John Holmes
Porn's biggest male star, John Holmes, died of AIDS March 13th, 1988. He claimed to have screwed 14,000 women on and off-screen (the real number was no more than 3000).
Holmes also had sex with men though he didn't boast about that. "John considered it as satisfying to stick his dick into a guy as into a pussy," says porn historian Jim Holliday.
No one has claimed to have caught AIDS from Holmes, even though he kept performing long after he knew that he was HIV positive.
Starring in 2500 flicks, John Holmes performed sex with two generations of porn stars - from Seka and Marilyn Chambers to Ginger Lynn and the Italian member of Parliament Ciccolina (Little Chubby). He's the only man to rank among porn's biggest stars.
"John Holmes was the king," says Bill Margold, whose own dick measures ten inches. "He was living proof that not all men are created equal.
"I worked in a scene where John Holmes was being blown by four women and I was sitting underneath, being blown by Lesllie Bovee. All of a sudden his dick popped out over my head like the opening shot of Star Wars. I was terrified. I had this horrible vision of it falling on my head and cracking my skull open."
John's private life also revolved around his penis. Rich men and women paid handsomely to play with him.
Though porn may have seen longer dicks (Dick Rambone supposedly measured 15 inches), none are as famous as John's organ, which his friend Bill Amerson swears measured 13 inches when fully erect.
Bob Chinn produced and directed John's most successful series Johnny Wadd, where he played a hard-boiled detective. Holmes "was a thin bony trench-coated shamus, outrageously horny, bedding down with client and quarry alike," says Al Goldstein of Screw.
It was a goofy, crudely-made series, porn's first movie series. "Holmes was everyman's gigolo," writes Mike Sager, "a polyester smoothy with a sparse moustache, a flying collar and lots of buttons undone. He took a lounge singer's approach to sex, deliberately gentle, ostentatiously artful, a homely guy with a pinkie ring and a big dick who was convinced he was every woman's dream." (Rolling Stone 6/15/89)
"I'm tired of hearing about John and his acting ability," says Jim Holliday. "No one ever gave David Niven grief for having a small penis."
Holliday says that the 1977 movie Eruption demonstrates that John Holmes can act, as he plays Peter Winston, the insurance man drawn into a murder conspiracy by Sandy Bevin (Lesllie Bovee). John does his own stunts, including all the underwater scenes.
John loved his work. "A happy gardener is with one dirty fingernails, and a happy cook is a fat cook. I never get tired of what I do because I'm a sex fiend. I'm very lusty."
Holmes also had sex with men though he didn't boast about that. "John considered it as satisfying to stick his dick into a guy as into a pussy," says porn historian Jim Holliday.
No one has claimed to have caught AIDS from Holmes, even though he kept performing long after he knew that he was HIV positive.
Starring in 2500 flicks, John Holmes performed sex with two generations of porn stars - from Seka and Marilyn Chambers to Ginger Lynn and the Italian member of Parliament Ciccolina (Little Chubby). He's the only man to rank among porn's biggest stars.
"John Holmes was the king," says Bill Margold, whose own dick measures ten inches. "He was living proof that not all men are created equal.
"I worked in a scene where John Holmes was being blown by four women and I was sitting underneath, being blown by Lesllie Bovee. All of a sudden his dick popped out over my head like the opening shot of Star Wars. I was terrified. I had this horrible vision of it falling on my head and cracking my skull open."
John's private life also revolved around his penis. Rich men and women paid handsomely to play with him.
Though porn may have seen longer dicks (Dick Rambone supposedly measured 15 inches), none are as famous as John's organ, which his friend Bill Amerson swears measured 13 inches when fully erect.
Bob Chinn produced and directed John's most successful series Johnny Wadd, where he played a hard-boiled detective. Holmes "was a thin bony trench-coated shamus, outrageously horny, bedding down with client and quarry alike," says Al Goldstein of Screw.
It was a goofy, crudely-made series, porn's first movie series. "Holmes was everyman's gigolo," writes Mike Sager, "a polyester smoothy with a sparse moustache, a flying collar and lots of buttons undone. He took a lounge singer's approach to sex, deliberately gentle, ostentatiously artful, a homely guy with a pinkie ring and a big dick who was convinced he was every woman's dream." (Rolling Stone 6/15/89)
"I'm tired of hearing about John and his acting ability," says Jim Holliday. "No one ever gave David Niven grief for having a small penis."
Holliday says that the 1977 movie Eruption demonstrates that John Holmes can act, as he plays Peter Winston, the insurance man drawn into a murder conspiracy by Sandy Bevin (Lesllie Bovee). John does his own stunts, including all the underwater scenes.
John loved his work. "A happy gardener is with one dirty fingernails, and a happy cook is a fat cook. I never get tired of what I do because I'm a sex fiend. I'm very lusty."
Our Selection of John Holmes Movies:
