Jamie Gillis

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Jamie Gillis
Zarela Martinez[1]

Jamie Gillis (born Jamey Ira Gurman; April 20, 1943 – February 19, 2010) was an American

AVN Hall of Fame
. He was married to the porn actress Serena.

Early life

Gillis was born Jamey Ira Gurman

magna cum laude.[1] While supporting himself driving a cab, he answered an ad in The Village Voice.[3]

Career

He appeared in more than 470 movies as an actor."

bisexual, he appeared in many gay porn films, including a sex scene with Zebedy Colt in the 1975 Gerard Damiano BDSM-themed film The Story of Joanna. Gillis appeared in the mainstream Hollywood film Nighthawks (1981) as the boss of Lindsay Wagner's character (he's credited as 'Designer'). He also made his name in two Radley Metzger films, The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976)[5] and Barbara Broadcast (1977); the former is considered, by award-winning author Toni Bentley, the "crown jewel" of the Golden Age of Porn.[6][7]

According to

golden showers and coprophilia
.

Death

Gillis died on February 19, 2010, in New York City from melanoma, which was diagnosed four to five months earlier.[10] In an audio interview given to The Rialto Report shortly before his death, Gillis stated that in the 1970s he had wanted his ashes to be scattered in Times Square, but years later he changed his mind, stating that the cleaned up Times Square that emerged in the 1990s would contaminate his ashes.[2]

Filmography

As an actor (list incomplete)

  • Die You Zombie Bastards! (2005)
  • Potty Mouth (2004)
  • Luv Generation (2004)
  • Sunset Stripped (2002)
  • New Wave Hookers 5 (1997)
  • Bobby Sox (1996)
  • Taboo XI (1993)
  • Taboo IX (1991)
  • Play My Flute (1991)
  • Uncle Jamie's Double Trouble (1991)
  • Playin' Dirty (1990)
  • Jamie Gillis and Africa (1990)
  • Taboo VII (1989)
  • Alien Space Avenger (1989)
  • Adventures of Buttman (1989)
  • Pretty Peaches (1989)
  • Head Lock (1989)
  • Pretty Peaches 2 (1987)
  • Babyface 2 (1986)
  • Taboo V (1986)
  • Taboo IV (1985)
  • Ten Little Maidens (1985)
  • Love Mexican Style (1985)
  • Too Naughty to Say No (1985)
  • New Wave Hookers (1984)
  • Trinity Brown (1984)
  • A Little Bit of Hanky Panky (1984)
  • Corruption (1983)
  • Night of the Zombies (1981)
  • Roommates (1981)
  • Neon Nights (1981)
  • Amanda by Night (1981)
  • Wanda Whips Wall Street (1981)
  • Nighthawks (1981)
  • Dracula Exotica (1980)
  • The Seduction of Cindy (1980)
  • 800 Fantasy Lane (1979)
  • The Ecstasy Girls (1979)
  • Sensual Fire (1979)
  • Heavenly Desire (1979)
  • Hot Honey (1978)
  • Dracula Sucks (aka Lust At First Bite) (1978)
  • A Coming of Angels (1977)
  • Barbara Broadcast (1977)
  • Lustful Feelings (1977)
  • Obsessed (1977)
  • Captain Lust and the Pirate Women (1977)
  • Through the Looking Glass (1976)
  • Winter Heat (1976)
  • Water Power (1976)
  • The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976)[5]
  • Oriental Blue (1976)
  • Saturday Night Special (1976)
  • Boy 'Napped (1975)
  • Sometime Sweet Susan (1975)
  • Abigail Lesley is Back in Town(1975)
  • The Seduction of Lyn Carter (1974)
  • Fantasy Girls (1974)
  • Deep Throat Part II (1974)

As a director (partial list)

  • Devious Old Gillis (1998)
  • Back on the Prowl 2 (1998)
  • Back on the Prowl (1998)
  • Punished Sex Offenders (1990)
  • Takeout Torture (1990)
  • On the Prowl (1989)

Awards

See also

Sources

  • Nicolas Barbano: Verdens 25 hotteste pornostjerner (Rosinante, Denmark 1999)
    ISBN 87-7357-961-0
    : Features a chapter on him.
  • The Rialto Report: Jamie Gillis: New York Beginnings, audio interview with Jamie Gillis, November 17, 2013
  • Sloan, Will (November 21, 2013). "The Godfather of Gonzo Porn". Hazlitt. Random House of Canada. Retrieved March 9, 2014.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Porn Star Jamie Gillis Remembered by Non-Porn-Star Friends". New York. 15 March 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2013. His real name was Jamey Gurman; he was a native New Yorker and "renaissance Jew" who graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University and, in the spirit of countercultural exploration and open-mindedness, ended up in porn.
  2. ^ a b Jamie Gillis: New York Beginnings, audio interview with Jamie Gillis, The Rialto Report, November 17, 2013"
  3. ^ a b "SCREW Interview with Jamie Gillis: The Hamlet of Hard-Core," SCREW, May 17, 1976, pp. 4-9, 41.media, retrieved 1/15/2015.
  4. ^ "The Underboss". Gay Erotic Video Index. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
  5. ^ a b c West, Ashley (April 7, 2017). "'The Opening of Misty Beethoven' (1976): Jamie Gillis and Constance Money". The Rialto Report. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  6. ^ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris". Playboy. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  7. ^ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris" (PDF). ToniBentley.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Sloan, Will (21 November 2013). "The Godfather of Gonzo Porn". Random House. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  9. ^ XBIZ (2007-09-25). "The Godfathers of Gonzo". XBIZ.com. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  10. ^ Peter Warren (2010-02-19). "Jamie Gillis Passes Away". business.avn.com. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "rame awards list". Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  12. ^ MayorDefacto. "Transcript of the video A Night of Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
  13. ^ "Winners of XRCO Awards 1986".
  14. ^ "Academy Awards of XXX Convene in 'the Valley of Lust': Uptight Undercurrent Mars Atmosphere of Kinky Abandon in Era of Challenges From Law". Los Angeles Times. 19 February 1988. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Winners of XRCO Awards 1988".
  16. ^ a b c "Past AVN Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  17. ^ "AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  18. ^ "XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-12-27.

External links

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