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John Holmes
American pornographic actor · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1944 to 1988 · aged 43
He became the most recognizable name in adult film through sheer volume - 573 documented credits - and a physical attribute that defined his brand. Then came the Wonderland murders, AIDS, and a Hollywood afterlife bigger than the original.
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Bob Chinn Directed Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls (1978)- Annette Haven Also in Spirit of Seventy Sex (1976)
- Paul Thomas Also in Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls (1978)
Traci Lords Also in Those Young Girls (1984)
Ginger Lynn Also in Those Young Girls (1984)
Amber Lynn Also in The Grafenberg Spot (1985)
Harry Reems Also in Those Young Girls (1984)
Tracey Adams Also in The Devil in Mr. Holmes (1987)
Candida Royalle Also in Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls (1978)
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Christoph Clark Also in The Devil in Mr. Holmes (1987)
Riccardo Schicchi Directed The Rise of the Roman Empress (1987)
Gail Palmer Directed Prisoner of Paradise (1980)
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John Curtis Holmes, born Estes on August 8, 1944, built a career in pornographic film that made him both prolific and inescapable, with at least 573 credited appearances and a physique that became his calling card. He created the character Johnny Wadd for a series of related films, a persona that stuck. By July 1981, he was entangled in the Wonderland murders, facing charges for his alleged role in the killings. He died from AIDS-related complications on March 13, 1988. What followed was a second act in absentia: books, a Rolling Stone essay, two documentaries, and two feature films - Boogie Nights in 1997 and Wonderland in 2003 - that turned his wreckage into Hollywood material.
