Bobby Astyr

Actor

Born November 14, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door

Nite At The Venus

The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle

Legends of Porn

(archive footage)

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

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

Sizzle

Pete's Partner

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

Tigresses

That's Erotic

(archive footage)

Blonde in Black Silk

Anthony

For Richer for Poorer

Gina's Lover

French Shampoo

Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid

People

Double Your Pleasure

Duncan Efstop

The Ganja Express

Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)

Chorus Call

Painful Desires

Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)

Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary

Party Guy on Couch

Prized Possession

William Schneiderman (uncredited)

The Secret Dreams of Mona Q

Forest Pixie

Barbara Broadcast

Maitre d'

Joint Venture

Peter Cox (uncredited)

Breaker Beauties

Lustful Feelings

Guy with Andy and Turner

Punk Rock

Igor

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

Schoolgirl's Reunion

Fred

Captain Lust

Brother Nuncompus

The Passion Seekers

Reiley Lane

The Pitfalls of Bunny

Tony

Fantasy Club of America

Bud Rogers

Strange Family

Uncle Wayne (uncredited)

Blonde Velvet

Dr. Weirdlove

The Affairs of Janice

Little Joe

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

Thunderbuns

(archive footage)

S.W.A.P.

Gus

Cheryl's Surrender

AOA Leader

Sherlick Holmes

The Mayor

Too Many Pieces

Board Member

Too Young to Care

Stoney

Teenage Masseuse

Ronald

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

The Joyriders

Michael

In-Flight Service

The Erotic Dr. Jekyll

Igor

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

Hunter - Red Shirt

Sex Maniac

Fred Adams

Thrilling Drilling

Dentist

Intensive Care

Double Header

Latin Heat