Herbert Streicher (better known by his stage name Harry Reems) (August 27, 1947 – March 19, 2013) was an American pornographic actor who was best known as the star of the 1972 cult classic Deep Throat. Throughout the 1970s he was one of the most prolific performers in the adult industry. He retired from the industry in 1989.
[in 2005, as a successful real estate broker] I'm still selling dirt.
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Being the low-bottom drunk that I was, I started going around to churches. I called myself a church gypsy [But] if I didn't put God in my life, I'd be dead now. I am not religious. I'm spiritual, 100 percent.
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[re his porn roles] I was always the doctor because I was the one that had an acting background. I would say: 'You're having trouble with oral sex? Well, here's how to do it.' Cut to a 20-minute oral-sex scene.
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After his porn career waned and he couldn't find work, he became a serious alcoholic who ended up in Los Angeles, begged on the streets and often slept in Dumpsters. He briefly considered suicide, but by 1989, Reems was living in Park City, Utah and used a 12-step program to stop drinking. He even converted to Christianity, obtained a real estate license and married Jeanne Sterret.
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He studied dentistry for a year at the University of Pittsburgh until his number came up for the Vietnam draft and enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was home on leave and came down with pneumonia when his unit was deployed to Vietnam. His father became terminally ill and he applied for a hardship transfer and never got sent overseas. He said that 87% of his unit were wounded or died in Vietnam.
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Was prosecuted by the federal government in 1976 on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines. He was convicted, but the conviction was overturned on appeal one year later. He received public support from a number of Hollywood celebrities during his trials, including Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty.
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Was offered the role of Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978), but producers replaced him with Sid Caesar at the last moment for fear of his adult movie notoriety.
Left the adult film business in the late 1980s and eventually married a deeply religious woman. In interviews he said his past work was in the past, but it was not anything he was ashamed to have done.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
College Girls
1974
Hotel Hooker
1974
credit only
Intensive Care
1974
Dr. Scrotum
Curious Women
1973
Girls in the Penthouse
1973
Revolving Teens
1973
Shop Teacher (uncredited)
Case of the Full Moon Murders
1973
Silverman
Loops
1973
The New Comers
1973
as Harry Reams
The Collegiates
1973
Lexington (as Harry Rheems)
Over Sexposure
1973
Charlie
Devil in Miss Jones
1973
The Teacher (as Harry Reams)
Forced Entry
1973
Gas Station Attendant (as Tim Long)
Head Nurse
1973
Dr. Millstein (as Steve Foster)
Filthiest Show in Town
1973
Barney (segment "Game Show") (as Peter Straight)
Fast Ball
1973
Sonny Lincoln
High Rise
1973
Herbie (as Richard Hurt)
It Happened in Hollywood
1973
Elliot
Fleshpot on 42nd Street
1973
Bob (as Bob Walters)
The Female Response
1973
Max (as Herb Streicher)
The Love Witch
1973
The Defense Attorney / The District Attorney / Our Sheriff / ...
Deep Sleep
1972
as Harry Reemes, credit only
Meatball
1972
Dr. Schmock (as Harry Reams)
Cherry Blossom
1972
Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile
1972
in edited American version
Forbidden Under Censorship of the King
1972
Mervin Continually (uncredited)
A Place Called Today
1972
Construction Worker in Green Shirt (uncredited)
Deep Throat
1972
Dr. Young
Rosebud
1972
as Stan Freemont, credit only
The Abductors
1972
Cop (as Herb Stryker)
Selling It
1972
John (uncredited)
Her Way to Star
1972
Mondo Porno
1972
Guy on Couch (uncredited)
Kiss This Miss
1971
The Gang That Could!
1971
A Time to Love
1971
Jon (as Herb Stryker)
The Altar of Lust
1971
Don (as Stan Freemont)
The Weirdos and the Oddballs
1971
David (as Peter Long)
His Loving Daughter
1971
Freddy (uncredited)
Vice Versa!
1971
Dark Dreams
1971
Jack (as Tim Long)
Klute
1971
Discotheque Patron (uncredited)
Sex USA
1971
Guy with Bisexual Girls (uncredited)
Erecter Sex 3: Sex Ed 101
1970
Erecter Sex 4: Pole Position
1970
Bacchanale
1970
Hardcore inserts (uncredited)
The Cross and the Switchblade
1970
Gang Member (uncredited)
Crack-Up
1969
Asses to Asses, Lust to Lust
1988
Video
Honky Tonk Angels
1988
as Harry Reemes
Pulsating Flesh
1987
The Milkman
Dream Lover
1987
Video
All for His Ladies
1986
Video
Amateurs
1986
Flasher
1986
Video
Sammy
Having It All!
1986
Sara's Male Friend
Naughty Nurses
1986
Private Fantasies VI
1986
Harry
Night Prowlers
1986
Pete Wells
Beverly Hills Exposed
1986
Gregory Towns
Ginger's Greatest Boy/Girl Hits
1986
Video
Harry
Ginger's Sex Asylum
1986
Video
Dr. Pap
Angel's Revenge
1986
Video
Back Door Brides
1986
Video
Deep Chill
1985
Video
Educating Mandy
1985
Video
Ted
Erotica Jones
1985
Rob
Fantasies Unltd.
1985
Inspector
Heart Throbs
1985
Hot Nights at the Blue Note Cafe
1985
Indecent Itch
1985
Devil
Loose Ends
1985
Video
Losing Control
1985
Lucky in Love
1985
Ronald
Lust in Space
1985
Obsession
1985
Passage to Ecstasy
1985
Rubdown
1985
Talk Dirty to Me One More Time
1985
The Girls of 'A' Team
1985
Video
Harry Reems
Titillation
1985
Wet, Wild & Wicked
1985
Video
With Love from Susan
1985
WPINK-TV: Its Red Hot!!
1985
Video
Scorpio
Some Kind of Woman
1985
Henri
The Grafenberg Spot
1985
Michael
Tower of Power
1985
George Thompson
Too Naughty to Say No
1985
Undertaker
Corporate Assets
1985
Bill
Erotic City
1985
George Thompson
Evil Angel
1985
Video
Blake (as Harry Reams)
Hot Blooded
1985
Harry
Love Bites
1985
Video
Doctor
Older Men with Young Girls
1985
Video
Alex
Oriental Jade
1985
Ten Little Maidens
1985
John
Trashy Lady
1985
Dutch
Whore of the Worlds
1985
Video
Twit
For Your Thighs Only
1984
One Night at a Time
1984
Louis
Girls on Fire
1984
Jogger on the Beach
Sister Dearest
1984
Professor
The Cartier Affair
1984
TV Movie
State Trooper
Those Young Girls
1984
Video
Harry
China and Silk
1984
Lt. Harry Parker
R.S.V.P.
1984
TV Movie
Grant Garrison
Girls of the Night
1984
Video
L'Amour
1984
Vince Brewster
Private Fantasies 4
1984
Video
Too Good to Be True
1984
Myron - The Accountant
Eighth Erotic Film Festifal
1983
SS Operation Wolf Cub
1983
Society Affairs
1982
Rick / Howard Austin II
Mae West
1982
TV Movie
Narrator
Movie Madness
1982
Vice Squad Cop ("Municipalians")
Dream House
1981
TV Movie
Phil Billings
Les chiens chauds
1980
Mr. Clean
Demented
1980
Matt Rodgers (as Bruce Gilchrist)
To All a Goodnight
1980
Pilot (as Dan Stryker)
Ikenie no onna-tachi
1978
Mr. Harry (as Harî Rîmusu)
Bouches gourmandes
1977
Dr. Young
Let Me Die a Woman
1977
Documentary
Rhoda's Cab Driver (as Tim Long)
Lettomania
1976
Max
Luna di miele in tre
1976
Gilbert Blain
Bel Ami
1976
Georg Duroy
Sex Wish
1976
Ken
Sensuous Vixens
1976
Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
French Schoolgirls
1976
credit only
Experiments in Ecstacy
1975
Sherlick Holmes
1975
Sherlick Holmes
More
1975
Steve Cochrane
Linda Lovelace Meets Miss Jones
1975
Repairman
Every Inch a Lady
1975
Chino
Butterfly
1975
Frank
Justine och Juliette
1975
Don Miller
Sexual Freedom in Brooklyn
1975
Christy
1975
John Fuller
Sometime Sweet Susan
1975
Mark
The Amazing Dr. Jekyll
1975
Dr. Charles Jekyll III
Ape Over Love
1974
Roger
Pleasure Cruise
1974/I
Wet Rainbow
1974
Jonathan
Doctor Feelgood
1974
Memories Within Miss Aggie
1974
Richard II
Deadly Weapons
1974
Tony Barler (as Harry Reemes)
Teenage Cheerleader
1974
Guy in Library
Deep Throat Part II
1974
Dr. Jayson (as Harry Reams)
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Memories Within Miss Aggie
1974
production manager - as Herb Streicher
Case of the Full Moon Murders
1973
unit manager - as Herb Streicher
Devil in Miss Jones
1973
production manager - as Herb Streicher
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Revolving Teens
1973
uncredited
The Russians Are Coming
1973
uncredited
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deep Throat
1972
assistant camera - as Ned Reems
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Documentary courtesy of: still photography
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Documentary
Himself / Dr. Young / Dr. Schmock
A Night for Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards
1985
Video
Himself
Tom Cottle: Up Close
1982
TV Series
Himself
Midnight Blue
1982
TV Series
Himself
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed
1980
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Good Morning America
1979
TV Series
Himself
Firing Line
1976
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Miss Nude America
1976
Documentary
Himself - Contest Judge
A Touch of Genie
1974
Himself
Room Service 75
1972
Documentary
Eroticon
1971
Documentary
All About Sex of All Nations
1971
Documentary
Himself
Making the Blue Film
1971
Documentary
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time
2015
TV Special documentary
Himself
42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 5
2014
Video
Guy with Book (segment "Tina Russell Makes Friends") (uncredited)
1 & Only Marilyn Chambers
2014
Dave's Old Porn
2011
TV Series
Vintage Virgins
2010
Video
Guy in Barber Chair (uncredited)
Massive Attack: Paradise Circus
2009
Documentary short
The Teacher
Porn: Business of Pleasure
2009
TV Movie documentary
70's Fever
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Assfucking in the 80's
2008
Video
Eurotrash Collection: 8mm Madness Part 3
2006
Video
First Man in 'Pizza' Loop
Midnight Blue Collection, Vol. 1: The Deep Throat Special Edition
$1.5 Million
