Bobby Astyr

Bobby Astyr

Also Known As: Zeke Tyler, Bobby Astyre, Bob Charles, Boby Astyr, Bobby Astor, Paul Marens, Booby Ayster, Babby Astyr, Robert H. Charles, Lee Roy St. John, Zeke Taylor, Mac Harris, Bobby Ayster, Bobby Aster, Bobbie Astyr, Rob Astor, Bobby Astyn, Bob Astyr, Paul Marcus, Rob Astyr

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

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Birthday: November 14, 1937

Deathday: April 07, 2002

Adult: No

Gender: Male

TMDb-Id: 101157

IMDb-Id: nm0040173

Popularity:

1.4

Known For

Thrilling Drilling
Thrilling Drilling

1974-09-12

Roommates
Roommates

1982-04-23

Tigresses
Tigresses

1979-01-01

Tramp
Tramp

1980-02-22

Dracula Exotica
Dracula Exotica

1980-12-01

Cheryl's Surrender
Cheryl's Surrender

1975-12-26

Outlaw Ladies
Outlaw Ladies

1981-02-01

Expose Me, Lovely
Expose Me, Lovely

1976-02-18

Breaker Beauties
Breaker Beauties

1977-08-24

Sharon
Sharon

1975-05-10

Barbara Broadcast
Barbara Broadcast

1977-10-27

Back Door Girls
Back Door Girls

1983-07-20

Too Young to Care
Too Young to Care

1975-10-27

Magic Girls
Magic Girls

1985-01-01

I, the Jury
I, the Jury

1982-04-22

Liquid A$$ets
Liquid A$$ets

1982-01-06

Blonde Velvet
Blonde Velvet

1976-12-03

Legends of Porn
Legends of Porn

1987-01-01

N.Y. Babes
N.Y. Babes

1979-08-31

Sherlick Holmes
Sherlick Holmes

1975-11-26

Young Twins
Young Twins

2007-07-01

The Devil in Miss Jones 2
The Devil in Miss Jones 2

1982-04-12

Painful Desires
Painful Desires

1978-01-01

The Joyriders
The Joyriders

1975-01-01

Mascara
Mascara

1983-09-08

Confessions of Seka
Confessions of Seka

1980-12-31

Cherry Hustlers
Cherry Hustlers

1977-05-01

In-Flight Service
In-Flight Service

1975-01-01

Centerfold Fever
Centerfold Fever

1981-01-01

Dirty Looks
Dirty Looks

1982-10-29

Pelvis
Pelvis

1977-03-31

Blue Ecstasy
Blue Ecstasy

1980-01-01

A Girl's Best Friend
A Girl's Best Friend

1978-05-11

The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle
The Kinky World of Annie Sprinkle

2006-09-17

Nite At The Venus
Nite At The Venus

2011-05-24

Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door
Tina Russell: 1970s Girl Next Door

2011-05-31

That's Erotic
That's Erotic

1979-01-01

Nasty Nurses
Nasty Nurses

1982-01-01

Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion

1977-01-01

Corruption
Corruption

1983-06-06

Sue Prentiss, R.N.
Sue Prentiss, R.N.

1975-08-01

Satan Was a Lady
Satan Was a Lady

1975-07-19

Pussycat Galore
Pussycat Galore

1984-01-01

Babylon Pink
Babylon Pink

1979-05-16

C.O.D.
C.O.D.

1981-07-03

The Erotic Dr. Jekyll
The Erotic Dr. Jekyll

1975-01-01

Lustful Feelings
Lustful Feelings

1977-08-01

Double Your Pleasure
Double Your Pleasure

1978-10-06

Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip
Odyssey: The Ultimate Trip

1977-03-23

Pleasure Palace
Pleasure Palace

1979-12-08

Too Many Pieces
Too Many Pieces

1975-11-21

October Silk
October Silk

1980-06-26

Punk Rock
Punk Rock

1977-07-17

Teenage Masseuse
Teenage Masseuse

1975-10-24

More
More

1975-10-15

The Ganja Express
The Ganja Express

1978-08-29

The Double Exposure of Holly
The Double Exposure of Holly

1977-03-17

French-Teen
French-Teen

1977-06-03

American Babylon
American Babylon

1985-01-01

Afternoon Delights
Afternoon Delights

1980-10-06

The Love-In Arrangement
The Love-In Arrangement

1981-02-25

The Playgirl
The Playgirl

1983-04-19

French Shampoo
French Shampoo

1978-12-02

Candy Stripers 2
Candy Stripers 2

1985-03-28

Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie
Behind the Scenes of an Adult Movie

1984-04-26

Chorus Call
Chorus Call

1978-04-21

Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary
Woman in Love: A Story of Madame Bovary

1978-01-01

Schoolgirl's Reunion
Schoolgirl's Reunion

1977-03-01

Blonde in Black Silk
Blonde in Black Silk

1979-01-01

Captain Lust
Captain Lust

1977-03-01

BurleXXX
BurleXXX

1984-01-01

Peepholes
Peepholes

1982-01-01

Tara Tara Tara Tara
Tara Tara Tara Tara

1981-01-23

The Seduction of Cindy
The Seduction of Cindy

1980-01-01

Thunderbuns
Thunderbuns

1976-01-01

Silky
Silky

1981-03-24

The Secret Dreams of Mona Q
The Secret Dreams of Mona Q

1977-11-01

The Affairs of Janice
The Affairs of Janice

1976-12-03

Office Fantasies
Office Fantasies

1984-01-01

People
People

1978-11-16

Sylvia
Sylvia

1976-11-18

Princess
Princess

1980-05-12

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

1975-01-01

Honey Pie
Honey Pie

1976-01-13

Sex Spa USA
Sex Spa USA

1984-11-01

For Richer for Poorer
For Richer for Poorer

1979-01-01

Big Abner
Big Abner

1975-05-19

Hypersexuals
Hypersexuals

1984-01-01

Intensive Care
Intensive Care

1974-01-01

When a Woman Calls
When a Woman Calls

1975-05-27

Hot Child in the City
Hot Child in the City

1979-03-23

Undercovers
Undercovers

1982-01-01

Her Name Was Lisa
Her Name Was Lisa

1980-01-30

Honeysuckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose

1979-10-01

Love In Maid
Love In Maid

1975-01-29

Prized Possession
Prized Possession

1978-01-01

The Passion Seekers
The Passion Seekers

1977-01-01

The Love Syndrome
The Love Syndrome

1979-03-29

Once Upon a Secretary
Once Upon a Secretary

1983-01-01

The Pitfalls of Bunny
The Pitfalls of Bunny

1977-01-01

Times Square Comes Alive
Times Square Comes Alive

1985-01-01

Fantasy Club of America
Fantasy Club of America

1977-01-01

Strange Family
Strange Family

1977-01-01

That Lady from Rio
That Lady from Rio

1976-08-02

Sizzle
Sizzle

1980-01-01

S.W.A.P.
S.W.A.P.

1976-01-01

The Story of Eloise
The Story of Eloise

1976-03-31

Platinum Paradise
Platinum Paradise

1981-03-04

Once Over Nightly
Once Over Nightly

1976-03-15

Oriental Blue
Oriental Blue

1975-08-04

Joint Venture
Joint Venture

1977-10-01

Joy
Joy

1977-07-03

French Classmates
French Classmates

1977-03-02

Sex Maniac
Sex Maniac

1975-01-01

Angie Police Women
Angie Police Women

1979-10-18

Ecstasy in Blue
Ecstasy in Blue

1976-01-20

Babes in Joyland
Babes in Joyland

1987-01-01

Dinner with Samantha
Dinner with Samantha

1983-01-01

Veronica's Diary
Veronica's Diary

1985-01-01

Foxtrot
Foxtrot

1982-05-18

Teenage Bikers
Teenage Bikers

1977-07-08

American Babylon (new)
American Babylon (new)

1990-01-01

Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry
Merle Michaels Anal Strawberry

2009-02-12