Jerry Butler (pornographic actor)
| Jerry Butler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul Siederman May 13, 1959 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Paul David Seiderman, Arthur West, Jerry Rillios |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| No. of adult films | 567 (per IAFD) |
Jerry Butler (born Paul Siederman May 13, 1959) is an American retired pornographic film actor, a popular male performer in a career which lasted from 1981 to 1993 and included more than 500 films.
Butler was born Paul Siederman in Brooklyn to a Jewish father and a mother of half German/Irish and half Cherokee Native American descent. His paternal grandfather, Sam Siederman, was the half-brother of Russian Communist leader Leon Trotsky.
Butler initially tried his luck at mainstream acting, performing in a variety of Off-Broadway plays. He also had a few walk-ons on the long-running soap One Life to Live in 1978 and made an uncredited appearance in Frank Henenlotter's 1982 horror classic Basket Case. He was generally unhappy with the constant pressure to sleep with men in exchange for parts, and began to slowly grow tired of the wasted effort.
He first got into hardcore in 1981 after answering an ad in "Backstage Magazine" looking for hardcore actors. He went in to audition for a non-sex role and after a little persuading, ended up with a hardcore sex role in the 1981 film Young, Wild and Wonderful.
His stage name was inspired from hearing the Jerry Butler song "Only the Strong Survive" on the radio while he was picking up his first paycheck. Butler was touted as the most talented male actor in his day with turns in Chuck Vincent's bigger budget adult efforts Roommates (1981) and In Love (1983), the latter winning him Hustler's Best Actor Award.
...
Wikipedia