Richard Holt Locke (June 11, 1941 â€" September 25, 1996) was an actor
in gay erotic films of the 1970s and 1980s, who went on to become an
AIDS educator and activist.Born on June 11, 1941, in East Oakland,
California, Locke graduated from Pleasant Hill High School at
eighteen, and spent the next three years in the army stationed in
Germany as a tank mechanic. Returning to California, he earned a
degree at Chico State University.Locke's first gay film was Dreamer
for the director Jim West in 1975. In a December 1992 interview for
Manshots, recalling how he was asked to pick a screen pseudonym for
billing, Locke said, "They asked me, 'What name do you want?, 'and I
said, ‘My name.‘ I'm very proud of my work and everything I do. An
artist signs his name to the canvas, and I sign my name."Tall, well
built, and ruggedly handsome, Locke became a popular film star before
he even realized it, partly because he worked for auteur directors who
marketed their movies as if they were mainstream Hollywood
productions.
in gay erotic films of the 1970s and 1980s, who went on to become an
AIDS educator and activist.Born on June 11, 1941, in East Oakland,
California, Locke graduated from Pleasant Hill High School at
eighteen, and spent the next three years in the army stationed in
Germany as a tank mechanic. Returning to California, he earned a
degree at Chico State University.Locke's first gay film was Dreamer
for the director Jim West in 1975. In a December 1992 interview for
Manshots, recalling how he was asked to pick a screen pseudonym for
billing, Locke said, "They asked me, 'What name do you want?, 'and I
said, ‘My name.‘ I'm very proud of my work and everything I do. An
artist signs his name to the canvas, and I sign my name."Tall, well
built, and ruggedly handsome, Locke became a popular film star before
he even realized it, partly because he worked for auteur directors who
marketed their movies as if they were mainstream Hollywood
productions.
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