Known for movies
World of Sexual Fantasy (1976)
as Neptune (segment "Fruit Salad")
Sex and the Single Vampire (1970)
as Count Spatula / Bella Donna
Flesh and Laces: Part II (1983)
as Dr. Pecker
The Grafenberg Spot (1985)
as The Mechanic
Short Info
| Date Of Birth | August 8, 1944 |
| Died | March 13, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Spouse | Misty Dawn, Sharon Gebenini |
| Mark | Always carried a briefcase which contained a fifth of J&B Scotch |
| Fact | Diagnosed with AIDS in February 1986. |
| Payments | Earned $75 from Johnny Wadd (1971) |
John Holmes was born John Curtis Estes on August 8, 1944 in rural Pickaway County, Ohio, the youngest of four children. His father, a farmer and carpenter, died when John was just three years old. His mother remarried and had three more children, but the family struggled financially and John dropped out of high school in his sophomore year.
He began working odd jobs and eventually found his way to California, where he changed his name to John Holmes. He started out working in the porn industry as a lowly gofer and errand boy, but quickly rose to become one of the most famous and well-paid actors in the business. His starring role in the 1972 film Deep Throat made him a household name, and he went on to appear in over 2,000 adult films.
Holmes was married twice and had two children, but his personal life was plagued by drug addiction and financial problems. He died of AIDS-related complications in 1988 at the age of 43.
At the time of his death, Holmes was estimated to have earned over $5 million from his work in the porn industry. However, he reportedly blew through most of this money on drugs and lavish living. His estate was valued at just $500 when he died.
General Info
| Full Name | John Holmes |
| Date Of Birth | August 8, 1944 |
| Died | March 13, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Height | 1.88 m |
| Nationality | American |
Family
| Spouse | Misty Dawn, Sharon Gebenini |
| Parents | Mary June Holmes, Carl Estes |
| Siblings | Edward Holmes, Dale Holmes, Anne Holmes, David Bowman |
Social profile links
Marks
| # | Marks / Signs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Long hair and thick Beard |
| 2 | His role as Private Detective Johnny Wadd |
| 3 | Moustache |
| 4 | Aside from the Brobdingnagian size of his endowment, Holmes was unique in American porn as he was uncircumcized |
| 5 | Always carried a briefcase which contained a fifth of J&B Scotch |
| 6 | Gold ring with diamonds in the shape of a dragon fly, which he designed |
Salary
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| The Private Pleasures of John C. Holmes (1983) | $500,000 |
| Erotic Adventures of Candy (1978) | $1,500 |
| Eruption (1977) | $2,000 |
| Flesh of the Lotus (1971) | $150 |
| Johnny Wadd (1971) | $75 |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sometimes you get a girl to work with who is gorgeous and with a fantastic body. That makes it all much easier. But I can concentrate on just one aspect of a girl if she doesn't sexually appeal to me. I can concentrate on the color of her nipple or something like that and it gives me the necessary mental focus. |
| 2 | Personally, I think it's all great fun. It's something everybody does and the more you practice the better you get at it. I can see a girl in a restaurant now and tell you how to approach her. |
| 3 | I've never found a girl who could not take it. It's really in the way you do it, though. I've had some women say they've had guys half my size who couldn't get it in. The problem is that most guys don't know how to read a lady and what she really wants. With some, you have to be gentle and romantic and with others you just have to get down and dirty. The secret is you have to get in touch with what they want. |
| 4 | I don't take drugs. Drugs take me. |
| 5 | A happy gardener is one with dirty fingernails, and a happy cook is a fat cook. I never get tired of what I do because I'm a sex fiend. I'm very lusty. |
| 6 | [Asked why he stays in the bathroom so long on sets] I don't always hide in the bathroom, sometimes I hide other places. It's just that the bathroom is usually the only room with a lock on the door. |
| 7 | Friends will get you killed. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | In 1979, Holmes with his younger half-brother, David Bowman, opened up a locksmith and used furniture store called The Just Looking Emporium in Los Angeles which both managed. But because of Holmes' escalating drug addiction and of the lack of money to operate the store since Holmes was squandering all of his and other people's money to buy cocaine for himself, the business failed by the end of that year. |
| 2 | Was godfather to Bill Amerson's children. |
| 3 | Was stepfather to his second wife Misty Dawn's son. |
| 4 | At the height of his career he had his penis insured by Lloyds of London for $14 million. He reveled in claiming that he was insured "for $1 million an inch". |
| 5 | The exact size of his member has never been confirmed, with reports varying from ten inches to 14 inches. |
| 6 | He continued performing in adult films after his trial and did much work as a producer and director. |
| 7 | He did not learn the name of his biological father until 1986. |
| 8 | He ran away from home and joined the Army, after an incident where he pushed his violent abusive stepfather down a flight of stairs. |
| 9 | He devoted much time to environmental causes and often went door to door collecting for the "Save The Whales" Foundation. |
| 10 | His first stepfather Edward Holmes was an alcoholic who often came home drunk and would vomit on the children. The second, Harold Bowman, was bipolar--what used to be called "manic depressive"--and prone to violent rages that he would take out on John. |
| 11 | Before his career in porn, he worked as a forklift operator in a meat-packing warehouse in Cudahy, California from August 1965 to June 1967 in which he had to quit his job as the contrast between hot and cold temperatures of driving a forklift vehicle in and out of a large walk-in freezer led to severe health problems, including three incidents of lung collapse between seven to nine months during the two years that he worked there. |
| 12 | Served three years in the U.S. Army (1960-1963) where he was stationed with the Signal Corps in West Germany from ages 16-19, and was honorably discharged. |
| 13 | Youngest of four children. |
| 14 | He was so successful as a performer in the adult film industry, and was in such high demand, that if it wasn't for his voracious cocaine habit he would have been a millionaire while still in his 30s. |
| 15 | He often claimed to be a college graduate with majors ranging from physical therapy to political science. The truth was that he never graduated from high school, having dropped out of public school in the ninth grade. |
| 16 | He would always sing Gordon Lightfoot's song "If You Could Read My Mind" to his girlfriend Dawn Schiller. The song is played in the movie Wonderland (2003) at the end of the film. |
| 17 | In the early '80s, he was a frequent visitor to the Hollywood Hills. |
| 18 | Is portrayed by Val Kilmer in Wonderland (2003). |
| 19 | His Los Angeles quadruple-murder trial in 1982, in which he was acquitted, was the first trial in American Jurisprudence where videotape was introduced as evidence. |
| 20 | Did not tell the porn industry that he was HIV positive and continued to star in films. Even went so far as to go to Europe to make porno movies because they didn't know he was HIV positive. |
| 21 | Nicknamed himself Johnny "Cash" Holmes during the early years of his porn career because he would only take his payments in cash since he was supposedly swindled out of $100 by a bad check for his very first porn loop. |
| 22 | His mother's maiden name was Barton. |
| 23 | Since having lost his virginity at age 12 to a 36-year-old friend of his mothers he is said to have copulated with more that 14,000 women in his life, both on- and off-screen. |
| 24 | Appeared in 2,274 pornographic films, more than anyone else. |
| 25 | Holmes made about 2000 full-length hardcore features, including a 3-D thriller and a film about his life story - Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981). |
| 26 | Diagnosed with AIDS in February 1986. |
| 27 | On June 26, 1982, he was found not guilty of the infamous Wonderland gang ("Four on the Floor") murders. |
| 28 | Boogie Nights (1997) is based on his life. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost John Holmes Films: Balls in Action | 2016 | Noah 'Balls in Action' Mammoth | |
| The Devil in Mr. Holmes | 1987 | John Holmes | |
| Looking for Mr. Goodsex | 1987 | Jonathan York - Mr. Goodsex | |
| The Rise of the Roman Empress | 1987 | John | |
| Chastity Johnson | 1986 | ||
| Classic Swedish Erotica 21 | 1986 | Video short | |
| Lottery Lu$t | 1986 | Video | Mark Coyle (as John C. Holmes) |
| Naughty Girls Like It Big | 1986 | ||
| Saturday Night Beaver | 1986 | Jerry (as John C. Holmes) | |
| The Erotic Adventures of Dickman & Throbbin | 1986 | Video | Dickman |
| Wow Volume 21: Breakfast at Tiffanys | 1986 | Video short | |
| Coming Holmes | 1986 | Video | John |
| Rockey X | 1986 | Video | Mr. Holmes, Drax's Trainer (as John C. Holmes) |
| Honey Buns | 1986 | ||
| Night on the Wild Side | 1986 | Video | Bartender |
| Passion Pit | 1986 | Victor (as John C. Holms) | |
| The Return of Johnny Wadd© | 1986 | Video | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) |
| Down and Dirty | 1985 | Video | |
| Lust in America | 1985 | Video | Sam |
| Marina Vice | 1985 | Video | Mr. Costa (as John C. Holmes) |
| Rubdown | 1985 | John (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Swedish Erotica 62 | 1985 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 65 | 1985 | ||
| The Good the Bad & the Horny | 1985 | Video | The Hiker (as John C. Holmes) |
| The Idol | 1985 | John Holmes (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Treasure Box | 1985 | Video | Irv (as John C. Holmes) |
| WPINK-TV: Its Red Hot!! | 1985 | Video | John Holmes |
| The Grafenberg Spot | 1985 | The Mechanic (as Johnny Holmes) | |
| Backdoor Romance | 1985 | Video | |
| Scandal in the Mansion | 1985 | Long John (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Body Shop | 1984 | Video | The Customer (as John C. Holmes) |
| Remember Connie | 1984 | as John C. Holmes | |
| The Champ | 1984 | ||
| Girls on Fire | 1984 | Rocco (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Dreams of Misty | 1984 | The Fantasy Man | |
| Those Young Girls | 1984 | Video | Eric |
| Nasty Nurses | 1984 | Dr. Dennis A. Johnson | |
| Private Fantasies 4 | 1984 | Video | |
| California Valley Girls | 1983 | Robert | |
| Heat of the Moment | 1983 | ||
| Lingerie | 1983 | ||
| Marathon | 1983 | ||
| Flesh and Laces: Part II | 1983 | Dr. Pecker | |
| Private Fantasies #1 | 1983 | Video | Boxer (uncredited) |
| Up 'n' Coming | 1983 | Charlie Strayhorn (as John C. Holmes) | |
| The Private Pleasures of John C. Holmes | 1983 | Sultan (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Casanova II | 1982 | Casanova (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Swedish Erotica 44 | 1982 | ||
| Homecoming | 1981 | Poolman (uncredited) | |
| Sexual Heights | 1981 | John | |
| Swedish Erotica 15: Roaring Fire Within | 1981 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica 16 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 18 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 2 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 22 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 31 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 6 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 7 | 1981 | ||
| Swedish Erotica 8 | 1981 | ||
| Teenage Fantasies: Part II | 1981 | ||
| One Way at a Time | 1981 | Helmut (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Aunt Peg's Fulfillment | 1981 | John | |
| The Little French Maid | 1981 | John | |
| Balling for Dollar$ | 1980 | Jim Henderson (uncredited) | |
| California Girls | 1980 | ||
| Disco Sex Party | 1980 | Short | |
| Prisoner of Paradise | 1980 | Joe Murrey (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Stormy | 1980 | Big John | |
| Aunt Peg | 1980 | John | |
| Insatiable | 1980 | Ultimate Fantasy Lover (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Female Athletes | 1980 | Fencing Instructor (as Johnny Holmes) | |
| Rockin' with Seka or... Seka's Cruise | 1980 | John | |
| Honey Throat | 1980 | Freddy (as Johnny Wadd) | |
| Sweet Cheeks | 1980 | Ken | |
| French Kiss | 1979 | ||
| Sex Machine | 1979 | ||
| Sweet Julie | 1979 | The Pimp (uncredited) | |
| Extreme Close-Up | 1979 | Jonathan (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Taxi Girls | 1979 | Johnny | |
| Honeysuckle Rose | 1979 | Sam Loomis (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Candi Girl | 1979 | John (as Johnny Wadd) | |
| Summertime Blue | 1979 | John / Captain Tongue | |
| 'How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Lays.....!' | 1979 | Groom (uncredited) | |
| California Gigolo | 1979 | John Loftin - The Gigolo | |
| Deep Rub | 1979 | Big John | |
| Sissy's Hot Summer | 1979 | Tarzan (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Sweet Captive | 1979 | Doug (as John C. Holmes) | |
| La bête et la belle | 1978 | Beau | |
| China Cat | 1978 | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Erotic Adventures of Candy | 1978 | Sean (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Black Silk Stockings | 1978 | Art Seller / Alex, Writer / Professor | |
| The Senator's Daughter | 1978 | Agent John Galt | |
| Blonde Fire | 1978 | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Dracula Sucks | 1978 | Dr. John Stoker | |
| Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls | 1978 | John (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Little Orphan Dusty | 1978 | Frank Clairmont | |
| Sex Pageant | 1978 | ||
| The Disco Dolls in Hot Skin | 1978 | Party Guy with Mustache (uncredited) | |
| Fantasm Comes Again | 1977 | Stud (segment "The Kiss of Life") (as John C. Holmes) | |
| The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova | 1977 | Casanova / John (as Mr. John Holmes) | |
| The Jade Pussycat | 1977 | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Hard Soap, Hard Soap | 1977 | Dr. John Holmes | |
| The Ultimate Pleasure | 1977 | Guy in Line #5 | |
| Eruption | 1977 | Pete Winston | |
| Ecstasy | 1977 | ||
| Teenage Madam | 1977 | Rose's First Customer | |
| Horseshoes | 1977 | Short | |
| Sexually Yours | 1977 | Short | |
| The Swap Meet | 1977 | Short | |
| The Girls in the Band | 1976 | Johnny | |
| Her Last Fling | 1976 | as John C. Holmes | |
| Love, in Strange Places | 1976 | Dr. Hook (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Panama Red | 1976 | Bobo | |
| Tapestry of Passion | 1976 | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Hard Candy | 1976 | ||
| Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here | 1976 | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Cream Rinse | 1976 | Diane's Husband | |
| Spirit of Seventy Sex | 1976 | Captain John Smith | |
| The Autobiography of a Flea | 1976 | Father Clement (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Lollipop Palace | 1976 | Betty Lou's Customer | |
| World of Sexual Fantasy | 1976 | Neptune (segment "Fruit Salad") | |
| Softie | 1976 | ||
| 'Sweet Punkin' I Love You.... | 1976 | Peter the Great (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Dear Pam | 1976 | Richard Grandik (as John Holmes/Johnny Wadd) | |
| Liquid Lips | 1976 | Johnny Wadd (as John C. Holmes) | |
| All Night Long | 1976 | John (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Sweet, Sweet Freedom | 1976 | Dr. Mort (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Personal Services | 1976 | B.C. Buzzard | |
| Black Is Bigger? | 1976 | Short | |
| Cockcicle | 1976 | Short | |
| Dreaming of John | 1976 | Short | |
| Three Way Split | 1976 | Short | |
| Country Girls | 1975 | ||
| In Memory of Connie | 1975 | ||
| Love Explosions | 1975 | ||
| Puss*O*Rama | 1975 | ||
| Sex Station | 1975 | Board Member (uncredited) | |
| Then Came Ecstasy | 1975 | ||
| Confessions of a Teenage Peanut Butter Freak | 1975 | Jeff | |
| Episodes of a Orential Kitten | 1975 | John (as Big John Holmes) | |
| Kowloon Connection | 1975 | The Boss (as Big John Holmes) | |
| Traveling | 1975 | ||
| Teenage Lovers | 1975 | Earl (as Big Jon Fallus) | |
| A Visit from Mr. Big | 1975 | Short | |
| Wake Up at Holmes | 1975 | Short | |
| Oriental Ecstasy Girls | 1974 | Bob | |
| Suburban Satanist | 1974 | Jerry | |
| Teenager | 1974 | Police Desk Officer | |
| The Life and Times of the Happy Hooker | 1974 | Client with Size Issues | |
| Hot Summer Night | 1974 | as Johnny Wadd | |
| Sex Freaks | 1974 | Voyeur / Rapist in Yard / Guy in Pool / ... (uncredited) | |
| Le journal érotique d'un bûcheron | 1974 | John (uncredited) | |
| Cheri | 1974 | Tom (as John C. Holmes) | |
| The Danish Connection | 1974 | Johnny Wadd | |
| Three Came Running | 1974 | Prof. Rex Wright (as John Rey) | |
| Panorama Blue | 1974 | Second Fantasy Guy (segment "Center-Fold Girl") | |
| Ride a Cock Horse | 1973 | Billy (uncredited) | |
| Strangers When We Mate | 1973 | Boyd (as Russell Blue) | |
| Zolita | 1973 | ||
| Rings of Passion | 1973 | John (as Johnny Wadd) | |
| The Group | 1973 | Group Guy (uncredited) | |
| You Are Sexually Invited to a 'Masqued Ball' | 1973 | Mr. Huffner (as Jack Hims) | |
| The Touch | 1973 | Mario (uncredited) | |
| Over Sexposure | 1973 | ||
| The Passion Seekers | 1973 | ||
| The Winning Stroke | 1973 | Hal (uncredited) | |
| Tropic of Passion | 1973 | Johnny Wadd (as John Duval) | |
| Teenage Cowgirls | 1973 | Rio (as Long John Wodd) | |
| The Swinging Playboy | 1973 | Jimmy (uncredited) | |
| Double Exposure | 1972 | Jeff (uncredited) | |
| Evil Come Evil Go | 1972 | Pool Player | |
| High Fashion Models | 1972 | Robert Henderson (uncredited) | |
| Playmate #7: Super Cock | 1972 | Short | |
| Sex as You Like It | 1972 | John (uncredited) | |
| The Liberated Woman | 1972 | ||
| The Swing Thing | 1972 | Nick | |
| The Blonde in Black Lace | 1972 | Johnny Wadd (as John Duval) | |
| Snow Balling | 1972 | Pink Monster (uncredited) | |
| New Girl in Town | 1972 | Mark (uncredited) | |
| 'S.M.A.S.H-H. or How to Get Hung' | 1971 | Dr. Wildare (uncredited) | |
| Benny's Bungles | 1971 | Benny T. (uncredited) | |
| Big Beaver Splits the Scene | 1971 | David (uncredited) | |
| Love Boccaccio Style | 1971 | Masetto | |
| Masked Mischief | 1971 | Guy in Mask (uncredited) | |
| My Tongue Is -Quick! | 1971 | Nicky Butane (uncredited) | |
| Ole! | 1971 | Steve (uncredited) | |
| Playmate #11: Wild Beauty | 1971 | Short | |
| Pornography's Superstars | 1971 | ||
| Pretty Girl #11: Playmate of the Year | 1971 | Short | |
| The Hilarious Hooker | 1971 | Short | |
| The Hunter | 1971 | Horse (as Mark Lloyd) | |
| Flesh of the Lotus | 1971 | Johnny Wadd (as John Duval) | |
| Johnny Wadd | 1971 | Johnny Wadd | |
| The Lady's Bed Companions | 1971 | John (uncredited) | |
| Baby Sister | 1971 | ||
| Long John | 1971 | Long John | |
| Turn-on Orgy | 1971 | Orgy Guy (uncredited) | |
| Zodiac Killer | 1971 | The Zodiac (uncredited) | |
| Beyond All Limits | 1970 | ||
| Door to Door Salesman | 1970 | ||
| Go Down for Double | 1970 | Bill (uncredited) | |
| I Want You! | 1970 | John Yates (uncredited) | |
| Sex and the Single Vampire | 1970 | Count Spatula / Bella Donna | |
| Kama Sutra '71 | 1970 | John (as John Hilton) | |
| Love Secrets of the Kama Sutra | 1970 | ||
| Doctor I'm Coming | 1970 | Dr. Peter Phallic (as John Helms) | |
| Carnal Knowledge | 1970 | Big Daddy (uncredited) | |
| Gang Bang | 1970 | Stud #1 | |
| Anomalies: A World of Dreams | 1970 | ||
| Four Women in Trouble | 1970 | Doctor (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Fuzz | 1970 | ||
| The Pimp Primer | 1970 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Widow Blue! | 1970 | Ron (uncredited) | |
| Body Lust | 1969 | ||
| The Ice House | 1969 | Guy in Parked Car (uncredited) | |
| Just Good Friends | 1969 | Short |
Production Manager
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looking for Love | 1985 | production manager - as John C. Holmes | |
| Rubdown | 1985 | production manager | |
| The Good the Bad & the Horny | 1985 | Video production manager - as John C. Holmes | |
| Body Shop | 1984 | Video production manager - as John C. Holmes | |
| Hot Touch | 1984 | Video production manager - as John C. Holmes | |
| Intimate Couples | 1984 | Video production manager - as John C. Holmes | |
| Girls on Fire | 1984 | production manager - as John C. Holmes | |
| Dreams of Misty | 1984 | production manager - as John C. Holmes |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls on Fire | 1984 | assistant director - as John C. Holmes | |
| The Jade Pussycat | 1977 | assistant director - as John C. Holmes | |
| Hard Soap, Hard Soap | 1977 | assistant director - as John C. Holmes | |
| Panama Red | 1976 | second assistant director - as John C. Holmes | |
| Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here | 1976 | assistant director - as John C. Holmes | |
| Liquid Lips | 1976 | assistant director - as John C. Holmes | |
| Evil Come Evil Go | 1972 | assistant director - as John C. Holmes |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casanova II | 1982 | uncredited | |
| The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova | 1977 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Love L.A. | 1986 | additional dialogue - as John C. Holmes | |
| The Private Pleasures of John C. Holmes | 1983 | written by - as John C. Holmes |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here | 1976 | production coordinator - as John C. Holmes | |
| Liquid Lips | 1976 | production coordinator - as John C. Holmes |
Special Effects
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evil Come Evil Go | 1972 | special effects makeup - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virus | 1996/II | Short film dedicated to | |
| Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story | 1981 | Documentary thanks - as John C. Holmes |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superstar John Holmes | 1981 | Himself | |
| John Holmes and the All Star Sex Queens | 1980 | Himself | |
| Inside Désirée Cousteau | 1979 | Himself - Erotic Film Actor (as Johnny Holmes) | |
| I Am Always Ready | 1978 | Himself | |
| Lusty Princess | 1978 | Himself | |
| Fantastic Orgy | 1977 | Himself | |
| The New York City Woman | 1977 | Himself (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Exotic French Fantasies | 1974 | Himself (as Johnny Wadd) | |
| Pornography in Hollywood | 1972 | Documentary | Magazine cover (uncredited) |
| Aphrodisiac!: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana | 1971 | Documentary | Office Man (uncredited) |
| Tribute to the King | 1987 | Video | Himself |
| I Love L.A. | 1986 | Himself (as John C. Holmes) | |
| A Night for Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards | 1985 | Video | Himself (as John Curtis Holmes) |
| Candy Samples' Video Review | 1984 | Video | Himself |
| Undulations | 1981 | Himself | |
| Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story | 1981 | Documentary | Himself - Interviewee / Various Roles (as John C. Holmes) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 3 | 2014 | Video | Guy by Pool (segment "Last Tango in Paris") (uncredited) |
| 42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 2 | 2014 | Video | Guy with Newspaper (segment "California Girl") / Orgy Guy (segment "Untitled") (uncredited) |
| 42nd Street Forever: The Peep Show Collection Vol. 1 | 2014 | Video | Guy with Cigarette (segment "Deeper Throat") / Rapist (segment "It Takes a Thief") (uncredited) |
| Sexy in Sepia | 2012 | Video | Guy in Jacket (uncredited) |
| Dave's Old Porn | 2011-2012 | TV Series | John Loftin / Rocco |
| Smokin' Mary Jane | 2011 | Video | Guy on Couch / Guy with Blondes (uncredited) |
| Double Pleasures | 2008 | Video | |
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Anal Assault, Vol. 1 | 2007 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica 115 | 2007 | Video | |
| 8mm Madness! | 2006 | Video | |
| Super-Stars of the 70s Stags | 2006 | Video | |
| John Holmes' Sexual Rage | 2005 | Video | |
| XXX Bra Busters in the 1970's | 2005 | Video | Guy in Blue Shirt (uncredited) |
| Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| John Holmes in Wonderland | 2004 | Video | |
| Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Best of the Anal Ultra Vixens | 2004 | Video | |
| John Holmes: The Man, the Myth, the Legend | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Wonderland | 2003 | Johnny Wadd (uncredited) | |
| X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| XXXL: The John Holmes Story | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Top 25 Adult Stars of All Time | 1999 | Video documentary | |
| Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes | 1999 | Documentary | Himself |
| Bucky's Triple XXX Rated All-Male Beavers Locker Room Loops Volume 6 | 1999 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 290 | 1998 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 297 | 1998 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 65 | 1998 | Video | |
| Playboy: The Story of X | 1998 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Blue Vanities 276 | 1997 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 284 | 1996 | Video | |
| Un siècle de plaisir - Voyage | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| True Legends of Adult Cinema: The Unsung Superstars | 1993 | Video documentary | |
| Blue Vanities 17 | 1992 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 43 | 1992 | Video | |
| Legends of Porn III | 1992 | Video | |
| Ginger Lynn Meets John Holmes | 1991 | Video | |
| Backing In | 1990 | Video | |
| Only the Best of Barbara Dare | 1990 | Video | Himself |
| Fuck My Ass, No Lube! | 1989 | Video | |
| Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood | 1989 | Video | |
| Nasty Nights | 1989 | Video | Himself |
| Those Lynn Girls | 1989 | Video | Dickman |
| Cumshot Revue 5 | 1989 | Video | Himself |
| Big Melons 13 | 1988 | Video | Himself |
| Blue Vanities 39 | 1988 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 42 | 1988 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 48 | 1988 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 57 | 1988 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 62 | 1988 | Video | |
| Blue Vanities 68 | 1988 | Video | |
| Ginger: The Movie | 1988 | Video as John C. Holmes | |
| Only the Best of Oral | 1988 | Video | |
| Oral Ecstasy 3 | 1988 | Video | |
| Seka | 1988 | Video documentary | John Holmes |
| Inches for Keisha | 1988 | Video | Himself |
| Blue Vanities 16 | 1987 | Video | |
| Legends of Porn | 1987 | Video documentary | |
| Love Notes | 1987 | Video | |
| Love Scenes... for Loving Couples | 1987 | Video | |
| Private Thighs | 1987 | Video | Johnny Wadd |
| Night Screams | 1987 | Porno star on TV | |
| Princess Charming | 1987 | uncredited | |
| Oral Majority 3: The Lust Continues... | 1987 | Video as John Homes | |
| Diamond Collection 75 | 1986 | Video | |
| Good to the Last Drop | 1986 | Video | |
| Only the Best 1 | 1986 | Video documentary | |
| Superstars and Superstuds | 1986 | Video | |
| Chastity and the Starlets | 1986 | Video | Original Gardener |
| Cumshot Revue 2 | 1985 | Video | |
| Erotic Gold | 1985 | Video | John Holmes |
| Free and Easy | 1985 | Video | |
| Free and Foxy | 1985 | Video | Medic (uncredited) |
| Jawbreakers | 1985 | Video | |
| Superstars of Porn 2 | 1985 | ||
| Whore of the Worlds | 1985 | Video | Guy in Vest |
| Bedtime Video | 1984 | Video | |
| Bedtime Video 4 | 1984 | Video | |
| Best of John Holmes 1 | 1984 | ||
| Critic's Choice 2 | 1984 | ||
| Studio of Lust | 1984 | Video | |
| Moments of Love | 1984 | Actor in Video | |
| Cumshot Revue 1 | 1983 | Video | |
| Flight Sensations | 1983 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica Superstars featuring Bridgette Monet | 1983 | ||
| Snow Honeys | 1983 | Video | |
| Sweet Alice | 1983 | Ski Lift Medic | |
| Dallas Schoolgirls | 1981 | Porno Actor (as Johnny Wadd) | |
| Swedish Erotica 1 | 1981 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica 10 | 1981 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica 11 | 1981 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica 12 | 1981 | Video | John (uncredited) |
| Swedish Erotica 13 | 1981 | Video | |
| Swedish Erotica 5 | 1981 | John (uncredited) | |
| Swedish Erotica 9 | 1981 | Video | John (uncredited) |
| The Best of Gail Palmer | 1981 | Video | Joe Murrey / Various Roles |
| Love Goddesses | 1981 | John Holmes | |
| Garters and Lace | 1980 | Photographer / Pool Man / Escort / ... | |
| Limited Edition 10 | 1980 | Video | |
| Body Candy | 1980 | Dave (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Sheer Panties | 1979 | Guy / Bobby Dee / Voluptuary | |
| Hot Child in the City | 1979 | The Big Client (as Johnny Wadd) | |
| Anal Ultra Vixens | 1979 | Video | |
| That's Erotic | 1979 | Guy on Waterbed / Various Scenes | |
| That's Porno | 1979 | Guy in White Sweater / Guy in Gold Shirt | |
| Little Me and Marla Strangelove | 1978 | Guy in Stag Film | |
| Young, Hot 'n Nasty Teenage Cruisers | 1977 | Moby | |
| Virgins in Heat | 1976 | Orgy Guy in Loop #6 (uncredited) | |
| French Schoolgirls | 1976 | as John 'Wadd' Holmes | |
| Sex-Export aus Amsterdam 2. Teil | 1976 | Short | |
| Here Comes Johnny | 1975 | Guy in Loops / Burglar / Group Sex Guy (as John C. Holmes) | |
| Around the World with John 'The Wadd' Holmes | 1975 | Himself (as John 'The Wadd' Holmes) | |
| Beyond Fulfillment | 1975 | Escort | |
| Fulfillment | 1974 | Johnny Wadd | |
| The Orgy Machine | 1972 | The Boss (uncredited) | |
| Window of Passion | 1971 | Second Guy on Bed (uncredited) | |
| Sexual Liberty Now | 1971 | Guy in Pool (uncredited) | |
| Love Making U.S.A. | 1971 | Guy in Loops (uncredited) |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | XBIZ Award | XBIZ Awards | Lifetime Achievement (Male Performer) | |
| 1987 | Hall of Fame | Adult Video News Awards | ||
| 1985 | XRCO Hall of Fame | X-Rated Critics' Organization, USA |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
