Buck Adams
{{short description|American pornographic actor (1955–2008)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Buck Adams
| image = Buck Adams at 2005 AEE Thursday.crop.jpg
| caption = Buck Adams in 2007
| birth_name = Charles Stephen Allen
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1955|11|15}}
| birth_place = United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2008|10|28|1955|11|11}}
| death_place = Northridge, California, U.S.
| spouse =
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| alias = Chuck Majors, Buick Adams, D.A. Adams, Claymore Rush, Brick Adams
| website =
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Buck Adams (born Charles Stephen Allen; November 11, 1955 – October 28, 2008{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/AVN-Hall-of-Famer-Buck-Adams-Dies-55560.html |title=AVN Hall of Famer Buck Adams Dies |last=Sullivan |first=David |date=October 28, 2008 |publisher=AVN.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719223602/http://business.avn.com/articles/AVN-Hall-of-Famer-Buck-Adams-Dies-55560.html |archive-date=2010-07-19}}) was an American pornographic film actor and director.
Career
Adams was a boxer and bouncer before entering the pornographic film industry in the early 1980s, shortly after his sister Amber Lynn began her adult film career. He made his directorial debut with the 1988 movie Squirt. He performed in over 700 movies and directed about 80.{{cite web |title=Buck Adams |publisher=IAFD.com |url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=BAdams/gender=M/Buck-Adams.htm |accessdate=February 23, 2008}}
Death
Adams died on October 28, 2008, due to complications from heart failure. He died at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, with his daughter Christa, his sister Amber Lynn, and his close friend Harold Jenkins at his side. Adams had survived several heart attacks during the 1990s. Just before his death, he built a studio where he intended to produce Internet videos.
Awards
- 1987 AVN Award – Best Actor (Video) – Rockey X{{cite web |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1987 |title=1987 Winners |publisher=AVN Awards |accessdate=July 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084112/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1987 |archivedate=January 18, 2014 }}
- 1990 XRCO Award – Best Sex Scene – The Chameleon (with Tori Welles){{cite web |url=http://ainews.com/Archives/Story17584.phtml |title=History: XRCO 1990 |accessdate=May 25, 2014 |author=William Margold |author-link=William Margold |date=April 29, 2010 |publisher=Adult Industry News |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925113833/http://ainews.com/Archives/Story17584.phtml |url-status=usurped }}
- 1992 AVN Award – Best Actor (Film) – Roxy{{cite web |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1992 |title=1992 Winners |publisher=AVN Awards |accessdate=July 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000938/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1992 |archivedate=December 31, 2013 }}
- 1995 AVN Award – Best Actor (Film) – No Motive{{cite web |url=http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1994.html |title=Adult Video News Award Winners – 1994 |accessdate=July 11, 2014 |date=July 18, 1995 |publisher=RAME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084612/http://www.rame.net/faq/avn/1994.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
- 1995 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee{{cite web |url=http://www.dirtybob.com/xrco/hall.htm |title=XRCO Hall of Fame |accessdate=July 11, 2014 |publisher=X-Rated Critics Organization}}
- AVN Hall of Fame inductee
- 2003 Free Speech Coalition – Lifetime Achievement Awardhttps://avn.com/news/video/free-speech-coalition-celebrates-16th-night-of-the-stars-25584
References
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Category:American male pornographic film actors
Category:American pornographic film directors
Category:Pornographic film actors from California
Category:20th-century American male actors
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