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Sam Ritter: The Tonys to Movies to Porn
September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Nuart theatre in Los Angeles has been running great midnight shows for years. The best part for a movie nut like me are the Q&As featuring cast and crew, some of them long-vanished from the Hollywood scene. Last night (Sept. 19) the Nuart screened 1985′s Fright Night! I had a date or I would’ve been there, dammit. In person to greet fans was writer/director Tom Holland with cast members William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Jonathan Stark and a one Stephen Geoffreys. Constant Readers with a long memory will know him as porn performer Sam Ritter. These days it’s not so unusual to find a Colton Ford or Johnny Hazzard or Brent Corrigan to cross over into mainstream entertainment. Mr. Ritter, 44 next month, took the more unusual route of starting out as a mainstream actor and then moving into GayPornLand. In 1984 he was nominated for a Tony Award (Best Featured Actor in a Musical, The Human Comedy) — the first and only Tony-nominated gay porn star. A year later he was onscreen in Fright Night, Fraternity Vacation and Heaven Help Us. Another cult classic is 1988′s 976-EVIL. As Sam Ritter, he racked up about 30 fuck flicks between 1991-1998. Per IMDb.com, after a long break Mr. Geoffreys is back in the horror genre once again. Good to know he’s still in circulation. [Image © Tommy Devine.]
