Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 14, 1937
Died
Apr 07, 2002
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
126 titles
Bobby Astyr
Biography
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
Filmography
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Nite At The Venus
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
Young Twins
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
Babes in Joyland
Morris (segment "Sweet Nutcracker") (archive footage) (as Bobby Astor)
Candy Stripers 2
General Harcourt Clay
Magic Girls
Surfer / Rushed Guy (archive footage)
American Babylon
Robert
Times Square Comes Alive
Porter
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
Sex Spa USA
"Daddy"
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Himself
Pussycat Galore
George
BurleXXX
Willy Hyman / Dick Hurtz / Mr. Altacocker
Office Fantasies
Hypersexuals
Mr. Owsley T. Smith
Mascara
Mr. Jones
Back Door Girls
(archive footage)
Corruption
Larry
The Playgirl
Nick Ray
Once Upon a Secretary
Mr. Murphy
Dinner with Samantha
Marty
Dirty Looks
(archive footage)
Foxtrot
Roman
Roommates
Marv
I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Arnold
Liquid A$$ets
Mr. Cashbox
Nasty Nurses
Peepholes
Howard
Undercovers
Harry
C.O.D.
Witch Doctor
A Girl's Best Friend
Mr. Greenfield
Silky
Pete
Platinum Paradise
The Ballet Instructor
The Love-In Arrangement
Orgy Guy with Cigar
Outlaw Ladies
Harlan
Tara Tara Tara Tara
Allan
Centerfold Fever
Swinger
Confessions of Seka
Sidney Triplexxx
Dracula Exotica
Anatole
Afternoon Delights
Dr. Harkness
October Silk
Mr. Winston
Princess
Charly Abrahms
Tramp
Porno Actor
Her Name Was Lisa
Doc
Blue Ecstasy
Dan
The Seduction of Cindy
Mr. Marvin Stern