Johnnie Keyes

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|name = Johnnie Keyes

|image = Johnnie Keyes 2005 FOXE (cropped).JPG

|caption = Keyes at the 2005 FOXE Awards

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|21|mf=yes}}

|birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|06|03|1940|2|21}}

|death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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Johnnie Keyes (February 21, 1940 – June 3, 2018) was an American pornographic film actor{{cite web|title=Johnnie Keyes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003120913/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/37995/Johnny-Keyes/biography|archivedate=October 3, 2015|url-status=dead|work=The New York Times|date=2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/37995/Johnny-Keyes/biography}}{{Cite web |title=Golden Age Icon Johnnie Keyes Dies |work=AVN |date=June 4, 2018 |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/golden-age-icon-johnnie-keyes-dies-779191.html |accessdate=November 9, 2023}} best known for appearing in the 1972 film Behind the Green Door. He has been inducted into the AVN, Urban X, and XRCO Halls of Fame.

Early life

Keyes was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at both the School for Theatrical Arts in New York and the Juilliard School.{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Roger|date=August 1, 2005|title=Where Are They Now?|url=https://www.xbiz.com/features/80070/where-are-they-now|publisher=XBIZ|access-date=November 10, 2023}}

Career

Keyes had a lead role in Behind the Green Door (1972). He also performed in films in the Swedish Erotica series during the 1980s. In addition to his work in adult film, Keyes starred in musicals and the theater, was a boxer, a singer, and a sex surrogate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.therialtoreport.com/2016/03/13/johnnie-keyes/|title=Johnnie Keyes: The Man Behind The Green Door Podcast 59 - The Rialto Report|date=March 13, 2016|work=The Rialto Report|access-date=June 11, 2018|language=en-US}} He was a part of the documentary, After Porn Ends 2.{{cite web|title=After Porn Ends 2|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5168832/|access-date=December 29, 2018}}

At the inaugural Urban X Awards, Keyes was inducted into their Hall of Fame.{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=David|date=June 9, 2008|title=Urban Spice Awards Announced at Platinum Live|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/Urban-Spice-Awards-Announced-at-Platinum-Live-53168.html|publisher=AVN|access-date=November 10, 2023}} In 2013, Keyes made a cameo in The New Behind the Green Door, a loose remake of Behind the Green Door that featured archival footage from the original film.{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Bob|date=September 9, 2013|title=Vivid's 'The New Behind the Green Door' Set to Debut Online|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/168664/vivids-the-new-behind-the-green-door-set-to-debut-online|publisher=XBIZ|access-date=November 10, 2023}}

Keyes is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |title=AVN Hall of Fame |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814014605/http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |archivedate=August 14, 2007|access-date=November 9, 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dirtybob.com/xrco/hall.htm |title=XRCO Hall of Fame |accessdate=November 10, 2023}}

Death

On June 3, 2018, Keyes died in Seattle following complications from a recent stroke.

Select appearances

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Notes !scope="col" class="unsortable" \|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
1972 \|Behind the Green Door \|African Stud \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|
1973 \|Resurrection of Eve \|Himself \|Credited as "Johnny Keyes" \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|title=Resurrection of Eve\|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/resurrection-of-eve-1973\|publisher=The A.V. Club\|access-date=November 9, 2023}}
1974 \|Space Is the Place \| \|Uncredited \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite book\|last=Youngquist\|first=Paul\|date=2016\|title=A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GefRDAAAQBAJ&dq=space+is+the+place+johnnie+keyes&pg=PA301\|location=Google Books\|publisher=University of Texas Press\|page=222\|isbn=9780292726369}}
rowspan="2"\|1975 \|Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days \|Birsha King of Gomorrah \| \|
Inside Marilyn Chambers \|Himself \|Documentary; credited as "Johnny Keyes" \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|title=Inside Marilyn Chambers\|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/486818/inside-marilyn-chambers/#overview\|publisher=TCM Movies\|access-date=November 9, 2023}}
1976 \|Femmes de Sade \|Guy at Party \|Uncredited \|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"\|
1978 \|Sex World \|Himself \|
1981 \|Aunt Peg's Fulfillment \|Tyrone Tipps \|Credited as "Johny Keyes" \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|title=Aunt Peg's Fulfillment - 1981\|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/aunt-peg-s-fulfillment-1981\|publisher=The A.V. Club\|access-date=November 10, 2023}}
2013 \|The New Behind the Green Door \|Himself \|Cameo \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|last=Warren\|first=Peter\|date=September 9, 2013\|title=P.T.'s 'New Behind the Green Door' Debuts Tuesday\|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/p-t-s-new-behind-the-green-door-debuts-tuesday-528832.html\|publisher=AVN\|access-date=November 9, 2023}}
2014 \|X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time \|Himself \|Documentary \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|last=Warren\|first=Peter\|date=December 7, 2014\|title='X-Rated' Doc Screened for Industry Elite\|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/x-rated-doc-screened-for-industry-elite-581975.html\|publisher=AVN\|access-date=November 10, 2023}}
2017 \|After Porn Ends 2 \|Himself \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes

!scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

1972

|Behind the Green Door

|African Stud

|style="text-align:center;"|

1973

|Resurrection of Eve

|Himself

|Credited as "Johnny Keyes"

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=Resurrection of Eve|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/resurrection-of-eve-1973|publisher=The A.V. Club|access-date=November 9, 2023}}

1974

|Space Is the Place

|Uncredited

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite book|last=Youngquist|first=Paul|date=2016|title=A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GefRDAAAQBAJ&dq=space+is+the+place+johnnie+keyes&pg=PA301|location=Google Books|publisher=University of Texas Press|page=222|isbn=9780292726369}}

rowspan="2"|1975

|Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days

|Birsha King of Gomorrah

Inside Marilyn Chambers

|Himself

|Documentary; credited as "Johnny Keyes"

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=Inside Marilyn Chambers|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/486818/inside-marilyn-chambers/#overview|publisher=TCM Movies|access-date=November 9, 2023}}

1976

|Femmes de Sade

|Guy at Party

|Uncredited

|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|

1978

|Sex World

|Himself

1981

|Aunt Peg's Fulfillment

|Tyrone Tipps

|Credited as "Johny Keyes"

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=Aunt Peg's Fulfillment - 1981|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/aunt-peg-s-fulfillment-1981|publisher=The A.V. Club|access-date=November 10, 2023}}

2013

|The New Behind the Green Door

|Himself

|Cameo

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Warren|first=Peter|date=September 9, 2013|title=P.T.'s 'New Behind the Green Door' Debuts Tuesday|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/p-t-s-new-behind-the-green-door-debuts-tuesday-528832.html|publisher=AVN|access-date=November 9, 2023}}

2014

|X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time

|Himself

|Documentary

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Warren|first=Peter|date=December 7, 2014|title='X-Rated' Doc Screened for Industry Elite|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/x-rated-doc-screened-for-industry-elite-581975.html|publisher=AVN|access-date=November 10, 2023}}

2017

|After Porn Ends 2

|Himself

|style="text-align:center;"|

References

External links

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