ACTOR

John Holmes

1944 - 1988

Photo of John Holmes

Icon of person John Holmes

John Curtis Holmes (né Estes; August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988), better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character he portrayed in a series of related films), was an American pornographic film actor. He ranks among the most prolific adult film performers, with documented credits for at least 573 films.Near the end of his life, Holmes attained notoriety for his reputed involvement in the Wonderland murders of July 1981 and eventually for his death from complications caused by AIDS in March 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Holmes has received more than 644,006 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Holmes is the 488th most popular actor (up from 551st in 2019), the 890th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,024th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Actor.

John Holmes is most famous for being one of the most prolific male porn stars of all time.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Holmes by language

Over the past year John Holmes has had the most page views in the with 146,886 views, followed by Spanish (131,891), and English (62,005). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Santali (153.42%), Simple English (138.60%), and Catalan (107.25%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Holmes ranks 488 out of 13,578. Before him are Steve Buscemi, Michael Lonsdale, Linda Hamilton, Ingrid Thulin, Winona Ryder, and Carole Lombard. After him are Courteney Cox, James Cromwell, Christian Clavier, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carole Bouquet, and Jacques Perrin.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, John Holmes ranks 61. Before him are Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Cevert, Maria João Pires, Rudy Giuliani, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Peter Weir. After him are Askar Akayev, Bora Milutinović, Leila Khaled, Makoto Kobayashi, Udo Kier, and Serge Haroche. Among people deceased in 1988, John Holmes ranks 20. Before him are Nikolaas Tinbergen, Trevor Howard, André Frédéric Cournand, Juan Pujol García, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and Raymond Carver. After him are Kim Philby, Tibor Sekelj, Felix Wankel, Clifford D. Simak, Virginia Satir, and Richard S. Castellano.

Others Born in 1944

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1988

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, John Holmes ranks 890 out of 20,380. Before him are Michelle Obama (1964), Clifford Geertz (1926), Winona Ryder (1971), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), and Carole Lombard (1908). After him are Courteney Cox (1964), Leon Uris (1924), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), William Hanna (1910), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), and Irving Fisher (1867).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Holmes ranks 242. Before him are Jason Robards (1922), Ginger Rogers (1911), Steve Buscemi (1957), Linda Hamilton (1956), Winona Ryder (1971), and Carole Lombard (1908). After him are Courteney Cox (1964), James Cromwell (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), Jennifer Connelly (1970), Richard Crenna (1926), and Rod Steiger (1925).

American born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Television and Movie Roles

Prisoner of Paradise
Joe Murray
In Bob Chinn’s big budget mix of X rated war epic and Nazisploitation, John Holmes stars as an American G.I. who gets marooned on a tropical island after his ship is bombed. There he discovers a small Nazi outpost which has kidnapped a beautiful American nurse. Determined to save her, he slowly begins to infiltrate the Nazi compound.
Mar 12o 19806.091 / 10
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
John
At the most popular pizza parlor in Berkeley, something extra comes with the toppings: all of the beautiful, skateboarding pizza girls are the classiest working girls in town! But when two competing fried chicken giants decide to join forces to put the pizza girls out of business, it’s up to the girls and their boss to save the day and survive the mysterious chicken rapist!
Jan 1o 19786.9 / 10
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from AIDS in 1988.
Sep 9o 19996 / 10