Howard Nelson (actor)

Howard ‘Vanderhorn’ Nelson is an ex-champion bodybuilder who also acted in many British sex comedies. Cast in both comedy roles as well as `heavies' due to his muscular appearance, Nelson's most regular employer was close personal friend Harrison Marks. For many years Nelson worked in Marks' Studio in Farringdon. As well as being a regular in Marks' softcore films (The Nine Ages of Nakedness, Come Play with Me), Nelson also appeared in several of Marks 8mm glamour films, in one, a James Bond spoof, he was cast as the Bond Villain type character "The Baron Von Vanderhorn". Nelson also made several (non sex) appearances in various blue films made by Marks, usually wearing elaborate disguises like dark glasses and/or a blonde wig. He also featured as a 'spanking milkman' in the second issue of New Janus (circa 1982), a corporal punishment magazine Marks edited.

Vanderhorn is still occasionally sighted around the Charing Cross area of London, and up until a few years ago worked at Lovejoys Bookshop on Charing Cross Road.

Partial filmography

* Pattern of Evil (1967)....Arthur Vanderhorn
* Macabre (8mm glamour short, filmed September 1968) [http://www.harrison-marks.com/asp/films5.asp?film=125]
* The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) ….Sir Rupert
* Die Lollos aka The Customs (hardcore short 197?) …. Man at Customs Desk
* Autograph Hunter (hardcore short 197?) …. Roadie
* Duty Free (hardcore short 197?) … Man at Customs Desk [http://img199.imagevenue.com/img.php?
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* Zapper’s Blade of Vengeance (1974) …Thug in Gym
* Beowulf (1976, Dir:Donald Fairservice) [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/146725]
* Come Play With Me (1977) ….Mr. Benjamin
* The Playbirds (1978) … Caped Man
* The Stud (1978) ...Sandro
* Carry On Emmanuelle (1979) …. Harry Hernia
* Emmanuelle and Friends (released 1980) …. Big Mick the Handyman [http://www.pre-cert.co.uk/cgi-bin/cms/Film/43857]

References

"Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema" by Simon Sheridan (third edition) (2007) (Reynolds & Hearn Books)

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