
Bobby Astyr
Department: Acting
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

Thrilling Drilling
1974

Roommates
1982

Tigresses
1979

Tramp
1980

Dracula Exotica
1980

Cheryl's Surrender
1975

Outlaw Ladies
1981

Expose Me, Lovely
1976

Breaker Beauties
1977

Sharon
1975

Barbara Broadcast
1977

Back Door Girls
1983

Too Young to Care
1975

Magic Girls
1985

I, the Jury
1982

Liquid A$$ets
1982

Blonde Velvet
1976

Legends of Porn
1987

N.Y. Babes
1979

Sherlick Holmes
1975

Young Twins
2007

The Devil in Miss Jones 2
1982

Painful Desires
1978

The Joyriders
1975

Mascara
1983

Confessions of Seka
1980

Cherry Hustlers
1977

In-Flight Service
1975

Centerfold Fever
1981

Dirty Looks
1982

Pelvis
1977

Blue Ecstasy
1980

A Girl's Best Friend
1981

The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
2006

Nite At The Venus
2011

Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
2011

That's Erotic
1979

Nasty Nurses
1982

Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
1977

Corruption
1983

Sue Prentiss, R.N.
1975

Satan Was a Lady
1975

Pussycat Galore
1984

Babylon Pink
1979

C.O.D.
1981

The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
1975

Lustful Feelings
1977

Double Your Pleasure
1978

Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
1977

Pleasure Palace
1979

Too Many Pieces
1975

October Silk
1980

Punk Rock
1977

Teenage Masseuse
1975

More
1975

The Ganja Express
1978

The Double Exposure of Holly
1977

French-Teen
1977

American Babylon
1985

Afternoon Delights
1980

The Love-In Arrangement
1981

The Playgirl
1983

French Shampoo
1978

Candy Stripers 2
1985

Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
1984

Chorus Call
1978

Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
1978

Schoolgirl's Reunion
1977

Blonde in Black Silk
1979

BurleXXX
1984

Captain Lust
1977

Peepholes
1982

Tara Tara Tara Tara
1981

The Seduction of Cindy
1980

Thunderbuns
1976

Silky
1981

The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
1977

The Affairs of Janice
1976

Office Fantasies
1984

People
1978

Sylvia
1976

Princess
1980

The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
1975

Honey Pie
1976

Sex Spa USA
1984

For Richer for Poorer
1979

Big Abner
1975

Hypersexuals
1984

Intensive Care
1974

When a Woman Calls
1975

Hot Child in the City
1979

Undercovers
1982

Her Name Was Lisa
1980

Honeysuckle Rose
1979

Love In Maid
1975

Prized Possession
1978

The Passion Seekers
1977

The Love Syndrome
1979

Once Upon a Secretary
1983

The Pitfalls of Bunny
1977

Times Square Comes Alive
1985

Fantasy Club of America
1977

Strange Family
1977

That Lady from Rio
1976

Sizzle
1980

S.W.A.P.
1976

The Story of Eloise
1976

Platinum Paradise
1981

Oriental Blue
1975

Once Over Nightly
1976

Joint Venture
1977

Joy
1977

French Classmates
1977

Sex Maniac
1975

Angie Police Women
1979

Ecstasy in Blue
1976

Babes in Joyland
1987

Dinner with Samantha
1983

Veronica's Diary
1985

Foxtrot
1982

Teenage Bikers
1977

Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
2009

Through the Looking Glass
1976

Too Hot to Handle
1975

Double Header
1974

Latin Heat
1973