Jamie Gillis
- Birth Date:
- 20.04.1943
- Death date:
- 19.02.2010
- Length of life:
- 66
- Days since birth:
- 29597
- Years since birth:
- 81
- Days since death:
- 5185
- Years since death:
- 14
- Person's maiden name:
- James Ira Gurman
- Extra names:
- Jamie Gillis, Джеми Гиллис, Джеми Айра Гармен, Jamey Ira Gurman
- Categories:
- Actor, Pornstar
- Nationality:
- american
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Jamie Gillis (born James Ira Gurman; April 20, 1943 – February 19, 2010) was an American pornographic actor, director and member of the AVN Hall of Fame.
Gillis was born in New York City into a Jewish family and graduated from Columbia University. He appeared in more than 470 movies as an actor." 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 bisexual film The Story Of Joanna. Gillis also appeared in the mainstream Hollywood film Nighthawks (1981) as the boss of Lindsay Wagner's character.
He is 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. He also co-produced the popular Dirty Debutante series with fellow director and performer Ed Powers, as well as the Walking Toilet Bowl series of films that focused on golden showers and coprophilia.
Gillis died on February 19, 2010 in New York City from melanoma, which was diagnosed four or five months earlier.
Filmography
As an actor, selected
- Die You Zombie Bastards! (2005)
- Sunset Stripped (2002)
- New Wave Hookers 5 (1997)
- Alien Space Avenger (1989)
- Taboo IV (1985)
- Sensual Fire (1979)
- A Coming of Angels (1977)
- The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976)
- WATERPOWER (1975)
- Deep Throat Part II (1974)
- Night of the Zombies (1981?)
As a director, selected
- Devious Old Gillis (1998)
- Back on the Prowl (1998)
- Back on the Prowl 2 (1998)
- Punished Sex Offenders (1990)
- Takeout Torture (1990)
- On the Prowl (1989)
Awards
- 1976 AFAA Best Actor for The Opening of Misty Beethoven
- 1977 AAFA Best Actor for Coming of Angels
- 1979 AAFA Best Actor for Ecstasy Girls
- 1982 AFAA Best Supporting Actor for Roommates
- 1984 XRCO Best Kinky Scene for Insatiable II
- 1987 XRCO Best Actor for Deep Throat 2
- 1987 XRCO Best Supporting Actor for Babyface 2
- 1989 AVN Best Supporting Actor – Film for Pretty Peaches 2
- 1989 XRCO Best Actor for Second Skin
- 1997 AVN Best Actor – Film for Bobby Sox
- 1999 AVN Best Supporting Actor – Video for Forever Night
- AVN Hall of Fame
- Legends of Erotica
- XRCO Hall of Fame
Source: wikipedia.org
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