Brett Hudson

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* Mark Hudson (brother)
* Oliver Hudson (nephew)
* Kate Hudson (niece)
* Sarah Hudson (niece)

**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 Hudson Brothers, which was formed by his older brothers, Mark and Bill, in 1965. 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). He and his brothers were nephews of actor Keenan Wynn. Hudson's father walked out on the family when he was six, and Eleanor was forced to raise her boys alone, relying on welfare to raise her boys during their upbringing. He was raised Roman Catholic.

## Career

Hudson formed the production company Frozen Pictures 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 hosted by Gene Simmons of KISS as well as Fox TV's *A Current Affair*. 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. He previewed his movie *The Chris Montez Story* with Chris Montez at The Fest for Beatles Fans convention held March 2010 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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*.

## Personal life

Hudson married Lavinia Lang in 1992.

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. He is the uncle of singer/songwriter Sarah Hudson, actress Kate Hudson of *Almost Famous* and actor Oliver Hudson of Splitting Up Together.

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13. ↑ "Exclusive: Director Duane Journey Talks Hansel & Gretel Get Baked". *Dread Central*. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41536/exclusive-director-duane-journey-talks-hansel-gretel-get-baked/.
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17. ↑ "Dropping the Ax Via Fax". *People*. Meredith Corporation. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103623,00.html.
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