Old Hollywood Homo/Bi Gossip Too: Pitchers and Catchers

An old friend worked a summer in a big vacation house owned by Lee Majors. One morning, the phone started ringing and went on incessantly. She went into one of the upstairs bedrooms screaming "Isn't anyone going to answer the fucking phone", and there was Lee, fucking one of his drivers. "Take a message", the driver yelled.

Good one r1.

[quote] and there was Lee, fucking one of his drivers.

Did your friend say if Lee Majors’ heels at High Noon, or was he the one entering the Big Valley?

I need to know more details about James Cagney and Audie Murphy…someone has to know more…

She said she had a birds eye view of his asshole, so I assume he was on top. Or not.

There is a rumor going around that Rock Hudson was a gay.

R4, what about them?

For r7...I've heard talk about the two of them on AGC years ago in one of their "Old Hollywood" posts...

Aldo Ray, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes and David Soul have all admitted to being gay for pay early in their careers, seeking to get ahead in the business.

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You mean OP's TOO is supposed to be TWO?

"She said she had a birds eye view of his asshole, so I assume he was on top."

Yum.

"An old friend worked a summer in a big vacation house owned by Lee Majors. One morning, the phone started ringing and went on incessantly. She went into one of the upstairs bedrooms screaming "Isn't anyone going to answer the fucking phone", and there was Lee, fucking one of his drivers. "Take a message", the driver yelled."

Did Farrah know?

Lee Majors? Had him

R12 DL sarcasm? You know that we love to butcher the English language here. Like pron instead of porn?

I’m not sure if Farrah knew about Lee or not. Who knows?

[quote] Who knows?

Only dead people know.

R17, of course she knew. That's why she left him for that dastardly pussyhound Ryan O'Neal.

Didn't Ryan have his own bi rumors, though? Aside from the non-rumors that he was abusive and a drunk.

Farrah sure knew how to pick 'em.

The partial homo list from William Dakota's book:

GEORGE MAHARIS, ROBERT WAGNER, PERRY KING, JIM HUTTON, DIRK BENEDICT, RICHARD ANDERSON, DENNIS DAY, LEE MAJORS, LIBERACE, FABIAN, JOHNNY WEISMULLER, CARLTON CARPENTER, RAPHAEL CAMPOS, GEORGE NADER, MARLON BRANDO, WALLY COX, JOHN PHILLIP LAW, GUY MADISON,

RICHARD GERE, JOE DALLESANDRO, JOHNNY CRAWFORD, NORMAN FELL, TONY BILL, PETER FONDA, FARLEY GRANGER, PERNELL ROBERTS, BRIAN HYLAND, ANDREW STEVENS, MICHAEL BLODGETT, JAMES DEAN, HORST BUCHOLTZ, JOHN TRAVOLTA, CHRISTOPHER ATKINS, TONY CURTIS, DON "RED" BARRY, TYRONE POWER, ERROL FLYNN, KEITH CARRADINE, BOBBY CARRADINE, ROCK HUDSON, YUL BRYNNER, JIM NABORS, PATRICK WAYNE, DAVID CASSIDY, BURT REYNOLDS, PAUL LYNDE, CHARLES NELSON REILLY,

MICHAEL MULLINS, SHAUN CASSIDY, RICHARD THOMAS, ROBERT CONRAD, STUART WHITMAN, MARTIN SHEEN, GILBERT ROLAND, LEIGH McCLOSKY, RICHARD HATCH, RAY STRICKLYN, ROBERT "LOCKE" LORRAINE, RAYMOND ST. JACQUES, STUART ROBINSON, ROBBIE BENSON, BRAD DAVIS, MATT DILLON, GARY GRIMES, WESLEY EURE, JEFF CONAWAY, HIRAM KELLER, BURGESS MEREDITH, ALAIN DELON, ROBERT EVANS, TOM JONES, ROBERT MORLEY, PAUL PETERSON, MERV GRIFFIN, RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, CHAD EVERETT, BEN COOPER, ROBERT WALKER,

HARDY KRUGER, RICHARD JAECKEL, JACQUES D'AMBOISE, PAUL NEWMAN, VALENTINO, JACK SERNAS, RORY CALHOUN, TOM RETTIG, MICHAEL PARKS, BEN MURPHY, GARY LOCKWOOD, ROBERT LOGAN, JOHN SMITH, MICHAEL LANDON,

DAVID BOWIE, MICK JAGGER, CHUCK CONNORS, TERRY THOMAS, KEITH RICHARDS, BART MATTSON, TONY PERKINS, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL HOLLIMAN, TAB HUNTER, RAMON NOVARRO, TOMMY KIRK, RODDY McDOWALL, TOM BERRINGER, DENNIS HOPPER, CHRISTOPHER JONES, HARRY BELAFONTE, CHARLES BRONSON, MONTGOMERY CLIFT, FRANKIE AVALON, RICHARD DAVALOS, JACK BENNY, BURT LANCASTER, BRODERICK CRAWFORD, VAN JOHNSON, MICHAEL GRAY, DAN DAILY, WILLIAM KATT, DEWEY MARTIN,

CLIFTON WEBB, DACK RAMBO, JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT, AUDIE MURPHY, VINCENT PRICE, MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV, BOBBY DRISCOLL, BRANDON de WILDE, PETER USTINOV, ELTON JOHN, DENNIS CHRISTOPHER, BURT BACHARACH, JOHN SCHNEIDER, GLENN CAMPBELL, RICK NELSON, SAL MINEO, CHARLES LAUGHTON, MALCOLM McDOWALL, SYLVESTER STALLONE, ROD McKUEN, TOMMY SANDS, FRED STUTHMAN, LARRY PARKS,

DAVID ESSEX, DEAN STOCKWELL, CESAR ROMERO, FREDDIE PRINZE, ELVIS, JAMES COCO, WALT DISNEY, JEFFREY HUNTER, VIC MORROW, TONY DOW, AL PACINO, JEFF BRIDGES, SUNSET CARSON, STEVE McQUEEN, TERENCE STAMP, KEIR DULLEA.

For the DL lady pitchers and catchers:

BARBARA STANWYCK ANGIE DICKINSON JUNE ALLYSON CLEO MOORE JANET LEIGH ELKE SOMMER MacKENZIE PHILLIPS CAROL BURNETT POLLY BERGEN THELMA RITTER LOLA FOLANA JANE RUSSELL DONNA SUMMER (DENIES IT) BIANCA JAGGER GAIL RUSSELL CHER JEAN PETERS LINDA HAYNES KRISTY McNICHOLS AVA GARDNER DEBBIE REYNOLDS AGNES MOOREHEAD PENNY MARSHALL MARIE WILSON JUDY GARLAND JULIE CHRISTIE LILY TOMLIN GALE STORM SENTA BERGER LORETTA SWIT BETTY WHITE LAUREN BACALL JOAN BLONDELL MARILYN MONROE JULIE ANDREWS JANE FONDA JOAN BAEZ LIZ SCOTT LESLIE CARON JOAN CRAWFORD DIANE VARSI LYNN FONTAINE MARIA MONTEZ URSULA ANDRESS ROSALIND RUSSELL DEBRA PAGET KIM NOVAK KATE JACKSON BO DEREK BOBBIE GENTRY TALLULAH BANKHEAD LIZA MINNELLI FRANCIS FARMER LYNN BARI MARILYN MAXWELL BRIGITTE BARDOT MARIA SCHNEIDER CAROL LYNLEY NATALIE WOOD ANNETTE FUNICELLO ANNE FRANCIS STELLA STEVENS VIVIAN BLAINE SUSAN STRASBERG CAPUCINE VERONICA LAKE CORRINE CALVET BARBARA NICHOLS EVE PLUMB

R22 That's screwy. It's not in alphabetical order or chronological order.

This is an excellent interview with Roddy for general Old Hollywood info. He doesn't get into the homo, but still worthwhile IMO.

He looks rather attractive here. I never found him attractive but he grew into a good looking daddy after all.

[quote]The partial homo list from William Dakota's book:

The list would have been a lot shorter if it were just the names of straight actors who never dabbled in the homosex.

Interesting to see both Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford on Dakota's list...

[quote]Yes, he did. I was there and saw it all: believe me, there was plenty of rump-rangin' out there on the gay prairie. During shooting, Chuck frequently referred to Johnny as "my little posse pardner." That's one reason so many episodes focus on Luke protecting Mark from other older men, in particular the "Rough Riders" gang, and a group of Mexican donkey thieves, or "los banditos de los culos" in Spanish. However, though Johnny was more than willing (he was usually the "top"), he was still under the legal age of consent, their relationship was frequently described as statutory "rump-rangin."

This appears to be a compulsive religious activity, drawing up these lists.

R6 There was an even bigger rumor that Rock Huson was a power bottom. And this was a rumor long before American Horror Story popularized the term with the straights.

Oh, no.

R14-Not only did she know, she was living in the same house at the time.

R22 R23 So basically half of Hollywood.

A starving actor or musician is going to do whatever he or she has to do to get work. Sometimes it’s going to involve sleeping with the other team. I wonder if a lot of the people on these lists did that, hence being labeled bisexual.

Legendary Spanish actress Sara Montiel who was lured to Hollywood in the 1950s for a few films wrote in her autobio that she had a one night stand with James Dean She said he was shy, boyish and a poor lover.

Sara, too, was bi.

"[R6] There was an even bigger rumor that Rock Huson was a power bottom. And this was a rumor long before American Horror Story popularized the term with the straights."

Who was the power bottom in American Horror Story? Dylan McDermot? I would have loved to see that!

R27, I think this cover suggests they enjoyed it too.