Porn legend Harry Reems dies

Former porn star Harry Reems has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer and emphysema  He was 65.

Along with John Holmes and Jamie Gillis—who passed away in 2010—Reems was the most visible male star from the “golden era” of ‘70s adult film, and easily the one with the best mustache.

Among his 130 or so movies, the best known included The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) and the brutal ‘sickie’ Forced Entry, in which he played a psychotic Vietnam War vet. 

But Reems will always be most strongly associated with Deep Throat—partly because of the impact of the 1972 film and partly because his involvement led to a conviction for conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines.

The conviction was overturned a year later in 1977, but Reems began a descent into alcoholism that only ended when he turned to Christianity in 1989. Funnily enough, imdb lists his first ever feature film appearance as a gang member in Pat Boone’s churchsploitation turkey The Cross and the Switchblade, in 1970.