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Bobby Astyr
Acting
Biography
Bobby Astyr, the "Clown Prince of Porn," was one of the pioneering generation of actors who made a name for themselves in blue movies in the 1970s, thriving in an industry where - aside from the legendary John Holmes- women were the star attractions. Like many of the first generation of adult entertainment stars, Astyr was Jewish (it was said of that first cohort that the female stars almost entirely had been born & baptized Roman Catholics and that the male stars - aside from the obviously gentile Holmes - were primarily Jewish, and that this had something to do with the repression of the Catholic Church and the lack of same in Conservative and Reform Judaism). Bobby himself believed that his religion made him more of a "mensch," someone who tried to help his fellow performers, many of whom were troubled or addicted to drugs. While never a male porn star of the magnitude of Jamie Gillis or John Leslie, let alone the fabled King himself, John Holmes, Bobby Astyr appeared in well over 140 known blue movies, and perhaps was in scores more of loops that are now lost. Bobby won his sobriquet "The Cown Prince" by his uninhibited on-screen antics; he was't afraid to look foolish to get a laugh. His most remembered performance likely remains that of the non-plussed maitre d' in the 1977 classic "Barbara Broadcast" who, in case of any breakage caused by waitresses or restaurant patrons, penalized the perpetrator by "taking it out in trade." The following year, he met and fell in love with adult film actress Samantha Fox; they continued in a long-term relationship, sharing side-by-side apartments, for almost 24 years, until Astyr died of lung cancer in 2002. Birth Name: Robert H. Charles
Filmography Movies
Acting
Thrilling Drilling
A dentist has mercy sex with a patient even though he's anxious to head home. When the patient's friend arrives, they impersonate the dentist and his assistant to service any more patients who arrive.
Roommates
Billie is an advertising executive with a secret past she can’t seem to leave behind. Joan is a hopeful young actress looking for the right part and the right guy. Sherry is a model whose whirlwind lifestyle is catching up with her.
Tigresses
The first episode concerns Holly, a physical fitness freak, and the two hot studs who spice up her life. The second sequence revolves around another manhunter who prowls the waterfront and picks up 'able-bodied seamen' to takes them home for Sunday Brunch. The third part features the Sloan Twins as lesbian lovers involved in a menage-a-trois.
Tramp
Dana Dewars (Samantha Fox) is going through a nasty divorce from her husband. Her character and past are being questioned in order to deny her the lifestyle she claims to be hers. She tells her life story to her lawyer to convince him of her social standing, while the viewer watches it as it "really" was.
Dracula Exotica
Sailing to the USA, smuggler Vita Valdez stabs Count Dracula, but he bites her. A necrophiliac morgue attendant reveals she became a vampire. She becomes Dracula's secretary but turns a sergeant into a vampire against Dracula.
Cheryl's Surrender
A gang of terrorists attack the American embassy in Labania and kidnap the ambassador, his wife and his secretary.
Outlaw Ladies
Henri Pachard like Louis Malle is a gifted, prolific, visionary film-maker, Pachard's films idolize women, and skillfully educate the most sophisticated viewer of eroticism (both male and female) with exquisite, and mesmerizing "true to life" encounters.
Expose Me, Lovely
Harry "Frosty" Knight, an New York City private eye who must find a missing young man -- heir to a fortune left by his father -- but soon finds himself framed for murder.
Breaker Beauties
Trucker Tom has problems. When he’s not on the road with his pal Jack, he’s at home with his perpetually horny reporter wife, Sue, who berates him for his lackluster sexual performance. What Sue doesn’t know if that Tom’s aggression is saved up for the road, where his alter ego “Big Bear” rules...
Sharon
Pretty young country girl Sharon has a series of sexual adventures with a variety of different people, including friends, relatives and even strangers she's just met.
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