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Bobby Astyr
Born · November 14, 1937
Died · April 7, 2002 (64 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
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2011
Nite At The Venus
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2011
Young Twins
0.0
2007
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
0.0
2006
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
3.0
1987
Babes in Joyland
Morris (segment "Sweet Nutcracker") (archive footage) (as Bobby Astor)
0.0
1987
Candy Stripers 2
General Harcourt Clay
5.0
1985
Magic Girls
Surfer / Rushed Guy (archive footage)
0.0
1985
American Babylon
Robert
0.0
1985
Times Square Comes Alive
Porter (as Bobby Astyre)
0.0
1985
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
0.0
1985
Sex Spa USA
"Daddy"
0.0
1984
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Himself
5.0
1984
Pussycat Galore
George
7.0
1984
BurleXXX
Willy Hyman / Dick Hurtz / Mr. Altacocker
7.0
1984
Office Fantasies
0.0
1984
Hypersexuals
Mr. Owsley T. Smith
4.0
1984
Mascara
Mr. Jones
5.2
1983
Back Door Girls
(archive footage)
5.0
1983
Corruption
Larry
7.0
1983
The Playgirl
Nick Ray
5.2
1983
Once Upon a Secretary
Mr. Murphy
0.0
1983
Dinner with Samantha
Marty
0.0
1983
Dirty Looks
(archive footage)
7.0
1982
Foxtrot
Roman
6.0
1982
Roommates
Marv
7.1
1982
I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
5.7
1982
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Arnold
5.8
1982
Liquid A$$ets
Mr. Cashbox
6.8
1982
Nasty Nurses
0.0
1982
Peepholes
Howard
0.0
1982
Undercovers
Harry
0.0
1982
C.O.D.
Witch Doctor (as Bobby H. Charles)
3.0
1981
Silky
Pete
0.0
1981
Platinum Paradise
The Ballet Instructor
6.5
1981
The Love-In Arrangement
Orgy Guy with Cigar
0.0
1981
Outlaw Ladies
Harlan
6.5
1981
Tara Tara Tara Tara
Allan
4.0
1981
Centerfold Fever
Swinger
0.0
1981
Confessions of Seka
Sidney Triplexxx
5.3
1980
Dracula Exotica
Anatole
5.8
1980
Afternoon Delights
Dr. Harkness
8.0
1980
October Silk
Mr. Winston
4.0
1980
Princess
Charly Abrahms
5.0
1980
Tramp
Porno Actor
5.0
1980
Her Name Was Lisa
Doc
6.1
1980
Blue Ecstasy
Dan
7.5
1980
The Seduction of Cindy
Mr. Marvin Stern
10.0
1980
Sizzle
Pete's Partner
0.0
1980
Pleasure Palace
Pete (uncredited)
5.0
1979
Angie Police Women
Bobby
3.0
1979
Honeysuckle Rose
Tony
0.0
1979
N.Y. Babes
Alfred
0.0
1979
Babylon Pink
The Husband
4.6
1979
The Love Syndrome
Mr. Fredericks
7.0
1979
Hot Child in the City
0.0
1979
Tigresses
8.5
1979
That's Erotic
(archive footage)
0.0
1979
Blonde in Black Silk
Anthony
0.0
1979
For Richer for Poorer
Gina's Lover
0.0
1979
French Shampoo
Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid
0.0
1978
People
7.0
1978
Double Your Pleasure
Duncan Efstop
4.0
1978
The Ganja Express
Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
3.8
1978
A Girl's Best Friend
Mr. Greenfield
4.0
1978
Chorus Call
Ed
3.0
1978
Painful Desires
Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)
0.0
1978
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Party Guy on Couch
0.0
1978
Prized Possession
William Schneiderman (uncredited)
0.0
1978
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
Forest Pixie
6.0
1977
Barbara Broadcast
Maitre d'
6.5
1977
Joint Venture
Peter Cox (uncredited)
3.0
1977
Breaker Beauties
Ed
3.0
1977
Lustful Feelings
Guy with Andy and Turner
6.2
1977
Punk Rock
Igor
6.0
1977
Teenage Bikers
0.0
1977
Joy
Phil the Plumber
6.3
1977
French-Teen
Roy Rogers (uncredited)
0.0
1977
Cherry Hustlers
Dick
0.0
1977
Pelvis
Snake
4.8
1977
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Second Masked Guy in Dream (segment "The End")
4.6
1977
The Double Exposure of Holly
Angel
5.5
1977
French Classmates
Marcel - Guy Driving Mercedes
0.0
1977
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Fred
7.0
1977
Captain Lust
Brother Nuncompus
5.0
1977
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Dr. Frankenschlong
0.0
1977
The Passion Seekers
Reiley Lane
0.0
1977
The Pitfalls of Bunny
Tony
0.0
1977
Fantasy Club of America
Bud Rogers
0.0
1977
Strange Family
Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
0.0
1977
Blonde Velvet
Dr. Weirdlove
8.0
1976
The Affairs of Janice
Little Joe
4.0
1976
Sylvia
Orgy host
4.7
1976
That Lady from Rio
Max
0.0
1976
The Story of Eloise
Arnold Benedict
0.0
1976
Once Over Nightly
Irving Fields
0.0
1976
Expose Me, Lovely
Chi-Chi
5.3
1976
Ecstasy in Blue
Charlie
3.0
1976
Honey Pie
Dick
5.0
1976
Thunderbuns
(archive footage)
0.0
1976
S.W.A.P.
Gus
0.0
1976
Cheryl's Surrender
AOA Leader
0.0
1975
Sherlick Holmes
The Mayor
4.5
1975
Too Many Pieces
Board Member
6.0
1975
Too Young to Care
Stoney
0.0
1975
Teenage Masseuse
Ronald
7.0
1975
More
Shorty
7.3
1975
Oriental Blue
Max
4.3
1975
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
First Sewer Worker
7.0
1975
Satan Was a Lady
Bobby
4.0
1975
When a Woman Calls
Arnold
0.0
1975
Big Abner
Baby / Grand Pappy Yokum
4.0
1975
Sharon
Party Guy in Fourth Bedroom
6.7
1975
Love In Maid
0.0
1975
The Joyriders
Michael
0.0
1975
In-Flight Service
0.0
1975
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
Igor
0.0
1975
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Hunter - Red Shirt
4.1
1975
Sex Maniac
Fred Adams
0.0
1975
Thrilling Drilling
Dentist
0.0
1974
Intensive Care
0.0
1974