John Holmes (actor)
| John C. Holmes | |
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Holmes as Joe Murray in Prisoner of Paradise (1980)
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| Born |
John Curtis Estes August 8, 1944 Ashville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 1988 (aged 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | AIDS |
| Other names | John Duval, John Estes, Big John Fallus, Big John Holmes, John C. Holmes, John Curtis Holmes, Johnny Holmes, Bigg John, Big John, John Rey, Johnny Wadd, John Sacre, Bernard Emil Weik II, Long John Wadd, Johnny B. Wadd, Johnny the Wad, John C. Wadd, The Duke of Wadd,John Foot Long, Wadzilla. |
| Occupation | Pornographic film actor |
| Years active | 1967–1988 |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Website | www.johnholmes.com |
| No. of adult films | 2,934 |
John Curtis Holmes (August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988), better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character he portrayed in a series of related films), was one of the most prolific male pornographic film actors of all time; he appeared in about 2,934 adult loops and pornographic feature movies in the 1970s and 1980s. Holmes was best known for his exceptionally large penis, which was heavily promoted as the longest, thickest, and hardest in the porn industry, although no documented measurement of Holmes' actual penis length, girth, or tumescence has ever been confirmed.
Near the end of his life, Holmes attained notoriety for his involvement in the Wonderland murders of July 1981 and eventually for his death from complications caused by AIDS in March 1988.
Holmes was the subject of several books, a lengthy essay in Rolling Stone, and two feature-length documentaries, and was the inspiration for two Hollywood movies (Boogie Nights and Wonderland).
Holmes was born John Curtis Estes on August 8, 1944, in the small rural town of Ashville, Ohio, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Columbus. John was the youngest of four children born to 26-year-old Mary June Holmes (née Barton); his father's name was not listed on his birth certificate. Mary and her husband, Edward Holmes, the father of John's three older siblings, Dale, Edward, and Anne, were married and divorced three times throughout their lives, documented by wedding certificates dated 13 April 1936, 13 August 1945, and 12 September 1947. At the time of their first marriage, in 1936, Edgar was 35 years old and already a one-time divorcé; Mary was 17. After divorcing each other a third and final time, Edgar and Mary each married one more time.
Mary changed John's surname to Holmes when he was a child. In 1986, when Holmes applied for a US passport for the first time prior to a trip to Italy, his mother provided him with the handwritten copy of his original birth certificate, Holmes learned the name of his biological father, Carl Estes.
Holmes' mother, Mary, was a devout Southern Baptist and with her children regularly attended the Millport Chapel Church; John had perfect attendance. In contrast his stepfather, Edward, was an alcoholic who would come home inebriated, stumble about the house, and even vomit on the children. As a child, Holmes enjoyed a reprieve from his turbulent home life when he visited his maternal grandparents.
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