Acting
Bobby Astyr
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
Nite At The Venus
Film · 2011
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Film · 2011
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
Film · 2009
Young Twins
Film · 2007
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
Film · 2006
Legends of Porn
Film · 1987
Babes in Joyland
Film · 1987
Magic Girls
Film · 1985
American Babylon
Film · 1985
Candy Stripers 2
Film · 1985
Times Square Comes Alive
Film · 1985
Veronica's Diary
Film · 1985
Pussycat Galore
Film · 1984
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Film · 1984
BurleXXX
Film · 1984
Office Fantasies
Film · 1984
Sex Spa USA
Film · 1984
Hypersexuals
Film · 1984
Back Door Girls
Film · 1983
Mascara
Film · 1983
Corruption
Film · 1983
The Playgirl
Film · 1983
Once Upon a Secretary
Film · 1983
Dinner with Samantha
Film · 1983
Latin Heat
Film · 1983
Roommates
Film · 1982
I, the Jury
Film · 1982
Liquid A$$ets
Film · 1982
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Film · 1982
Dirty Looks
Film · 1982
Nasty Nurses
Film · 1982
Peepholes
Film · 1982
Undercovers
Film · 1982
Foxtrot
Film · 1982
Outlaw Ladies
Film · 1981
Centerfold Fever
Film · 1981
A Girl's Best Friend
Film · 1981
C.O.D.
Film · 1981
The Love-In Arrangement
Film · 1981
Tara Tara Tara Tara
Film · 1981
Silky
Film · 1981
Platinum Paradise
Film · 1981
World of Henry Paris
Film · 1981
Tramp
Film · 1980
Dracula Exotica
Film · 1980
Confessions of Seka
Film · 1980
Blue Ecstasy
Film · 1980
October Silk
Film · 1980
Afternoon Delights
Film · 1980
The Seduction of Cindy
Film · 1980
Princess
Film · 1980
Sizzle
Film · 1980
Tigresses
Film · 1979
N.Y. Babes
Film · 1979
That's Erotic
Film · 1979
Babylon Pink
Film · 1979
Pleasure Palace
Film · 1979
Blonde in Black Silk
Film · 1979
For Richer for Poorer
Film · 1979
Hot Child in the City
Film · 1979
Her Name Was Lisa
Film · 1979
Honeysuckle Rose
Film · 1979
The Love Syndrome
Film · 1979
Angie Police Women
Film · 1979
Painful Desires
Film · 1978
Double Your Pleasure
Film · 1978
The Ganja Express
Film · 1978
French Shampoo
Film · 1978
Chorus Call
Film · 1978
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Film · 1978
People
Film · 1978
Prized Possession
Film · 1978
Breaker Beauties
Film · 1977
Barbara Broadcast
Film · 1977
Cherry Hustlers
Film · 1977
Pelvis
Film · 1977
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Film · 1977
Lustful Feelings
Film · 1977
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Film · 1977
Punk Rock
Film · 1977
The Double Exposure of Holly
Film · 1977
French-Teen
Film · 1977
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Film · 1977
Captain Lust
Film · 1977
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
Film · 1977
The Passion Seekers
Film · 1977
The Pitfalls of Bunny
Film · 1977
Fantasy Club of America
Film · 1977
Strange Family
Film · 1977
Joint Venture
Film · 1977
Joy
Film · 1977
French Classmates
Film · 1977
Teenage Bikers
Film · 1977
Honeymoon Haven
Film · 1977
Expose Me, Lovely
Film · 1976
Blonde Velvet
Film · 1976
Thunderbuns
Film · 1976
The Affairs of Janice
Film · 1976
Sylvia
Film · 1976
Honey Pie
Film · 1976
That Lady from Rio
Film · 1976
S.W.A.P.
Film · 1976
The Story of Eloise
Film · 1976
Once Over Nightly
Film · 1976
Ecstasy in Blue
Film · 1976
Through the Looking Glass
Film · 1976
Cheryl's Surrender
Film · 1975
Sharon
Film · 1975
Too Young to Care
Film · 1975
Sherlick Holmes
Film · 1975
The Joyriders
Film · 1975
In-Flight Service
Film · 1975
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
Film · 1975
Satan Was a Lady
Film · 1975
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
Film · 1975
Too Many Pieces
Film · 1975
Teenage Masseuse
Film · 1975
More
Film · 1975
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Film · 1975
Big Abner
Film · 1975
When a Woman Calls
Film · 1975
Love In Maid
Film · 1975
Oriental Blue
Film · 1975
Sex Maniac
Film · 1975
Too Hot to Handle
Film · 1975
Thrilling Drilling
Film · 1974
Intensive Care
Film · 1974
Double Header
Film · 1974