Bobby Astyr
Acting
- Born:
- 1937-11-14
- Died:
- 2002-04-07
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Known For
Filmography
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Nite At The Venus
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
Young Twins
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
Legends of Porn
Babes in Joyland
Candy Stripers 2
Magic Girls
American Babylon
Times Square Comes Alive
Veronica's Diary
Sex Spa USA
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Pussycat Galore
BurleXXX
Office Fantasies
Hypersexuals
Mascara
Back Door Girls
Corruption
The Playgirl
Once Upon a Secretary
Dinner with Samantha
Latin Heat
Dirty Looks
Foxtrot
Roommates
I, the Jury
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Liquid A$$ets
Nasty Nurses
Peepholes
Undercovers
C.O.D.
A Girl's Best Friend
Silky
Platinum Paradise
The Love-In Arrangement
Outlaw Ladies
Tara Tara Tara Tara
Centerfold Fever
World of Henry Paris
Confessions of Seka
Dracula Exotica
Afternoon Delights
October Silk
Princess
Tramp
Blue Ecstasy
The Seduction of Cindy
Sizzle
Pleasure Palace
Angie Police Women
Honeysuckle Rose
N.Y. Babes
Babylon Pink
The Love Syndrome
Hot Child in the City
Tigresses
That's Erotic
Blonde in Black Silk
For Richer for Poorer
Her Name Was Lisa
French Shampoo
People
Double Your Pleasure
The Ganja Express
Chorus Call
Painful Desires
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Prized Possession
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
Barbara Broadcast
Joint Venture
Breaker Beauties
Lustful Feelings
Punk Rock
Teenage Bikers
Joy
French-Teen
Cherry Hustlers
Pelvis
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
The Double Exposure of Holly
French Classmates
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Captain Lust
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
The Passion Seekers
The Pitfalls of Bunny
Fantasy Club of America
Strange Family
Honeymoon Haven
Blonde Velvet
The Affairs of Janice
Sylvia
Through the Looking Glass
That Lady from Rio
The Story of Eloise
Once Over Nightly
Expose Me, Lovely
Ecstasy in Blue
Honey Pie
Thunderbuns
S.W.A.P.
Cheryl's Surrender
Sherlick Holmes
Too Many Pieces
Too Young to Care
Teenage Masseuse
More
Too Hot to Handle
Oriental Blue
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
Satan Was a Lady
When a Woman Calls
Big Abner
Sharon
Love In Maid
The Joyriders
In-Flight Service
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Sex Maniac
Thrilling Drilling
Intensive Care
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