Although known for his work in straight porn, in 1983 Holmes starred in a gay porn flick titled THE PRIVATE PLEASURES OF JOHN HOLMES. During that time John Holmes found his most popular role, that of smooth-talking private dick Johnny Wadd, which he played in several films. Only in the early '70s, when movies like DEVIL IN MISS JONES and DEEP THROAT drew lots of people into theaters, did porn become more acceptable and finally legalized. Due to the porn laws of the time, none of these films were legally available. In the late '60s John acted in his first 8mm hardcore film loops. One day, in the bathroom of a club, a man talked him into doing nude pin-ups.
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After leaving the military he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as an ambulance driver and forklift operator. At age 16, escaping a troubled home life, John joined the army and spent the next three years in Germany with the Signal Corps. John's mother married Harold Bowman when John was eight. It was a troubled marriage lasting only two years. When John was two, his mother married Harold Holmes and changed her children's last names. He is said to have had sex with as many as 3,000 women during his career.Holmes was born John Curtis Estes on Augin Ashville, Ohio.
Holmes rose to stardom because of his legendary penis size, which was promoted as the largest in the business - as big as 12.5 inches. His filmography is comprised of as many as 2,500 hardcore movies and film loops over nearly 20 years, from 1969-1988. John Holmes is the biggest male star to have ever worked in the adult industry, achieving household name status during the 1970s-80s.