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Birthday
November 14, 1937
Day of Death
2002-04-07
(64 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Zeke Tyler
Bobby Astyre
Bob Charles
Boby Astyr
Bobby Astor
Paul Marens
Booby Ayster
Babby Astyr
Robert H. Charles
Lee Roy St. John
Zeke Taylor
Mac Harris
Bobby Ayster
Bobby Aster
Bobbie Astyr
Rob Astor
Bobby Astyn
Bob Astyr
Paul Marcus
Rob Astyr
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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1978
French Shampoo
as Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid
Double Your Pleasure
as Duncan Efstop
The Ganja Express
as Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
A Girl's Best Friend
as Mr. Greenfield
Chorus Call
as Ed
Painful Desires
as Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
as Party Guy on Couch
Prized Possession
as William Schneiderman (uncredited)
1977
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
as Forest Pixie
Barbara Broadcast
as Maitre d'
Joint Venture
as Peter Cox (uncredited)
Breaker Beauties
as Ed
Lustful Feelings
as Guy with Andy and Turner
Punk Rock
as Igor
Joy
as Phil the Plumber
French-Teen
as Roy Rogers (uncredited)
Cherry Hustlers
as Dick
Pelvis
as Snake
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
as Second Masked Guy in Dream (segment "The End")
The Double Exposure of Holly
as Angel
French Classmates
as Marcel - Guy Driving Mercedes
Schoolgirl's Reunion
as Fred
Captain Lust
as Brother Nuncompus
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
as Dr. Frankenschlong
The Passion Seekers
as Reiley Lane
The Pitfalls of Bunny
as Tony
Fantasy Club of America
as Bud Rogers
Strange Family
as Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
1976
Blonde Velvet
as Dr. Weirdlove
The Affairs of Janice
as Little Joe
Sylvia
as Orgy host
Through the Looking Glass
as Crazed Man
That Lady from Rio
as Max
The Story of Eloise
as Arnold Benedict
Once Over Nightly
as Irving Fields
Expose Me, Lovely
as Chi-Chi
Ecstasy in Blue
as Charlie
Honey Pie
as Dick
Thunderbuns
as (archive footage)
S.W.A.P.
as Gus
1975
Cheryl's Surrender
as AOA Leader
Sherlick Holmes
as The Mayor
Too Many Pieces
as Board Member
Too Young to Care
as Stoney
Teenage Masseuse
as Ronald
More
as Shorty
Oriental Blue
as Max
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
as First Sewer Worker
Satan Was a Lady
as Bobby
When a Woman Calls
as Arnold
Big Abner
as Baby / Grand Pappy Yokum
Sharon
as Party Guy in Fourth Bedroom
The Joyriders
as Michael
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
as Igor
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
as Hunter - Red Shirt
Sex Maniac
as Fred Adams
1974
