Wakefield Poole

Wakefield Poole is an American dancer and pioneering film director in the gay pornography industry from the 1970s and 1980s.

Born Walter Wakefield Poole in Jacksonville, Florida in 1936, Poole joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1957 and later became a dance captain on Broadway. Poole made his directorial debut with "Boys in the Sand" (1971). He made another very successful film the following year entitled "Bijou" with renowned gay actor Charlon Sing. He then made an unsuccessful heterosexual soft core film, "Wakefield Poole's Bible", but is best known for his gay porn films. Many of his films starred Casey Donovan, one of the best known porn stars of his time. From 1964 to 1968, Poole was married to Nancy Van Rijn, a Broadway performer and choreographer.

Poole appears in the documentary "Ballets Russes".

Gay porn filmography

* "Boys in the Sand" (1971)
* "Bijou" (1972)
* "Wakefield Poole's Bible" (1974)
* "Moving!" (1974)
* "Take One" (1977)
* "Hot Shots" (1981)
* "The Hustlers" (1984)
* "Split Image" (1984)
* "Boys in the Sand II" (1984) / Pirated version "Men In The Sand"
* "One, Two, Three" (1985)

"The Wakefield Poole Collection" was released on DVD in 2002. The two-disk set includes "Boys in the Sand", "Bijou", and "Boys in the Sand II" along with several shorts, director commentaries, image galleries and an interview with the director.

traight soft core filmography

* "Wakefield Poole's Bible" (1974)

Other notable achievements

*"Dirty Poole: The Autobiography of a Gay Porn Pioneer" (Book, Alyson Publications, 2000)
*"Bring Back Birdie" [Original, Musical, Comedy] Video sequences created by Wakefield Poole; Associate to the Director: Wakefield Poole. March 5, 1981 - March 7, 1981
*"Dear World" [Original, Musical] Assistant to Mr. Layton: Wakefield Poole. February 6, 1969 - May 31, 1969
*"George M!" [Original, Musical, Comedy] Assistant to Mr. Layton: Wakefield Poole. April 10, 1968 - April 26, 1969
*"Do I Hear a Waltz?" [Original, Musical] Choreographic Associate: Wakefield Poole. March 18, 1965 - September 25, 1965
*"The Girl Who Came to Supper" [Original, Musical] Assistant to Mr. Layton: Wakefield Poole. December 8, 1963 - March 14, 1964
*"No Strings" [Original, Musical] Performer: Wakefield Poole [Dancer] ; Dance Captain: Wakefield Poole. March 15, 1962 - August 3, 1963
* "No Strings" London Company Directed/ Restaged by Wakefield Poole (1963)
*"The Unsinkable Molly Brown" [Original, Musical, Comedy] Performer: Wakefield Poole [Dancer] - Replacement; Performer: Wakefield Poole [Denver Policeman] - Replacement. November 3, 1960 - February 10, 1962
*"Tenderloin" [Original, Musical, Comedy] Performer: Wakefield Poole [Dancer] October 17, 1960 - April 23, 1961
* "Finian's Rainbow" [Revival, Musical, Comedy] Performer: Wakefield Poole [Dancer]
*"Dancer in The Ballet Russe" Ballet Russes, An ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe known as the Ballet Russes. What began as a group of Russian refugees who never danced in Russia became not one but two rival dance troupes who fought the infamous "ballet battles" that consumed London society before World War II, released 2005

External links

* [http://www.dirtypoole.com Dirty Poole: A Documentary about Wakefield Poole]
* [http://mannet.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000737 ManNet Review: "The Wakefield Poole Collection: 1971-1986"] "Warning: Contains sexually-explicit adult content"
* [http://www.balletsrussesmovie.com/ Ballet Russes, the movie]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690894 Wakefield Poole at IMDB]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=87113 Wakefield Poole at Internet Broadway Database]