Here's What Happened to the Real People Featured on Netflix's Hollywood

Jim Parsons, aka Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, plays Rock Hudson's agent Henry Willson. Much like on the show, Willson was well-known for his seedier antics and discovering Lana Turner. Willson, who never publicly came out, also played a large role in developing the "beefcake craze" of the '50s with Hudson being his most prominent client. Willson never made the jump from agent to producer (that's something you'll only see on Hollywood) and died from cirrhosis of the liver in 1978.