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John Holmes

Acting · Born August 8, 1944 · Ashville, Ohio, USA

John Curtis Holmes (August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988) better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character in a series of related films), was one of the most prolific European Amercian male porn stars of all time, appearing in about 2,500 adult loops, stag films, and pornographic feature movies in the 1970s and 1980s. He was best known for his exceptionally large penis, which was heavily promoted as being the longest, thickest, and hardest in the porn industry, although no definitive measurement of Holmes' actual penis length exists. Near the end of his life, Holmes attracted notoriety for his involvement in the Wonderland murders in 1981, and eventually for his death from complications caused by AIDS.

Movies with John Holmes

• Fantasm Comes Again (1977) — Stud
• Fantasm (1976) — Neptune
• Playboy: The Story of X (1998) — Self (archive footage)
• Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana (1971) — Boss
• Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1999) — Self (archive footage)
• Sex O’Clock USA (1976) — Porn Actor
• Evil Come Evil Go (1972) — Pool Player
• Night Screams (1987) — Porno star on TV (archive footage)
• Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini (2004) — Self (archive footage)
• Anomalies: A World of Dreams (1970)
• John Holmes: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (2004)
• Sex and the Single Vampire (1970) — Count Spatula / Bella Donna