Bobby Astyr
Acting • Born 1937-11-14 – Died 2002-04-07
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
Filmography
126 credits
Thrilling Drilling
Movie • 1974
Dentist
Roommates
Movie • 1982
Marv
Tigresses
Movie • 1979
Tramp
Movie • 1980
Porno Actor
Dracula Exotica
Movie • 1980
Anatole
Cheryl's Surrender
Movie • 1975
AOA Leader
Expose Me, Lovely
Movie • 1976
Chi-Chi
Outlaw Ladies
Movie • 1981
Harlan
Breaker Beauties
Movie • 1977
Ed
Sharon
Movie • 1975
Party Guy in Fourth Bedroom
Barbara Broadcast
Movie • 1977
Maitre d'
Back Door Girls
Movie • 1983
(archive footage)
Too Young to Care
Movie • 1975
Stoney
Magic Girls
Movie • 1985
Surfer / Rushed Guy (archive footage)
I, the Jury
Movie • 1982
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Liquid A$$ets
Movie • 1982
Mr. Cashbox
Blonde Velvet
Movie • 1976
Dr. Weirdlove
Legends of Porn
Movie • 1987
(archive footage)
Sherlick Holmes
Movie • 1975
The Mayor
N.Y. Babes
Movie • 1979
Alfred
Young Twins
Movie • 2007
The Devil in Miss Jones 2
Movie • 1982
Arnold
Painful Desires
Movie • 1978
Sigmund, the peasant suitor (uncredited)
The Joyriders
Movie • 1975
Michael
Mascara
Movie • 1983
Mr. Jones
Confessions of Seka
Movie • 1980
Sidney Triplexxx
Cherry Hustlers
Movie • 1977
Dick
In-Flight Service
Movie • 1975
Centerfold Fever
Movie • 1981
Swinger
Dirty Looks
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Pelvis
Movie • 1977
Snake
Blue Ecstasy
Movie • 1980
Dan
A Girl's Best Friend
Movie • 1981
Mr. Greenfield
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
Movie • 2006
Nite At The Venus
Movie • 2011
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Movie • 2011
That's Erotic
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
Nasty Nurses
Movie • 1982
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Movie • 1977
Dr. Frankenschlong
Corruption
Movie • 1983
Larry
Sue Prentiss, R.N.
Movie • 1975
First Sewer Worker
Satan Was a Lady
Movie • 1975
Bobby
Pussycat Galore
Movie • 1984
George
Babylon Pink
Movie • 1979
The Husband
C.O.D.
Movie • 1981
Witch Doctor (as Bobby H. Charles)
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
Movie • 1975
Igor
Lustful Feelings
Movie • 1977
Guy with Andy and Turner
Double Your Pleasure
Movie • 1978
Duncan Efstop
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Movie • 1977
Second Masked Guy in Dream (segment "The End")
Pleasure Palace
Movie • 1979
Pete (uncredited)
Too Many Pieces
Movie • 1975
Board Member
October Silk
Movie • 1980
Mr. Winston
Punk Rock
Movie • 1977
Igor
Teenage Masseuse
Movie • 1975
Ronald
More
Movie • 1975
Shorty
The Ganja Express
Movie • 1978
Second Yellow Toga Guy (uncredited)
The Double Exposure of Holly
Movie • 1977
Angel
French-Teen
Movie • 1977
Roy Rogers (uncredited)
American Babylon
Movie • 1985
Robert
Afternoon Delights
Movie • 1980
Dr. Harkness
The Love-In Arrangement
Movie • 1981
Orgy Guy with Cigar
The Playgirl
Movie • 1983
Nick Ray
French Shampoo
Movie • 1978
Sheik Waldo Ibn Sayyid
Candy Stripers 2
Movie • 1985
General Harcourt Clay
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Movie • 1984
Himself
Chorus Call
Movie • 1978
Ed
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Movie • 1978
Party Guy on Couch
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Movie • 1977
Fred
Blonde in Black Silk
Movie • 1979
Anthony
BurleXXX
Movie • 1984
Willy Hyman / Dick Hurtz / Mr. Altacocker
Captain Lust
Movie • 1977
Brother Nuncompus
Peepholes
Movie • 1982
Howard
Tara Tara Tara Tara
Movie • 1981
Allan
The Seduction of Cindy
Movie • 1980
Mr. Marvin Stern
Thunderbuns
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Silky
Movie • 1981
Pete
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
Movie • 1977
Forest Pixie
The Affairs of Janice
Movie • 1976
Little Joe
Office Fantasies
Movie • 1984
People
Movie • 1978
Princess
Movie • 1980
Charly Abrahms
Sylvia
Movie • 1976
Orgy host
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang)
Movie • 1975
Hunter - Red Shirt
Honey Pie
Movie • 1976
Dick
Sex Spa USA
Movie • 1984
"Daddy"
For Richer for Poorer
Movie • 1979
Gina's Lover
Big Abner
Movie • 1975
Baby / Grand Pappy Yokum
Hypersexuals
Movie • 1984
Mr. Owsley T. Smith
Intensive Care
Movie • 1974
When a Woman Calls
Movie • 1975
Arnold
Hot Child in the City
Movie • 1979
Undercovers
Movie • 1982
Harry
Her Name Was Lisa
Movie • 1980
Doc
Honeysuckle Rose
Movie • 1979
Tony
Love In Maid
Movie • 1975
Prized Possession
Movie • 1978
William Schneiderman (uncredited)
The Passion Seekers
Movie • 1977
Reiley Lane
The Love Syndrome
Movie • 1979
Mr. Fredericks
Once Upon a Secretary
Movie • 1983
Mr. Murphy
The Pitfalls of Bunny
Movie • 1977
Tony
Times Square Comes Alive
Movie • 1985
Porter
Fantasy Club of America
Movie • 1977
Bud Rogers
Strange Family
Movie • 1977
Uncle Wayne (uncredited)
That Lady from Rio
Movie • 1976
Max
Sizzle
Movie • 1980
Pete's Partner
S.W.A.P.
Movie • 1976
Gus
The Story of Eloise
Movie • 1976
Arnold Benedict
Platinum Paradise
Movie • 1981
The Ballet Instructor
Oriental Blue
Movie • 1975
Max
Once Over Nightly
Movie • 1976
Irving Fields
Joint Venture
Movie • 1977
Peter Cox (uncredited)
Joy
Movie • 1977
Phil the Plumber
French Classmates
Movie • 1977
Marcel - Guy Driving Mercedes
Sex Maniac
Movie • 1975
Fred Adams
Angie Police Women
Movie • 1979
Bobby
Ecstasy in Blue
Movie • 1976
Charlie
Babes in Joyland
Movie • 1987
Morris (segment "Sweet Nutcracker") (archive footage) (as Bobby Astor)
Dinner with Samantha
Movie • 1983
Marty
Veronica's Diary
Movie • 1985
(archive footage)
Foxtrot
Movie • 1982
Roman
Teenage Bikers
Movie • 1977
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
Movie • 2009
Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1976
Crazed Man
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1975
Bill
Double Header
Movie • 1974
Latin Heat
Movie • 1973