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
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Nite At The Venus
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
Young Twins
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
Babes in Joyland
Morris (segment "Sweet Nutcracker") (archive footage) (as Bobby Astor)
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
Candy Stripers 2
General Harcourt Clay
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
Times Square Comes Alive
Porter
American Babylon
Robert
Magic Girls
Surfer / Rushed Guy (archive footage)
Sex Spa USA
"Daddy"
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Himself
Hypersexuals
Mr. Owsley T. Smith
Office Fantasies
BurleXXX
Willy Hyman / Dick Hurtz / Mr. Altacocker
Pussycat Galore
George
Mascara
Mr. Jones
Back Door Girls
(archive footage)
Corruption
Larry
The Playgirl
Nick Ray
Dinner with Samantha
Marty
Once Upon a Secretary
Mr. Murphy
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
Undercovers
Harry
Peepholes
Howard
Nasty Nurses
C.O.D.
Witch Doctor (as Bobby H. Charles)
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
Sizzle
Pete's Partner
The Seduction of Cindy
Mr. Marvin Stern
Blue Ecstasy
Dan
Pleasure Palace
Pete (uncredited)
Angie Police Women
Bobby
Honeysuckle Rose
Tony
N.Y. Babes
Alfred
Babylon Pink
The Husband
The Love Syndrome
Mr. Fredericks
Hot Child in the City
For Richer for Poorer
Gina's Lover
Blonde in Black Silk
Anthony
That's Erotic
(archive footage)
Tigresses
French Shampoo
Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid
People
Double Your Pleasure
Duncan Efstop
The Ganja Express
Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
Chorus Call
Ed
Prized Possession
William Schneiderman (uncredited)
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Party Guy on Couch
Painful Desires
Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
Forest Pixie
Barbara Broadcast
Maitre d'
Joint Venture
Peter Cox (uncredited)
Breaker Beauties
Ed
Lustful Feelings
Guy with Andy and Turner
Punk Rock
Igor
Teenage Bikers
Joy
Phil the Plumber
French-Teen
Roy Rogers (uncredited)
Cherry Hustlers
Dick
Pelvis
Snake
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Second Masked Guy in Dream (segment "The End")
The Double Exposure of Holly
Angel
French Classmates
Marcel - Guy Driving Mercedes
Captain Lust
Brother Nuncompus
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Fred
Strange Family
Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
Fantasy Club of America
Bud Rogers
The Pitfalls of Bunny
Tony
The Passion Seekers
Reiley Lane
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Dr. Frankenschlong
The Affairs of Janice
Little Joe
Blonde Velvet
Dr. Weirdlove
Sylvia
Orgy host
Through the Looking Glass
Crazed Man
That Lady from Rio
Max
The Story of Eloise
Arnold Benedict
Once Over Nightly
Irving Fields
Expose Me, Lovely
Chi-Chi
Ecstasy in Blue
Charlie
Honey Pie
Dick
S.W.A.P.
Gus
Thunderbuns
(archive footage)
Cheryl's Surrender
AOA Leader
Sherlick Holmes
The Mayor
Too Many Pieces
Board Member
Too Young to Care
Stoney
Teenage Masseuse
Ronald
More
Shorty
Too Hot to Handle
Bill
Oriental Blue
Max
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
First Sewer Worker
Satan Was a Lady
Bobby
When a Woman Calls
Arnold
Big Abner
Baby / Grand Pappy Yokum
Sharon
Party Guy in Fourth Bedroom
Love In Maid
Sex Maniac
Fred Adams
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Hunter - Red Shirt
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
Igor
In-Flight Service
The Joyriders
Michael
Thrilling Drilling
Dentist
Double Header
Intensive Care
Latin Heat