- Lou Cass
Lou Cass (born
20 April ,is an Americanactor and porn star who appeared inpornography magazines and performed inpornographic movies . He retired from pornography in 1990 and began a career as a film and television actor and recording artist.In May 2008, Lou Cass won the AWARD for "Best Actor in a non-sexual performance"for the film, "DARE" at 'the Grabby awards' in Chicago, ILL.Background
Lou Cass first beginnings started as a gay male prostitute/escort in New York City in 1987. Cass began his career in porn in 1987, appearing in
Le Salon Studio 's biggest-selling video, "Weekend Workout", withFrançois Papillion . In 1989, he won the "Adam Gay Video Directory" "Dave Award" for Best Performer for his role of Billy Blue in "Sexy Billy Blue". He appeared in his last porn film,Catalina Video 's "Man of the Year", in 1990, co-starring withJoey Stefano . Clips from his films were used in "The Best of Joey Stefano" and "Oral Extravaganza", compilation videos released after his retirement from the industry.He started up Forrest Films, his own production company, in 1990; he produced, directed, and sometimes appeared in films which included "The Private Home Videos of Lou Cass", "The Private Lives of Lou Cass", "Pleasure Theater" (for which he also did the soundtrack), and "Made in China". He also recorded a cover of
Nick Gilder 's, "Rated X", which was released as a12" Dance Record single in 1990 and it became the first recording by a porn star to hit the "Billboard" charts. A performance of Cass's single at the I-Beam dance club inSan Francisco was quickly sold out. He later performed the single for Bill Graham's "In Concert Against AIDS", opening forGrateful Dead ,Linda Ronstadt andHuey Lewis and the News .Cass has performed over fifty concerts to raise funds for
AIDS research. He continues to work in the music industry. According to his website, he released new material in 2006. His first few tunes were tailored for dance clubs. Some reviewers compared his 'Hi-NRG sound' to thePet Shop Boys and Madonna.Shortly following his retirement from porn, Cass began his forays into the mainstream entertainment business. His first role was on the popular daytime
soap opera "General Hospital ". His first movie role was playing one ofNick Mancuso 's hired guns in thedirect-to-video action flick "The Takeover" in 1994. This was followed by an appearance on Disney film, "I Love Trouble", withNick Nolte andJulia Roberts , and appearances on "Melrose Place ", "Beverly Hills 90210 ", "Picket Fences ", "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. ", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ", "seaQuest DSV " and an episode of "L.A. Law ", among others.Lou Cass returns to the Entertainment Biz in 2007 Producingfor his friend E.G. Daily's new album, which will be released in 2008.
Cass returned back to the Adult Film Industry in 2007, starring in Falcon Studio's "DARE". In May 2008, Lou Cass won the "Best Actor of the Year in a non-sexual performance" at 'the Grabby awards' in Chicago, ILL.
Selected adult videography
* "Weekend Workout" (1987)
* "Sexy Billy Blue"(1987)Television Appearances
* "" (2008)
* "Beverly Hills, 90210 " (1994)
* "SeaQuest DSV " (1994)
* "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman " (1994) (a full season regular)
* "Picket Fences " (1994)
* "L.A. Law " (1994)
* "Double Rush " (1 episode, 1995)
* "Models Inc. " (3 episodes, 1994)
* "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. " (1 episode, 1994)
* "Burke's Law "(2 episodes, 1994)
* "Melrose Place "(3 episodes, 1994)Film Appearances
* "
Mojave Moon " (1996)
* "Evolver " (1995)
* "Blonde Heaven " (1995)
* "A Low Down Dirty Shame " (1994)
* "I Love Trouble " (1994)See also
*
List of gay porn stars References
External links
* [http://www.loucass.net Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/loucassofficial Official MySpace page]
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