Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis | |
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![]() Gillis at the CES in Las Vegas, 1999 | |
Born | Jamey Ira Gurman (1943-04-20)April 20, 1943 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 19, 2010(2010-02-19) (aged 66) New York City, U.S. |
Other names | Al Cianelli, Jamier Kantor, Jaime Gillis, Jaimie Gillis, Jaimi Gillis, Jamey Gillis, Jamie Grill, Buster Hymen, Jamey, James Kleeman, Ronny Morgan, Barry Gillis, Sir Jamie Gillis, James Rugman (gay) |
Partner(s) | Serena, Zarela Martinez[1] |
Jamie Gillis (born Jamey Ira Gurman; April 20, 1943 – February 19, 2010) was an American pornographic actor, director and member of the AVN Hall of Fame. He was married to the porn actress Serena.
Early life
Gillis was born Jamey Ira Gurman[1] in New York City. He was named after the Tyrone Power character in the film The Black Swan (1942), and he took the name Gillis from the girlfriend he was living with when he made his first films.[2] Gillis later attended Columbia University and graduated 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. [4] He also directed several adult movies. Openly 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 Al Goldstein, Gillis was always described as "sexually the wildest, most decadent, off-the-wall guy in the business."[3] His scene with Brooke Fields was problematic. He was a pioneer in the pornographic style known as Gonzo. In addition to starring in the first Buttman film, he also created the influential On the Prowl series. Featuring a porn star who rides in a limo looking for regular guys to have sex with, the video series was very popular and inspired a scene in the movie Boogie Nights.[8] He also co-produced the popular Dirty Debutante series with fellow director and performer Ed Powers,[9] as well as the Walking Toilet Bowl series of films that focused on 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
- 1976 AFAA Award – Best Actor (The Opening of Misty Beethoven)[5][11]
- 1977 AAFA Award – Best Actor (Coming of Angels)[11]
- 1979 AAFA Award – Best Actor (Ecstasy Girls)[11]
- 1982 AFAA Award – Best Supporting Actor (Roommates)[11]
- 1984 XRCO Award – Best Kinky Scene (Insatiable II)[12]
- 1985 XRCO Award – Best Kinky Scene (Nasty)[13]
- 1987 XRCO Award – Best Actor (Deep Throat 2)[11][14]
- 1987 XRCO Award – Best Supporting Actor (Babyface 2)[11]
- 1987 XRCO Award – Best Kinky Scene (Let's Get It On With Amber Lynn)[15]
- 1989 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actor – (Pretty Peaches 2)[16]
- 1989 XRCO Award – Best Actor (Second Skin)[11]
- 1997 AVN Award – Best Actor – Film (Bobby Sox)[16]
- 1999 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actor – Video (Forever Night)[16]
- AVN Hall of Fame[17]
- XRCO Hall of Fame[18]
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
- ^ a b c "Porn Star Jamie Gillis Remembered by Non-Porn-Star Friends". New York. March 15, 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.
- ^ a b Jamie Gillis: New York Beginnings, audio interview with Jamie Gillis, The Rialto Report, November 17, 2013"
- ^ a b "SCREW Interview with Jamie Gillis: The Hamlet of Hard-Core," SCREW, May 17, 1976, pp. 4-9, 41.media, retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ "The Underboss". Gay Erotic Video Index. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris". Playboy. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris" (PDF). ToniBentley.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Sloan, Will (November 21, 2013). "The Godfather of Gonzo Porn". Random House. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
- ^ XBIZ (September 25, 2007). "The Godfathers of Gonzo". XBIZ.com. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ Peter Warren (February 19, 2010). "Jamie Gillis Passes Away". business.avn.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "rame awards list". Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ MayorDefacto. "Transcript of the video A Night of Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards". Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
- ^ "Winners of XRCO Awards 1986".
- ^ "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. February 19, 1988. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ "Winners of XRCO Awards 1988".
- ^ a b c "Past AVN Award Winners". Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ "AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ "XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
External links
- Jamie Gillis at IMDb
- Jamie Gillis at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Jamie Gillis at the Adult Film Database
- Jamie Gillis: New York Beginnings, audio interview with Jamie Gillis, The Rialto Report, November 17, 2013
- Jamie Gillis at AllMovie
- The Prince of Gonzo Porn – July 2007 interview
- 1983 interview with Shauna Grant on YouTube
- Interview by Al Goldstein in SCREW magazine, July 9, 1973, pp. 5–8.
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