Paul Thomas
Acting
Born 1947-04-17
Died 2025-06-09
Winnetka, Illinois, USA
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Philip Toubus (born April 17, 1947 - June 9, 2025), better known as Paul Thomas, was an American pornographic actor and director.
Philip Toubus was born in Winnetka, Illinois, to a wealthy family. He was the nephew of Sara Lee Lubin, of the "Sara Lee" foods company. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison but turned to acting. He acted in Broadway theatre, playing a starring role in Hair. He also played Peter in the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. Toubus signed with the William Morris Agency and went to Hollywood, where he appeared in several in television shows.
Toubus started working in pornography in 1974. He met the porn producers the Mitchell Brothers while playing in a musical in San Francisco. He performed in several porn "loops" for them and, in 1976, appeared in his first porn feature, The Autobiography of a Flea. Toubus performed mostly using the stage name Paul Thomas, but he has also appeared under several other names.
In 1982 Toubus was arrested for smuggling cocaine into the United States from South America. He served one year in jail. Following his release from prison, Toubus resumed his career and, in 1983, won the Adult Film Association of America Award for Best Actor in Virginia. He also played a starring role in the 1985 film series 'Taboo American Style'. Toubus started directing porn films in 1985, and has directed for Vivid Entertainment since 1986. He married porn actress and director Anita Rinaldi in 2001, after he divorced his longtime second wife.
As of 2007 Toubus - as Paul Thomas - has acted in over 500 films and directed nearly 300 films, winning seven Adult Video News Awards and two X-Rated Critics Organization Awards for best director. He was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2006 he was inducted into the Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Adult Video News Hall of Fame.
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Filmography
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AVN Awards
XMAs Awards
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
Jesus Christ Superstar
Vivid Valley
Emanuelle Around the World
Cutter's Way
Trouble Bound
Stripper Wives
Killer Looks
The Pamela Principle
The Price of Desire
Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry
Ultimate Taboo
Body Language
Scoring
Doctor Dracula
When Rated X Ruled the World
Porn... It's a Living
Other Men's Wives
Lover's Leap
Lucifer's Women
Last Girl Standing
Pretty Peaches
Beat the Heat
Bedtime Tales
Lusty Dusty
Sex Play
The Young Like It Hot
Robin's Nest
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
Private Teacher
The Masseuse
The Wrong Girl
Emotions
Cry Wolf
Twins Do Science
Dual Identity
All About Kira
Taboo American Style: The Ruthless Beginning
Fade to Black 2
Same Time Every Year
Where the Boys Aren't 3
Where the Boys Aren't
Secret Party
Debbie Does Dallas '99
Sex Fifth Avenue
Companion: Aroused 2
Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Buffy Davis Collection
Ginger Lynn: The Queen of Erotica
Wicked Sensations
The Last X-rated Movie 2
Sinners
Sinners 2
Sinners 3
Dreamwalk
Pleasure Channel
The Bedside Brat
Insatiable II
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