{{Short description|American pornographic actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox adult biography | name = Bobby Astyr | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November 14, 1937 | birth_place = New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|4|7|1937|11|14}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | alias = | height = | occupation = Pornographic film actor | partner = Samantha Fox (1978–2002; his death)<ref name="Kernes">{{cite news |last1=Kernes |first1=Mark | title=Inductee: Samantha Fox |url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/hall/hall0103_01.html |accessdate=January 17, 2020 |work=AVN |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422024555/http://www.adultvideonews.com/hall/hall0103_01.html |archivedate=April 22, 2006}}</ref> | website = }}
'''Bobby Astyr''' (November 14, 1937 – April 7, 2002) was an American pornographic film actor.
Prior to becoming involved in pornography, Astyr was a musician.<ref name=AVN>{{cite web|title=Golden Age Performer Bobby Astyr Succumbs to Cancer |url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0702_04.html |accessdate=February 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430050124/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0702_04.html |archivedate=April 30, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="NYDN">{{cite news|last1=Beale|first1=Lewis|title=Sex film faking it 'Boogie Nights' doesn't do it for 2 ex-porn stars|issue=October 15, 1997|work=New York Daily News|page=33}}</ref> He made his debut in porn in 1974 and appeared in many films, including ''Barbara Broadcast'' in 1977, where he performed as the Maitre d' in an elegant New York City hotel restaurant. Usually cast in comedic roles, he was dubbed "The Clown Prince of Porno".<ref name="obituaries2002">{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the performing arts 2002 : film, television, radio, theatre, dance, music, cartoons and pop culture|date=2003|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-1464-2|page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-HnGCwAAQBAJ&dq=bobby+astyr+clown+prince&pg=PA15|accessdate=August 5, 2017}}</ref> Astyr retired in the mid-1980s. He often performed with Samantha Fox, with whom he was in a long-term relationship.<ref name=AVN /><ref name=Skinflicks>{{cite book|last=Jennings|first=David|title=Skinflicks : the inside story of the x-rated video industry|year=2000|publisher=Distributed by 1st Books Library|location=Bloomington, IN.|isbn=1-58721-184-X|page=304|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VCVm7sc5JsC&dq=BOBBY+ASTYR&pg=PA304}}</ref><ref name="NYDN" /> Later in his life, Astyr served on the board of directors of a housing project in New York's East Village.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bona|first1=Damien|title=Inside Oscar 2|date=2002|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-345-44970-2|url=https://archive.org/details/insideoscar200bona|url-access=registration|quote=bobby astyr.|accessdate=August 5, 2017|ref=insideoscar2}}</ref><ref name="NYDN" /> After battling lung cancer on and off for five or six years, Astyr died in April 2002.<ref name=AVN /><ref name=AVN2>{{cite web|title=HALL OF FAME Inductee: SAMANTHA FOX |url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/hall/hall0103_01.html |accessdate=February 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422024555/http://www.adultvideonews.com/hall/hall0103_01.html |archivedate=April 22, 2006 }}</ref>
== Awards == *1979 AFAA Best Supporting Actor for ''People''<ref name=rame>{{cite web|last=Peter van Aarle|first=Peter|title=Historical "Best Porn Movie" Winners|url=http://www.rame.net/library/lists/best.html|accessdate=February 13, 2014|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421220757/http://www.rame.net/library/lists/best.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *1999 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee<ref name=XRCO>{{cite web|title=Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh 2 Top XRCO Awards|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Masseuse-3-and-Caf-Flesh-2-Top-XRCO-Awards-36335.html|accessdate=February 13, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116003450/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Masseuse-3-and-Caf-Flesh-2-Top-XRCO-Awards-36335.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0040173}} * {{iafd name|id=bastyr|gender=m|name=Bobby Astyr}} * {{afdb name|1588|Bobby Astyr}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Society|Film|United States}}
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