Bobby Astyr
Known for: Acting
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
Film
I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
1982
Film
Pelvis
Snake
1977
Film
C.O.D.
Witch Doctor
1981
Film
The Seduction of Cindy
Mr. Marvin Stern
1980
Film
Thrilling Drilling
Dentist
1974
Film
Roommates
Marv
1982
Film
Tigresses
1979
Film
Tramp
Porno Actor
1980
Film
Dracula Exotica
Anatole
1980
Film
Cheryl's Surrender
AOA Leader
1975
Film
Outlaw Ladies
Harlan
1981
Film
Expose Me, Lovely
Chi-Chi
1976
Film
Breaker Beauties
Ed
1977
Film
Sharon
Party Guy in Fourth Bedroom
1975
Film
Barbara Broadcast
Maitre d'
1977
Film
Back Door Girls
(archive footage)
1983
Film
Too Young to Care
Stoney
1975
Film
Magic Girls
Surfer / Rushed Guy (archive footage)
1985
Film
Liquid A$$ets
Mr. Cashbox
1982
Film
Blonde Velvet
Dr. Weirdlove
1976
Film
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
1987
Film
N.Y. Babes
Alfred
1979
Film
Sherlick Holmes
The Mayor
1975
Young Twins
2007
Film
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Arnold
1982
Film
Painful Desires
Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)
1978
Film
The Joyriders
Michael
1975
Film
Mascara
Mr. Jones
1983
Film
Confessions of Seka
Sidney Triplexxx
1980
Film
Cherry Hustlers
Dick
1977
Film
In-Flight Service
1975
Film
Centerfold Fever
Swinger
1981
Film
Dirty Looks
(archive footage)
1982
Film
Blue Ecstasy
Dan
1980
Film
A Girl's Best Friend
Mr. Greenfield
1981
Film
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
2006
Film
Nite At The Venus
2011
Film
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
2011
Film
That's Erotic
(archive footage)
1979
Film
Nasty Nurses
1982
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Dr. Frankenschlong
1977
Film
Corruption
Larry
1983
Film
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
First Sewer Worker
1975
Film
Satan Was a Lady
Bobby
1975
Film
Pussycat Galore
George
1984
Film
Babylon Pink
The Husband
1979
Film
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
Igor
1975
Film
Lustful Feelings
Guy with Andy and Turner
1977
Film
Double Your Pleasure
Duncan Efstop
1978
Film
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Second Masked Guy in Dream (segment "The End")
1977
Film
Pleasure Palace
Pete (uncredited)
1979
Film
Too Many Pieces
Board Member
1975
Film
October Silk
Mr. Winston
1980
Film
Punk Rock
Igor
1977
Film
Teenage Masseuse
Ronald
1975
Film
More
Shorty
1975
Film
The Ganja Express
Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
1978
Film
The Double Exposure of Holly
Angel
1977
Film
French-Teen
Roy Rogers (uncredited)
1977
Film
American Babylon
Robert
1985
Film
Afternoon Delights
Dr. Harkness
1980
Film
The Love-In Arrangement
Orgy Guy with Cigar
1981
Film
The Playgirl
Nick Ray
1983
Film
French Shampoo
Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid
1978
Film
Candy Stripers 2
General Harcourt Clay
1985
Film
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Himself
1984
Film
Chorus Call
Ed
1978
Film
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Party Guy on Couch
1978
Film
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Fred
1977
Film
Blonde in Black Silk
Anthony
1979
Film
Captain Lust
Brother Nuncompus
1977
Film
BurleXXX
Willy Hyman / Dick Hurtz / Mr. Altacocker
1984
Film
Peepholes
Howard
1982
Film
Tara Tara Tara Tara
Allan
1981
Film
Thunderbuns
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Silky
Pete
1981
Film
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
Forest Pixie
1977
Film
The Affairs of Janice
Little Joe
1976
Film
Office Fantasies
1984
Film
People
1978
Film
Sylvia
Orgy host
1976
Film
Princess
Charly Abrahms
1980
Film
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Hunter - Red Shirt
1975
Film
Honey Pie
Dick
1976
Film
Sex Spa USA
"Daddy"
1984
Film
For Richer for Poorer
Gina's Lover
1979
Film
Big Abner
Baby / Grand Pappy Yokum
1975
Film
Hypersexuals
Mr. Owsley T. Smith
1984
Film
Intensive Care
1974
Film
When a Woman Calls
Arnold
1975
Film
Hot Child in the City
1979
Film
Undercovers
Harry
1982
Film
Her Name Was Lisa
Doc
1980
Film
Honeysuckle Rose
Tony
1979
Film
Love In Maid
1975
Film
Prized Possession
William Schneiderman (uncredited)
1978
Film
The Passion Seekers
Reiley Lane
1977
Film
The Love Syndrome
Mr. Fredericks
1979
Film
Once Upon a Secretary
Mr. Murphy
1983
Film
The Pitfalls of Bunny
Tony
1977
Film
Times Square Comes Alive
Porter
1985
Film
Fantasy Club of America
Bud Rogers
1977
Film
Strange Family
Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
1977
Film
That Lady from Rio
Max
1976
Film
Sizzle
Pete's Partner
1980
Film
S.W.A.P.
Gus
1976
Film
The Story of Eloise
Arnold Benedict
1976
Film
Platinum Paradise
The Ballet Instructor
1981
Film
Once Over Nightly
Irving Fields
1976
Film
Oriental Blue
Max
1975
Film
Joint Venture
Peter Cox (uncredited)
1977
Film
Joy
Phil the Plumber
1977
Film
French Classmates
Marcel - Guy Driving Mercedes
1977
Film
Sex Maniac
Fred Adams
1975
Film
Angie Police Women
Bobby
1979
Film
Ecstasy in Blue
Charlie
1976
Babes in Joyland
Morris (segment "Sweet Nutcracker") (archive footage) (as Bobby Astor)
1987
Dinner with Samantha
Marty
1983
Film
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
1985
Film
Foxtrot
Roman
1982
Teenage Bikers
1977
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
2009
Film
Through the Looking Glass
Crazed Man
1976
Film
Too Hot to Handle
Bill
1975
Film
Double Header
1974
Film
Latin Heat
1973