Bobby Astyr
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
Known for
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movieLegends of Porn
1987
(archive footage)
Babes in Joyland
1987
Morris (segment "Sweet Nutcracker") (archive footage) (as Bobby Astor)
movieCandy Stripers 2
1985
General Harcourt Clay
movieMagic Girls
1985
Surfer / Rushed Guy (archive footage)
movieVeronica's Diary
1985
(archive footage)
movieSex Spa USA
1984
"Daddy"
moviePussycat Galore
1984
George
movieBurleXXX
1984
Willy Hyman / Dick Hurtz / Mr. Altacocker
movieHypersexuals
1984
Mr. Owsley T. Smith
movieMascara
1983
Mr. Jones
movieBack Door Girls
1983
(archive footage)
movieCorruption
1983
Larry
movieThe Playgirl
1983
Nick Ray
movieOnce Upon a Secretary
1983
Mr. Murphy
movieDirty Looks
1982
(archive footage)
movieFoxtrot
1982
Roman
movieI, the Jury
1982
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Mr. Cashbox
moviePeepholes
1982
Howard
movieUndercovers
1982
Harry
movieC.O.D.
1981
Witch Doctor
movieA Girl's Best Friend
1981
Mr. Greenfield
movieSilky
1981
Pete
moviePlatinum Paradise
1981
The Ballet Instructor
movieThe Love-In Arrangement
1981
Orgy Guy with Cigar
movieOutlaw Ladies
1981
Harlan
movieCenterfold Fever
1981
Swinger
movieConfessions of Seka
1980
Sidney Triplexxx
movieDracula Exotica
1980
Anatole
movieAfternoon Delights
1980
Dr. Harkness
movieOctober Silk
1980
Mr. Winston
moviePrincess
1980
Charly Abrahms
movieTramp
1980
Porno Actor
movieThe Seduction of Cindy
1980
Mr. Marvin Stern
movieSizzle
1980
Pete's Partner
moviePleasure Palace
1979
Pete (uncredited)
movieN.Y. Babes
1979
Alfred
movieBabylon Pink
1979
The Husband
movieThe Love Syndrome
1979
Mr. Fredericks
movieThat's Erotic
1979
(archive footage)
movieFor Richer for Poorer
1979
Gina's Lover
movieFrench Shampoo
1978
Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid
movieDouble Your Pleasure
1978
Duncan Efstop
movieThe Ganja Express
1978
Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
moviePainful Desires
1978
Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)
movieWoman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
1978
Party Guy on Couch
moviePrized Possession
1978
William Schneiderman (uncredited)
movieThe Secret Dreams of Mona Q
1977
Forest Pixie
movieBarbara Broadcast
1977
Maitre d'
movieJoint Venture
1977
Peter Cox (uncredited)
movieLustful Feelings
1977
Guy with Andy and Turner
movieJoy
1977
Phil the Plumber
movieFrench-Teen
1977
Roy Rogers (uncredited)
moviePelvis
1977
Snake
movieOdyssey: The Ultimate Trip
1977
Second Masked Guy in Dream (segment "The End")
movieFrench Classmates
1977
Marcel - Guy Driving Mercedes
movieCaptain Lust
1977
Brother Nuncompus
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
1977
Dr. Frankenschlong
movieThe Passion Seekers
1977
Reiley Lane
movieFantasy Club of America
1977
Bud Rogers
movieStrange Family
1977
Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
movieBlonde Velvet
1976
Dr. Weirdlove
movieThe Affairs of Janice
1976
Little Joe
movieSylvia
1976
Orgy host
movieThrough the Looking Glass
1976
Crazed Man
movieThe Story of Eloise
1976
Arnold Benedict
movieOnce Over Nightly
1976
Irving Fields
movieExpose Me, Lovely
1976
Chi-Chi
movieEcstasy in Blue
1976
Charlie
movieThunderbuns
1976
(archive footage)
movieCheryl's Surrender
1975
AOA Leader
movieSherlick Holmes
1975
The Mayor
movieToo Many Pieces
1975
Board Member
movieMore
1975
Shorty
movieSue Prentiss, R.N.
1975
First Sewer Worker
movieBig Abner
1975
Baby / Grand Pappy Yokum
movieSharon
1975
Party Guy in Fourth Bedroom
movieThe Joyriders
1975
Michael
movieThe Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
1975
Hunter - Red Shirt
movieSex Maniac
1975
Fred Adams
movieThrilling Drilling
1974
Dentist
