Cast

Paul Thomas

Acting

Cast

Paul Thomas

Known for

Acting

Born

1947-04-17

From

Winnetka, Illinois, USA

Died

2025-06-09

Also known as Philip Charles Toubus, Judy Blue, Cloe Edwards

Biography

Philip Toubus (born April 17, 1947 - June 9, 2025), better known as Paul Thomas, was an American pornographic actor and director. Philip Toubus was born in Winnetka, Illinois, to a wealthy family. He was the nephew of Sara Lee Lubin, of the "Sara Lee" foods company. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison but turned to acting. He acted in Broadway theatre, playing a starring role in Hair. He also played Peter in the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. Toubus signed with the William Morris Agency and went to Hollywood, where he appeared in several in television shows. Toubus started working in pornography in 1974. He met the porn producers the Mitchell Brothers while playing in a musical in San Francisco. He performed in several porn "loops" for them and, in 1976, appeared in his first porn feature, The Autobiography of a Flea. Toubus performed mostly using the stage name Paul Thomas, but he has also appeared under several other names. In 1982 Toubus was arrested for smuggling cocaine into the United States from South America. He served one year in jail. Following his release from prison, Toubus resumed his career and, in 1983, won the Adult Film Association of America Award for Best Actor in Virginia. He also played a starring role in the 1985 film series 'Taboo American Style'. Toubus started directing porn films in 1985, and has directed for Vivid Entertainment since 1986. He married porn actress and director Anita Rinaldi in 2001, after he divorced his longtime second wife. As of 2007 Toubus - as Paul Thomas - has acted in over 500 films and directed nearly 300 films, winning seven Adult Video News Awards and two X-Rated Critics Organization Awards for best director. He was inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2006 he was inducted into the Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Adult Video News Hall of Fame.

Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas

Biography

X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time

X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time

Jesus Christ Superstar

Emanuelle Around the World

Cutter's Way

Trouble Bound

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry

Doctor Dracula

Lucifer's Women

When Rated X Ruled the World

Porn... It's a Living

Scoring

Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls

Private Teacher

Fade to Black 2

Same Time Every Year

Where the Boys Aren't 3

Where the Boys Aren't

Secret Party

Debbie Does Dallas '99

Sex Fifth Avenue

Companion: Aroused 2

Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Buffy Davis Collection

Ginger Lynn: The Queen of Erotica

Wicked Sensations

The Last X-rated Movie 2

Sinners

Sinners 2

Sinners 3

Dreamwalk

Pleasure Channel

The Bedside Brat

Insatiable II

Las Vegas Maniacs

Oral Majority

Screaming Orgasms

Back Door Girls

The Wild Brat

Still the Brat

Reflections

Swedish Erotica Hard 16: John Holmes Facial

Play Me Again Vanessa

Young Doctors in Lust

Soft Places

Serena: An Adult Fairy Tale

Babyface

Loose Times at Ridley High

Swedish Erotica 102: Little Oral Annie

Passionate Lee

Debbie Does Dallas... Again

A Taste of Little Oral Annie

Girls of the Chorus Line

Sailing Into Ecstasy

Legends of Porn

It's My Body

Swedish Erotica Hard 33: Double Dicked Double Licked 2

Piggy's

A Thousand and One Erotic Nights

Flight Sensations

Summer Camp Girls

The Personal Touch II

The Autobiography of a Flea

Young Girls Do

The Ecstasy Girls

Can't Get Enough

Heaven

Coffee, Tea or Me

Head to Head

Fade to Black

Beauty and the Beast

Curious Housewives

Taija Rae Screws the Stars

Scandalous Simone

Deep Inside Ginger Lynn

The Graduate XXX

Taboo American Style: The Ruthless Beginning

Taboo American Style 2: The Story Continues