television, syndicated, 1988.

Television Specials:

The Cindy Williams Comedy Special, The Family Channel, 1994.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Musicians, Volume 56, Gale, 2006.