It’s unlikely a name as long as Herbert John Streicher would fit onto a movie marquee. Maybe that’s why porn fans know the stage name of Harry Reams. Despite studying to be a dentist at the University of Pittsburgh and enlisting in the Marine Corps, the sexy brunette decided to act. While living in the East Village, Harry performed in off-Broadway productions for the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club as well as for the National Shakespeare Company. But his true calling came when he came in...
It’s unlikely a name as long as Herbert John Streicher would fit onto a movie marquee. Maybe that’s why porn fans know the stage name of Harry Reams. Despite studying to be a dentist at the University of Pittsburgh and enlisting in the Marine Corps, the sexy brunette decided to act. While living in the East Village, Harry performed in off-Broadway productions for the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club as well as for the National Shakespeare Company. But his true calling came when he came in X-rated films. As the shining star of adult skinema, the nude dude strutted his stuff in Deadly Weapons (1974), Demented (1980), Fantasy Land (1986), Erotica Jones (1985), Talk Dirty to Me One More Time (1985), and other dirty movies. We’re sure viewers will be touching themselves while watching A Touch of Genie (1974) since Reems and Levi Richards flash their cracks, shafts and sacks as they have side by side sex. In another scene, Harry pleases three ladies until he explodes onto the screen — if you know what we mean! The overexposed actor also appears in the porn classic Deep Throat (1972), for which he was arrested on conspiracy to distribute obscenity in 1976. With the support of A-listers such as Jack Nicholson, Julie Newmar, Mike Nichols, Richard Dreyfuss, Colleen Dewhurst, Ben Gazzara, Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine, the conviction was overturned in 1977. By 2013, Harry passed away but he leaves behind his memoir Here Comes Harry Reems (1975). Enjoy reeming. Make that, reading!
