John Holmes
Birthdate:	August 8, 1944(1944-08-08)
Birth location:	Ashville, Ohio, U.S.
Birth name:	John Curtis Estes
Date of death:	March 13, 1988 (aged 43)
Height:	6 ft 2 in
Weight:	165 lb
Eye color:	Brown (wore blue-colored contact lenses)
Hair color:	Brown
Orientation:	Heterosexual (some homosexual films)
Ethnicity:	European American
Stage Name(s):	John Duval, John Estes, Big John Fallus, Big John Holmes, John 'Johnny Wadd' Holmes, John C. Birthday is the name given to the date of the anniversary of a person's birth Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ashville is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Human height varies according to both "nature" and "nurture". Eye color is a Polygenic trait and is determined by the amount and type of Pigments in the Eye 's iris. A contact lens (also known simply as a contact) is a corrective, cosmetic, or therapeutic lens usually placed on the Cornea Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to the two types of melanin Eumelanin and Phaeomelanin. Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes Heterosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the opposite sex or to a heterosexual orientation Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. A European American (Euro-American is a person who resides in the United States and is either from Europe or is the descendant of European immigrants A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Holmes, John Curtis Holmes, Johnny Holmes, Bigg John, Big John, John Rey, Johnny Wadd, John Sacre, Long John Wadd
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John Curtis Holmes (August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988) better known as John C. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character in a series of related films), was one of the most famous male adult film stars of all time, appearing in about 2,500 adult loops, stag films, and porno feature movies in the 1970s and 1980s, including at least one gay feature film and a handful of gay loops. A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in Pornographic films or Photographs, live Sex shows or Pornographic films are Motion pictures with the purpose of promoting sexual arousal in the viewer often featuring depictions of sexual activity This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. He was best known for his exceptionally large penis, which was heavily promoted as being the longest in the porn industry; however, its exact dimensions are unknown. The penis (plural penises, penes Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Holmes also attracted notoriety for his involvement in the brutal Wonderland Murders in 1981, and for his death from AIDS. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

Holmes was the subject of a long article in Rolling Stone magazine in 1989 and a feature length documentary, and the inspiration for two Hollywood movies (Boogie Nights and Wonderland). Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century This article is about the 1997 film For the Heatwave song see Boogie Nights.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Porn career 3 Penis size 4 Number of partners 5 The women in Holmes' private life 6 Drugs and "Wonderland Murders" 7 Business activities 8 Charitable endeavors 9 Holmes mythology 10 Later years 11 Legacy 12 Selected adult feature films 13 Biographies 14 References 15 External links

Early life

Born in Ashville, Ohio, as John Curtis Estes, he knew very little of his father Carl Estes, a railroad worker, who walked out on the family when John was three or four years old. Ashville is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. Pickaway County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. John's mother Mary, a devout Southern Baptist, married Harold Holmes a few years later and changed her children's surname to Holmes. The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC) is a United States -based mostly conservative Christian denomination His new stepfather proved to be a violent alcoholic who would come home inebriated, stumble about the house, and even vomit on the children. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Vomiting (also called throwing up, emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's Stomach through the Mouth and sometimes the Mary Holmes later divorced him, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, with her children where they lived on welfare for a few years. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. Welfare is financial assistance paid to people by governments When John was age eight, his mother met and married her third husband, Harold Bowman. They moved from Columbus and settled in nearby Pataskala, Ohio. Pataskala is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10249 at the 2000 census. After a few years of marriage, Bowman frequently beat Holmes, the youngest of four children, according to Sharon Holmes, his first wife. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** ^[1]

When John was 16, Bowman started to beat him, but the strapping teenager instead struck back and decked Bowman, sending him down a staircase. ^[1] John ran away from home and after a few days of living in the streets, he returned to his home and told his mother that if he stayed in the house much longer he would kill Bowman. After asking for the permission of his mother, Holmes enlisted in the United States Army and spent three years in Germany in the Signal Corps. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Upon his discharge, Holmes moved to Los Angeles where he worked in a variety of jobs, including selling goods door to door and tending the vats at a Coffee-Nips factory. A military discharge is given when a member of the Armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West It was during his stint as an ambulance driver that he met a nurse named Sharon Gebenini in December 1964. An ambulance is a Vehicle for transporting sick or injured people to from or between places of treatment for an Illness or Injury. They married in August 1965. ^[2]

Porn career

"John Holmes was to the adult film industry what Elvis was to rock 'n' roll. He simply was The King. "

—Cinematographer Bob Vosse in the documentary Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. See also Filmmaking Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis κινησις (movement and grapho γραφω (to record is the discipline Bob Vosse is a Pornographic film director Awards 2001 AVN Hall of Fame inductee XRCO Hall of Fame inductee Holmes.

For the next two years, Holmes and his wife, Sharon, lived quiet, uneventful lives. Holmes found work as a forklift driver at a meat packing warehouse in Cudahay, California. However, the rigors of driving the forklift truck in and out of a large walk-in freezer and repeated exposures to inhaling the sub-freezing air in the freezer after being outside inhaling the desert-hot air caused severe health problems, leading to a pneumothorax (lung collapse) of his right lung on three separate occasions within the period of seven to nine months during the two years he worked there. ^[2] While recovering from his illness, Holmes frequented a men's card-playing club in Gardena, where one evening, a still photographer standing next to him at a restroom urinal, noticed his extraordinary penis size and encouraged him to do pornography. Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. A urinal is a specialized Toilet for urinating only generally by men and boys The penis (plural penises, penes Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer During the late 1960s, Holmes initially did magazine work and an occasional 8 mm loop, keeping his work in porn a secret from his wife. This was easier to do in those days; pornography production and distribution were semi-clandestine, there was no mass production of video cassettes or DVDs, and no Internet. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS IS A GENERAL ARTICLE ABOUT VCRs/VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

While the ad copy for his first few dozen loops rarely named him, those that did usually gave him a name that was nowhere near what his real first name was. In fact, one early "Swedish Erotica" brochure from 1973 has five Holmes loops listed, each of which has a different name referring to Holmes even though it is obvious from his facial features that "Fred", "Dave", "Rudy", "Big Dick", and "Stan" are all the same person. In the early years of his porn career, Holmes was referred to as "The Sultan of Smut". Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings

With the success of Deep Throat (1972), The Devil in Miss Jones (1972), and Behind the Green Door (1973), porn had become chic although its legality was still hotly contested. Deep Throat is an American Pornographic film released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano (listed in the The Devil in Miss Jones is a 1973 pornographic Film, written and directed by Gerard Damiano Behind the Green Door (1972 was the first hardcore Pornographic movie widely released in the United States. The term " porno chic " was first used in the early 1970s to describe the wave of Pornographic movies like Boys in the Sand, Behind the Holmes was arrested during this time for pimping and pandering, but he avoided prison time by becoming an informant for the LAPD. A pimp (also called fleshmonger) finds and manages clients for Prostitutes and engages them in Prostitution (in Brothels in most cases and A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of ^[3]

In 1973, Holmes' career began to rise with a porn series built around a private investigator named Johnny Wadd. A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake By 1978, Holmes was reputed to be earning as much as $3,000 a day as a porn actor. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer He starred at a time when personality could compensate for a lack of other aesthetic characteristics, and a certain amount of acting ability was still demanded of porn stars on a level that is not often necessary in today's porn films.

While his vocal inflection was arguably somewhat higher in pitch than one would expect for a "hard boiled private dick", most film critics and fans agreed that Holmes did demonstrate enough acting ability to keep the character of "Johnny Wadd" from being merely a banal, one-dimensional parody of Raymond Chandler's creation, the tough and uncompromising private detective Philip Marlowe. Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye By this time, his use of cocaine was becoming a problem, so much so that it was beginning to affect his ability to maintain an erection. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant The erection of the Penis, Clitoris or a Nipple is its enlarged and firm state

Penis size

Holmes' main asset in the porn business was his exceptional large penis. Human penis size refers to the length and width of human male Genitalia. Holmes' first wife, Sharon Gebenini, recalled him claiming to be 10 inches (25. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 4 cm) when he first measured himself. However, at the start of his cinematic career, he was widely publicized as having a penis ranging from 12. The penis (plural penises, penes 5 to 16 inches (32–41 cm) long when fully erect. "It is the size of two and one half 6 inch rulers (15inches)," as John Holmes once claimed in a video shoot.

In 2007, it was discovered that the coroner who performed the autopsy on Holmes took "secret" measurements of Holmes' penis in a flaccid state and reported it as being approximately 8. 75 inches in length. This information appeared in the form of handwritten notes (scrawled on the back of the third page of the official Holmes' autopsy report) discovered by investigative reporter John Beck who is currently working on a new book about the life of Holmes. The coroner also noted that the size of Holmes' testicles were approximately "the size of a pair of large hen eggs. ". Ron Jeremy claims that Holmes was actually 11 inches and used to brag that he was 14 inches. Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born 12 March 1953 in Bayside Queens Jeremy has also appeared in non-pornographic films with studios such as Troma Entertainment

So celebrated was Holmes' reputed penis size that it was even used as a marketing tool for films in which he did not even appear. In the porn classic Anyone But My Husband, the promotional tag line read "Tony The Hook Perez has a dick so big that he gives even John Holmes a run for his money. "^[4]

Different attempts to ascertain the actual length of his penis have led to varying results. An American study of video footage of Holmes' penis concluded his penis was 10–11 inches long (25–28cm), whereas another study comparing many pictures of his penis to the estimated measurements of other parts of his own body led to the conclusion of 8 3/4 inches (22cm). The penis (plural penises, penes Holmes' longtime manager, Bill Amerson, that "I saw John measure himself several times, it was 13 and a half inches". Bill Amerson was a pioneer and mogul in the Adult film industry in the late-1960s all the way to the late-1980s ^[5] Holmes' last wife, Laurie "Misty Dawn" Rose claims that John Holmes himself claimed 10 inches. Misty Dawn (born May 15, 1963 in Henderson Nevada) is the pseudonym of adult film actress Laurie Rose.

Veteran porn actress Dorothiea "Seka" Patton has claimed Holmes' penis was the biggest in the industry^[6], though not all who had sex with him agree. Seka is a legendary US pornographic actress (or "sex performer" as she prefers born Dorothiea Hundley, on April 15, 1954

Regardless of what the actual length of Holmes' penis was, some people question whether he ever achieved full erections on movie sets. The erection of the Penis, Clitoris or a Nipple is its enlarged and firm state Veteran porn actress Annette Haven, for instance, recalled in the documentary Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Annette Haven (born December 1, 1954) also known as Annette Robinson, was an American Pornographic actress in the 1970s and Holmes that "as the joke goes, if John ever became fully erect, he'd lose consciousness from lack of blood to the brain because his dick was that big. And it's true that his cock was never hard. It [having onscreen sex] was like doing it with a big, soft kind of luffa. The Luffa or Loofah / Lufah (from Arabic لوف are tropical and subtropical Vines comprising the genus Luffa. "

Number of partners

Penis length was not the only questionable statistic used in connection with Holmes. In 1981, he began to claim that he had sex with 20,000 women. An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual To substantiate this number, and assuming Holmes' first experience with a woman occurred at 16 as he claimed, then he would have had to had sex with 700 different women a year—1. 9 women a day—for the next 20 years. More realistic estimates, such as that of Luke Ford, put the figure at around 3,000. Luke Ford (born May 28, 1966, in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia) is a Writer, blogger, and Pornography Quick estimates based on the number of loops where Holmes did in fact perform a sexual act with at least one woman, allowing for sexual encounters not performed before a camera, and further mitigated by counting a performing partner only once—again, some actresses, such as Seka, Connie "Little French Maid" Peterson, Eileen Welles, Victoria Waters, Linda McDowell, Juliet "Aunt Peg" Anderson, and Desireé Cousteau, made many loops with Holmes in the 1970s—Ford's estimate of 3,000 is closer to being realistic. Seka is a legendary US pornographic actress (or "sex performer" as she prefers born Dorothiea Hundley, on April 15, 1954 Juliet Anderson (born Judith Carr on July 23 1938 in Burbank California, U Desireé Cousteau (born Deborah Clearbranch in 1956 in Savannah Georgia, U

According to Holmes' close friend Bill Amerson in the documentary Wadd, Holmes lost track of the exact number of women with whom he had sex. Bill Amerson was a pioneer and mogul in the Adult film industry in the late-1960s all the way to the late-1980s According to Amerson, Holmes became so fervent in spreading false publicity about himself that he also eventually lost track of what stories were true and which were lies; at one point in Wadd, Amerson recalls that early in his career Holmes told the press that a wealthy British socialite paid him to travel to England once a year and pleasure her for twenty-four hours. Later in life, Holmes fondly recalled to Amerson his adventures in England, which never occurred. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

The women in Holmes' private life

While estimates of his on screen and professional sex partners range in the thousands, it appears that there were perhaps four or five women who actually were close to Holmes in his private life. An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual Holmes was reputedly meticulous in keeping his professional and private lives separate.

• In 1965 he married a young nurse named Sharon Gebenini. ^[2] He remained married to her until 1985.

• In 1975 he met Julia St. Vincent, on the set of his blockbuster film, Liquid Lips, which was being produced by her uncle, Armand Atamian. Holmes and St Vincent stayed close until 1981 and the Wonderland affair. St Vincent is the woman who produced the ersatz biographical film of Holmes' life, Exhausted. ^[7]

• In 1976 he met a young 16-year-old, Dawn Schiller, who was his girlfriend from 1976 through the Wonderland incident in 1981. She left Holmes in December 1981 when she turned him in to the police in Florida. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the

• In 1983 Holmes met his second wife, Laurie Rose. Misty Dawn (born May 15, 1963 in Henderson Nevada) is the pseudonym of adult film actress Laurie Rose. They were married in 1987.

Drugs and "Wonderland Murders"

For more details on this topic, see Wonderland Murders.

Holmes' drug use began to seriously affect his ability to perform in porn, and compromised his ability to secure work, so to support himself and his drug habit he ventured into crime, selling drugs for gangs, prostituting himself to both men and women, committing credit card fraud and petty theft. A credit card is part of a system of Payments named after the small Plastic card issued to users of the system In 1976, he met a 16-year old girl, Dawn Schiller, who became his girlfriend. After Holmes fell on hard times, he later prostituted both her and himself. Dawn, who appeared in news stories as "Jeana Sellers" ^[8] after Holmes allegedly once publicly beat her in Florida,^[9] is not to be confused with Holmes's second wife, Laurie Rose, a porn actress and so-called anal sex queen who was sometimes called Misty Dawn. Misty Dawn (born May 15, 1963 in Henderson Nevada) is the pseudonym of adult film actress Laurie Rose. Anal sex most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the Penis into the Rectum.

Holmes developed a close friendship with drug dealer and nightclub owner Eddie Nash, who supplied Holmes with drugs he desired, principally cocaine. Eddie Nash (born 1929 is a Palestinian former Nightclub and Restaurant Manager in Los Angeles, as well as a convicted Gangster Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant At the same time, Holmes was closely associated with the Wonderland Gang, so-called for the location of their hideout; a rowhouse located on Wonderland Avenue in the wooded Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles. In Architecture and City planning, a terrace(d or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to Patio houses Holmes worked for the gang, frequently selling drugs for them. After stealing money during a couple of drug runs, Holmes found himself in trouble with the Wonderland Gang. Allegedly in exchange for his life, he told gang leaders in June 1981 about Nash and a very large stash of drugs, money and jewelry Nash had in his house, and helped to set up a robbery which was committed on the morning of June 29, 1981. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

Although Holmes did not participate in the robbery, Nash apparently suspected that Holmes had a part in it. After getting Holmes to confess to his participation, Nash allegedly exacted revenge against the Wonderland Gang. Two days after the robbery, in the early hours of July 1, 1981, four of the gang's members were found murdered in their hideout. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 This incident is now known as the Wonderland Murders. Holmes was allegedly present during the murders, but it is unclear if he participated in the killings.

Holmes was incarcerated in connection with the murders, but released due to lack of evidence. He spent six months on the run with Dawn Schiller, but was arrested in Florida and returned to Los Angeles. Holmes refused to co-operate with the investigation and was eventually charged by the authorities with committing all four murders in connection with the robbery.

However, the prosecution's case was flawed. It was considered improbable if not impossible for one man acting alone to have bludgeoned five people, killing four and nearly killing a fifth. The strongest evidence against Holmes was a hand-print found on a bed rail where one of the victims was found; this implied that Holmes may have been holding onto the bed rail with his left hand while bludgeoning to death the victim with a weapon with his right hand. But since Holmes often frequented the house, it was impossible to determine which of his many fingerprints present in the house were left while the crime was being committed. The prosecutor, district attorney Ron Coen (now a California Superior Court judge), tried to show Holmes as a willing participant who betrayed the Wonderland Gang after apparently not getting a full share of the loot from the robbery of Nash's house. Holmes' court-appointed defense lawyers, Earl Hanson and Mitchell Egers, successfully presented Holmes as one of the victims having been forced against his will by the real killers to give them entry to the house where the murders took place. As a result, Holmes was acquitted of all four murder charges on June 25, 1982. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Holmes never took the witness stand to testify on his own behalf during the trial. After the trial was over, Holmes once again refused to cooperate with authorities about the case, and remained in jail until November for contempt of court. Contempt of court is a court ruling which in the context of a court trial or hearing deems an individual as having been disrespectful of the court its process and its invested Holmes told friends and stated to police that it would profit him nothing to tell the truth because "someone he loved would die" if he did so (see "Porn King"). When Holmes was released from jail, he attempted to reunite with his estranged wife, but she rejected him. According to Sharon Holmes, "He said that he would change and get out of the business. I told him that he didn't know how to change. I remember this because it is the first time I said the word fuck, and I told him 'Get the fuck out of my life'. Fuck is an English Word that as a Verb, means "to have Sexual intercourse " "^[1] Sharon Holmes divorced John Holmes in 1985, but only after an IRS tax lien on Holmes (and by proxy his wife) nearly wiped out her finances. The

Holmes then sought to reunite with Dawn Schiller, his earlier girlfriend, who, unknown to Holmes, had gone to Thailand with her father, where she lived for nearly seven years. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj She did not return to Los Angeles until several weeks before Holmes's death in 1988. ^[10][11]

When Holmes resumed work in porn in November 1982, the industry had already begun the transition from film to videotape. Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto Magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. Work was still plentiful, but less lucrative and Holmes was no longer the premier male star. His drug use continued, as did the inconsistent performances on set. His inability to maintain an erection was a serious issue, and employers began opting for younger and more attractive talent—who could perform.

Business activities

In 1979, Holmes and his younger half-brother, David Bowman, opened a combination locksmith service and antique shop called the Just Looking Emporium. However, Holmes' drug usage soon took precedence over business matters and the company went out of business before the year was over.

Later, after his 1982 murder trial and acquittal, Holmes began a business partnership with his manager Bill Amerson, as they founded and operated a production company Penquin Productions, where Holmes could be a triple-threat: writing, directing, and performing. Bill Amerson was a pioneer and mogul in the Adult film industry in the late-1960s all the way to the late-1980s ^[12]

Charitable endeavors

Despite the notoriety and infamy associated with Holmes, he also devoted much time to charities involving the environment. He was known to campaign and collect door-to-door for charities such as Save The Whales. ^[13]

Holmes mythology

The career of Holmes was promoted by a series of outrageous claims that he had made over the years (many of which were not true, but personally made up on the spur-of-the-moment by Holmes himself). The most outrageous ones include:

• Holmes lost his virginity at the age of 6 to his Swedish nursemaid, Freida. ^[14]
• Holmes spent his childhood traveling the world with his rich aunt, who saw to it that he learned the fine arts, including "nude modern jazz ballet".
• Holmes' penis was so big that he had to stop wearing underwear because "I was getting erections and snapping the elastic waist band 4 or 5 times a month". ^[15]
• Holmes had sex with over 14,000 women. ^[3]
• Holmes had degrees in physical therapy, medicine, and political science from UCLA. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United ^[16]
• Holmes inadvertently killed two men by performing anal sex on them, was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and was sentenced by the judge to never have anal sex again. Anal sex most often refers to the sex act involving insertion of the Penis into the Rectum. Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder.
• A teenage Holmes played the role of Eddie Haskell in the TV series Leave it to Beaver. This article is about Eddie Haskell the fictional character For the philosopher see Edward Haskell Edward Clark " Eddie Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American Television Situation comedy about an inquisitive (The character was portrayed by actor Ken Osmond, who bore a resemblance to Holmes). Kenneth Osmond (born June 7, 1943) is an American Actor known for his role of Eddie Haskell on the original Leave It to Beaver ^[17]

Later years

As Holmes' career declined, he starred in his only full-length feature gay porn movie, The Private Pleasures of John C. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Holmes, in 1983. In the movie, Holmes received anal sex from Joey Yale, who died of AIDS in 1986. Joseph Yamoska ( 25 December 1949 &ndash 18 April 1986) was an American Homosexual Pornographic actor who worked Despite his appearance in this film, many of his heterosexual fans remained unaware that Holmes had had sex with men in some early loops and that there were persistent rumors that he had worked as a male prostitute outside the porn industry. Heterosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the opposite sex or to a heterosexual orientation Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money.

Around this time he met his future girlfriend and wife, Laurie Rose, a.k.a. Misty Dawn, a porn actress whose sexual specialty was anal sex. Misty Dawn (born May 15, 1963 in Henderson Nevada) is the pseudonym of adult film actress Laurie Rose. Rose and Holmes met on the set of the film Marathon. Holmes chronicler and confidante Bill Amerson states that Rose commented that "I want to have all that up my butt" (referring to Holmes' penis) and, in fact, off camera that did happen and Holmes and Rose became a couple from that point forward. Bill Amerson was a pioneer and mogul in the Adult film industry in the late-1960s all the way to the late-1980s The buttocks (singular buttock) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the Pelvic region of the Apes including Humans ^[5]

In February 1986, Holmes was diagnosed as HIV positive. Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome According to Laurie Rose, Holmes claimed that he never used needles and was deeply afraid of them. However, many porn historians and industry insiders from that era have heard testimony from some of Holmes' fellow performers to the contrary. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Some have first-hand knowledge of his heroin abuse and also cite on-screen evidence of visible vein damage to the insides of Holmes' forearms. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative This damage becomes more apparent as Holmes moved from 8mm loops to feature films, where the better quality of the 35mm film stock showed the detail that grainy 8mm tended to mask.

Regardless of the nature of his drug use, other risk factors were present in his lifestyle, and there is no way to identify which of them contributed to his HIV infection. There has been speculation that experimentation with homosexuality—including the frequently mentioned rumor that he used the services of transsexual prostitutes—was the source of his infection. Transsexualism is a condition in which a person identifies with a physical Sex different from the one with which they were born Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Other reports claim that while in jail during the Wonderland Murders investigation, Holmes had at least one homosexual encounter with a prisoner who was HIV positive; the more gaudy version has jail guards bribing Holmes with better treatment, including beer, cigarettes, $10 bills, and other contraband, if he would sodomize other prisoners who either had violated prison rules or were known to be homosexuals and were the victims of sadistic games on the part of the guards. Sodomy (ˈsɒdəmi is a term used today predominantly in Law (derived from traditional Christian usage to describe the act of Anal intercourse, Oral intercourse To date, however, no clear evidence of any of these assertions has ever been substantiated.

Holmes' first wife Sharon Gebenini and longtime porn friend Bill Amerson both dispute the rumors of intravenous drug abuse. Says Gebenini: "When I heard that he had contracted AIDS I knew that it had to have been transmitted sexually rather than from drug abuse. This man was terrified of needles, absolutely terrified. So I knew it was sexually transmitted. There is no other way". Amerson similarly states, "To those who claim to have shot drugs with John I say bullshit. John was terrified of needles. " These accounts are all the more significant when one considers that while Gebenini and Amerson were both very close to Holmes, they barely knew each other as Gebenini wanted nothing to do with Holmes' porn friends and did not associate with them.

Holmes continued to have unprotected sex in the adult film industry without informing any of his partners of his HIV status, and worked until the disease had ravaged his body in 1987. While a notable female performer he worked with, Lisa DeLeeuw, died of AIDS in 1993 the last time she performed with Holmes was apparently in 1981, which makes it unlikely that she contracted HIV from him. Lisa De Leeuw (1958–1993 was an American pornographic actress.

Holmes married Laurie Rose in January 1987. He died from AIDS-related complications on March 13, 1988 at the age of forty three. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) ^[18] His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at sea off the coast of Oxnard, California. Oxnard ( is the largest city in Ventura County, California in terms of population ^[19] Laurie Rose took the name Laurie Holmes and later published the book Porn King: Autobiography of John C. Holmes in 1998. ^[20]

Legacy

Holmes's legacy has become more renowned and publicly acceptable. A documentary on his wild life (Wadd—The Life and Times of John C. Holmes) has achieved cult status among certain late-night college campus independent film houses, and some elements of the film Boogie Nights were based on Holmes' life, including the Laurel Canyon "Wonderland" murders. This article is about the 1997 film For the Heatwave song see Boogie Nights. That aspect of his life was presented in a biographical movie called Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer and released on October 17, 2003. Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American Actor. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Elio e le Storie Tese paid homage to Holmes with one of their first hits titled "John Holmes (A Life lived for Cinema)", included on their debut album Elio Samaga Hukapan Kariyana Turu, released in 1989. Elio e le Storie Tese (literally Elio and the Tense Stories) often abbreviated EELST is a popular Italian band from Milan, formed in 1980 whose music is clearly

After his death, Holmes was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by the Adult industry. It was accepted posthumously by his godson Sean Amerson, the son of Holmes career-long manager Bill Amerson, who also delivered the eulogy at Holmes funeral services.

Finally, since the majority of Holmes' loops have gone into public domain following the collapse of Caballero Control Corporation in 1990, there are efforts underway to locate all surviving 8 mm loops starring Holmes and convert them to DVD for posterity. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone However, since the life expectancy of most 8 mm films is very poor (due to the nature of the film stock used at that time), it is believed that many of Holmes' loops are lost. A lost film is a Feature film or Short film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections

Selected adult feature films

Sex and the Single Vampire (1970) Johnny Wadd (1971) Flesh of the Lotus (1971) Blonde in Black Lace (1972) Tropic of Passion (1973) The Danish Connection (1974) Oriental Sex Kitten (1975) Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here (1976) Liquid Lips (1976) Fantasm ('Fruit Salad' segment) (1976) The Autobiography of a Flea (1976) Hard Soap, Hard Soap (1977) Eruption (1977) The Jade Pussycat (1977) Pizza Girls (1978) The China Cat (1978) Blonde Fire (1978) The Erotic Adventures of Candy (1978)

The Senator's Daughter (1979) Taxi Girls (1979) California Gigolo (1979) Sweet Captive (1979) Insatiable (1980) Prisoner of Paradise (1980) Aunt Peg (1980) Up 'n Coming (1983) Nasty Nurses (1983) Girls on Fire (1984) Looking for Mr. Goodsex (1985) The Grafenberg Spot (1985) Rockey X (1986) The Return of Johnny Wadd (1986) Saturday Night Beaver (1986) The Rise of the Roman Empress (1986) The Devil in Mr. Holmes (1986)

Biographies

• Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981 documentary)
• John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches (2008 bio by Jennifer Sugar and Jill Nelson, Bear Manor Media)
• Wadd - The Life and Times of John C. Holmes (1998 documentary)
• The Devil and John Holmes by Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, June 15, 1989; reprinted in "Scary Monsters and Super Freaks" (2004). Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
• Porn King: Autobiography of John C. Holmes (1998).
• XXXL: The John Holmes Story (2000 documentary) ^[21]
• John Holmes: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (2004 documentary) ^[22]

References

External links

• John Holmes at the Internet Movie Database
• John Holmes at the Internet Adult Film Database
• John Holmes at Allmovie
• Interview with the maker of the 1998 documentary
• Summary of biography
• John Holmes at Find A Grave
• Discussion of Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes, by Gary Morris, 2001

Persondata
NAME	Holmes, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Estes, John Curtis
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Porngraphic actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 8, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ashville, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1988
PLACE OF DEATH	Sepulveda, California

The Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD is an Online Database of information pertaining to the American Adult industry, covering actors Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide) is a commercial database of information about Movie stars movies and television shows. Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ashville is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) North Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California.

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