Cast

Bobby Astyr

Acting

Cast

Bobby Astyr

Known for

Acting

Born

1937-11-14

From

New York City, New York, USA

Died

2002-04-07

Also known as Zeke Tyler, Bobby Astyre, Bob Charles

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

Bobby Astyr

Bobby Astyr

Biography

Pelvis

I, the Jury

C.O.D.

Chorus Call

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

Barbara Broadcast

Thrilling Drilling

Roommates

Tigresses

Tramp

Dracula Exotica

Cheryl's Surrender

Expose Me, Lovely

Outlaw Ladies

Breaker Beauties

Sharon

Back Door Girls

Too Young to Care

Magic Girls

Liquid A$$ets

Blonde Velvet

Legends of Porn

Sherlick Holmes

N.Y. Babes

Young Twins

The Devil in Miss Jones 2

Painful Desires

The Joyriders

Mascara

Confessions of Seka

Cherry Hustlers

In-Flight Service

Centerfold Fever

Dirty Looks

Blue Ecstasy

A Girl's Best Friend

The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle

Nite At The Venus

Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door

That's Erotic

Nasty Nurses

Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion

Corruption

Sue Prentiss, R.N.

Satan Was a Lady

Pussycat Galore

Babylon Pink

The Erotic Dr. Jekyll

Lustful Feelings

Double Your Pleasure

Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip

Pleasure Palace

Too Many Pieces

October Silk

Punk Rock

Teenage Masseuse

More

The Ganja Express

The Double Exposure of Holly

French-Teen

American Babylon

Afternoon Delights

The Love-In Arrangement

The Playgirl

French Shampoo

Candy Stripers 2

Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie

Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary

Schoolgirl's Reunion

Blonde in Black Silk

BurleXXX

Captain Lust

Peepholes

Tara Tara Tara Tara

The Seduction of Cindy

Thunderbuns

Silky