Bobby Astyr
Acting
Born 1937-11-14
Died 2002-04-07
New York City, New York, USA
126 credits
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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
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Filmography
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Acting
53 credits
I, the Jury
Pelvis
C.O.D.
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Oriental Blue
The Seduction of Cindy
Thrilling Drilling
Roommates
Tramp
Dracula Exotica
Cheryl's Surrender
Outlaw Ladies
Expose Me, Lovely
Breaker Beauties
Sharon
Barbara Broadcast
Back Door Girls
Too Young to Care
Magic Girls
Liquid A$$ets
Blonde Velvet
Legends of Porn
N.Y. Babes
Sherlick Holmes
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Painful Desires
The Joyriders
Mascara
Confessions of Seka
Cherry Hustlers
Centerfold Fever
Dirty Looks
Blue Ecstasy
A Girl's Best Friend
That's Erotic
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Corruption
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
Satan Was a Lady
Pussycat Galore
Babylon Pink
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
Lustful Feelings
Double Your Pleasure
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Pleasure Palace
Too Many Pieces
October Silk
Punk Rock
Teenage Masseuse
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The Ganja Express
The Double Exposure of Holly
Other credits
7 credits
Tigresses
Young Twins
In-Flight Service
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
Nite At The Venus
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Nasty Nurses
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