1. Herbert John Streicher, better known by his professional pseudonym Harry Reems, was an American pornographic actor, later working as a real estate agent.
15 Facts About Harry Reems
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Harry Reems became the first American actor to be prosecuted solely for appearing in a film.
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In 1965, at age 18, Harry Reems went the University of Pittsburgh to become a dentist.
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Harry Reems later enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, from which he received an honorable discharge following hardship leave.
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Harry Reems provided narration for the film Mae West.
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Harry Reems was paid $250 for one day of acting work.
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Harry Reems was convicted in April 1976 with 11 other individuals and four corporations.
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Reems' conviction was overturned on appeal in April 1977, as his activities in making the film took place before a US Supreme Court ruling on obscenity in 1973, and Reems was granted a new trial.
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Harry Reems was cast in the 1978 musical film Grease as Coach Calhoun, but, out of fear that his notoriety would jeopardize the film's box office in the Southern United States, he was replaced by Sid Caesar.
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Harry Reems returned to the stage in the plays The Office Murders and What the Butler Saw.
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In 1982, after an eight-year hiatus from porn, Harry Reems returned to the industry and performed in the film Society Affairs, and reportedly received a six-figure salary.
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Harry Reems was married to Jeanne Sterret, a religious woman he had met while skiing in the same city.
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Harry Reems later was a trustee at a local United Methodist church.
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Harry Reems was interviewed in the 2005 documentary Inside Deep Throat.
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Harry Reems died of pancreatic cancer on March 19,2013, aged 65, at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Medical Center.