Bobby Astyr
Acting
Born November 14, 1937 ยท New York City, New York, USA
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
Films (126)
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
2011
Nite At The Venus
2011
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
2009
Young Twins
2007
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
2006
Legends of Porn
1987
Babes in Joyland
1987
Candy Stripers 2
1985
Magic Girls
1985
American Babylon
1985
Times Square Comes Alive
1985
Veronica's Diary
1985
Sex Spa USA
1984
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
1984
Pussycat Galore
1984
BurleXXX
1984
Office Fantasies
1984
Hypersexuals
1984
Mascara
1983
Back Door Girls
1983
Corruption
1983
The Playgirl
1983
Once Upon a Secretary
1983
Dinner with Samantha
1983
Dirty Looks
1982
Foxtrot
1982
Roommates
1982
I, the Jury
1982
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
1982
Liquid A$$ets
1982
Nasty Nurses
1982
Peepholes
1982
Undercovers
1982
C.O.D.
1981
A Girl's Best Friend
1981
Silky
1981
Platinum Paradise
1981
The Love-In Arrangement
1981
Outlaw Ladies
1981
Tara Tara Tara Tara
1981
Centerfold Fever
1981
Confessions of Seka
1980
Dracula Exotica
1980
Afternoon Delights
1980
October Silk
1980
Princess
1980
Tramp
1980
Her Name Was Lisa
1980
Blue Ecstasy
1980
The Seduction of Cindy
1980
Sizzle
1980
Pleasure Palace
1979
Angie Police Women
1979
Honeysuckle Rose
1979
N.Y. Babes
1979
Babylon Pink
1979
The Love Syndrome
1979
Hot Child in the City
1979
Tigresses
1979
That's Erotic
1979
Blonde in Black Silk
1979
For Richer for Poorer
1979
French Shampoo
1978
People
1978
Double Your Pleasure
1978
The Ganja Express
1978
Chorus Call
1978
Painful Desires
1978
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
1978
Prized Possession
1978
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
1977
Barbara Broadcast
1977
Joint Venture
1977
Breaker Beauties
1977
Lustful Feelings
1977
Punk Rock
1977
Teenage Bikers
1977
Joy
1977
French-Teen
1977
Cherry Hustlers
1977
Pelvis
1977
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
1977
The Double Exposure of Holly
1977
French Classmates
1977
Schoolgirl's Reunion
1977
Captain Lust
1977
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
1977
The Passion Seekers
1977
The Pitfalls of Bunny
1977
Fantasy Club of America
1977
Strange Family
1977
Blonde Velvet
1976
The Affairs of Janice
1976
Sylvia
1976
Through the Looking Glass
1976
That Lady from Rio
1976
The Story of Eloise
1976
Once Over Nightly
1976
Expose Me, Lovely
1976
Ecstasy in Blue
1976
Honey Pie
1976
Thunderbuns
1976
S.W.A.P.
1976
Cheryl's Surrender
1975
Sherlick Holmes
1975
Too Many Pieces
1975
Too Young to Care
1975
Teenage Masseuse
1975
More
1975
Too Hot to Handle
1975
Oriental Blue
1975
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
1975
Satan Was a Lady
1975
When a Woman Calls
1975
Big Abner
1975
Sharon
1975
Love In Maid
1975
The Joyriders
1975
In-Flight Service
1975
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
1975
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
1975
Sex Maniac
1975
Thrilling Drilling
1974
Intensive Care
1974
Double Header
1974
Latin Heat
1973