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Date of Birth

26 April 1964, USA

Birth Name

Richard R. Smothers Jr.

Mini Biography

Dick Smothers, Jr., the son of comedian/political activist Dick Smothers of The Smothers Brothers, is an adult-film movie actor who, according to a 2003 interview, aims to become "the Orson Welles of porn." Born in 1955, he claims to be an "exhibitionist" with "an incredibly overactive libido." He made his porn film debut in 2003 starring in Bad Influence (2003) (V), playing the lead in a pornographic homage to The Graduate (1967).

One of six children born to Dick Smothers and and his first wife, he has also become an online entrepreneur. He is the proprietor of an adult entertainment website and and a web-based game show.

In a 2003 interview with Reuters, Smothers claimed that he was interested in the acting aspect of being in porn movies, but also admitted he enjoyed the sexual side of his chosen career. He announced his ambition was to become "a recognized, full-spectrum adult entertainer and entrepreneur."

Smothers, who left behind a career as a sales executive for an office products manufacturer, has gained some recognition for the quality of his work. He was nominated for a 2006 AVN (Adult Video News) Award for Best Actor (the "Oscars" of the adult entertainment industry, according to "Entertainment Weekly" magazine) in an adult film In addition to his entrepreneurial spirit, his creative ambitions are wider than that of becoming a highly respected performer in adult movies.

"What I really want to do is become the Orson Welles of porn," Smothers told Reuters, "not only performing in these films, but writing, directing and doing the music." Smothers had a rock band called lectrikDik before turning to adult films, and once performed his music on a Smothers Brothers television show.

His father, in a 2003 interview, recounted how he was shocked by his son's career change. "My first reaction was, 'What name are you going to use?' He says he's going to use his name, and I said, 'Wait a minute. That's my name. I had it first.' "

While a devout Christian, Smothers Sr. has always been a champion of free expression, a position reinforced by the trauma of having his and his brother's highly successful CBS series canceled by the network in the late 1960s for being too politically liberal. While uncomfortable with his son's career choice, he refuses to condemn him. In fact, he is sympathetic to the pressures undergirding his son's career choice.

On his part, Dick Jr. said he will focus on the "couples-oriented" genre that occasionally crosses over to cable television in a bowdlerized form. In a move evocative of his father's moral standards, the son has added strict controls to his website to prevent it from being penetrated by minors.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood

Trivia

Son of Dick Smothers and his first wife.

Nephew of Tom Smothers.

Works under his real name, a rarity in the adult film business.

Sponsored into the X-rated movie business by writer/director Cash Markman, who tested his ability to perform sex in front of the camera in 2003 for "The Smut Peddlers," before casting him in "Bad Influence," a parody on "The Graduate." That second movie brought Smothers his first AVN Award nomination, as Best Actor, at the Adult Video News Awards in January 2004. Smothers was nominated again, in January 2007, for his uncanny impression of Don Adams, of "Get Smart" fame, for the X-rated parody "Get Luckier." However, by the time the second nomination was announced, Smothers had left adult movies.