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