1984 XRCO Award – Best Kinky Scene ( Insatiable II).1982 AFAA Award – Best Supporting Actor ( Roommates).1979 AAFA Award – Best Actor ( Ecstasy Girls).1977 AAFA Award – Best Actor ( Coming of Angels).1976 AFAA Award – Best Actor ( The Opening of Misty Beethoven).The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976).Captain Lust and the Pirate Women (1977).Dracula Sucks (aka Lust At First Bite) (1978).In an audio interview given to The Rialto Report shortly before his death, Gillis stated that in the 1970s he had wanted his ashes to be scattered in Times Square, but years later he changed his mind, stating that the cleaned up Times Square that emerged in the 1990s would contaminate his ashes. Gillis died on Februin New York City from melanoma, which was diagnosed four or five months earlier.
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He also co-produced the popular Dirty Debutante series with fellow director and performer Ed Powers, as well as the Walking Toilet Bowl series of films that focused on golden showers and coprophilia.
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Featuring a porn star who rides in a limo looking for regular guys to have sex with, the video series was very popular and inspired a scene in the movie Boogie Nights.
In addition to starring in the first Buttman film, he also created the influential On the Prowl series. He was a pioneer in the pornographic style known as Gonzo.
Īccording to Al Goldstein, Gillis was always described as "sexually the wildest, most decadent, off-the-wall guy in the business." His scene with Brooke Fields was emblematic in this regard. He also made his name in two Radley Metzger films, The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) and Barbara Broadcast (1977) the former is considered, by award-winning author Toni Bentley, the "crown jewel" of the Golden Age of Porn. Gillis appeared in the mainstream Hollywood film Nighthawks (1981) as the boss of Lindsay Wagner's character (he's credited as 'Designer'). Openly bisexual, he appeared in many gay porn films, including a sex scene with Zebedy Colt in the 1975 Gerard Damiano BDSM-themed film The Story of Joanna. He appeared in more than 470 movies as an actor." He also directed several adult movies. While supporting himself driving a cab, he answered an ad in The Village Voice. Gillis later attended Columbia University and graduated magna cum laude. He was named after the Tyrone Power character in the film The Black Swan (1942), and he took the name Gillis from the girlfriend he was living with when he made his first films. Gillis was born Jamey Ira Gurman in New York City.